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Medical professionals here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Doctors devote an average of a decade in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to acquire a Bachelors Degree, and the following 4 years in Medical School to receive a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles regular medical school and in point of fact quite a number podiatry programs lie inside these academic institutions. After acquiring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute perform a hospital "internship" or residency for another 1 to 3 years.
Upon the conclusion of the internship or residency, our Podiatrists have gained comprehensive healthcare education with an emphasis on complications involving the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are educated to treat concerns extending from basic afflictions for instance fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are much more sophisticated such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have extensive surgical education which supply them the practical experience necessary to carry out surgical treatment on those conditions that are best handled through surgical treatment.
Doctors at the Foot Institute also have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet go through as we walk, run or perform other activities. Knowing biomechanics and gait problems empowers a Foot doctor to design shoes and orthotics which can give pain relief and reduce the chances of countless conditions which the feet typically encounter.