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Specialists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the surgical and medical treatment of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Doctors invest an average of a decade in learning, the first four years in undergrad studies to receive a Bachelors Degree, and the following 4 years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to typical medical school and in fact quite a number podiatry programmes lie within these academic institutions. After securing a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
At the conclusion of the internship or residency, our Foot doctors have received encompassing medical training with an importance on concerns concerning the ankles and feet. They are qualified to care for complications extending from typical ailments for instance fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are a lot more obscure for example, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have substantial surgical training which supply them the skill necessary to conduct surgery on those concerns that are best treated through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute additionally have a thorough practical knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet submit to as we walk, run or carry out other activities. Having knowledge of biomechanics and gait peculiarities permits a Podiatrist to design shoes and orthotics which can give pain relief and protect against many conditions which the feet frequently encounter.