The Foot Institute – Red Deer

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St Mary Clinic

2827 30 Ave, 2nd Floor
Red Deer, AB,
T4R 2P7, Canada

Phone: 403-342-0566
Toll Free: 1-877-444-3668
www.footinstitute.com

Podiatrists: Dr. Corey Drew

Red Deer Podiatrist & Foot Clinic

Medical professionals at The Foot Institute – Red Deer concentrate on the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Doctors spend around 10 years in education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to achieve a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to get a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles regular medical school and in fact various podiatry programs are located inside these schools. After receiving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute undertake a hospital "internship" or residency for yet another 1 to 3 years.

At the completion of the internship or residency, our Podiatrists have obtained encompassing health care instruction with a main focus on problems regarding the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are taught to care for difficulties extending from commonplace afflictions like ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are much more puzzling for example, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have significant surgical education which supply them the expertise required to perform surgical treatment on those issues that are best treated through surgical intervention.

Foot Institute Doctors additionally have a thorough practical knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet withstand as we walk, run or perform other activities. Having knowledge of biomechanics and gait irregularities enables a Podiatric physician to create shoes and orthotics that can provide pain relief and reduce the chances of a large number of issues which the feet normally experience.