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Health professionals at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical treatment of the ankle and foot. Our doctors spend around a decade in learning, the first four years in undergraduate studies to get a Bachelors Degree, and the following 4 years in Medical School to secure a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to traditional medical school and in fact a number of podiatry programmes lie within these schools. Upon attaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for an additional one to three years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Doctors have received significant medical training with an emphasis on difficulties pertaining to the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are studied to address difficulties ranging from conventional conditions for instance, ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are even more puzzling for example clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have significant surgical education which furnish them the skill required to execute surgical treatment on those concerns that are ideally handled through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors likewise have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs go through as we walk, run or perform other tasks. Comprehending biomechanics and gait problems makes it possible for a Foot doctor to design shoes and orthotics which can offer pain relief and minimize the risk of many conditions which the feet generally experience.