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Specialists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical treatment of the ankle and foot. Our podiatrists spend around a decade in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to receive a Bachelors Degree, and the second four years in Medical School to secure a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to usual medical school and in point of fact various podiatry training programs are located within these academic institutions. After procuring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for another one to three years.
At the finalization of the internship or residency, our Podiatric doctors have gained considerable medical training with an attention to on problems concerning the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are qualified to manage problems ranging from basic afflictions like ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are more perplexing for example, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have considerable surgical training which furnish them the experience essential to perform surgical treatment on those concerns that are best treated through surgical treatment.
Foot Institute Doctors furthermore have an extensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet endure as we walk, run or carry out other activities. Realizing biomechanics and gait deviations enables a Podiatrist to develop footwear and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and minimize the risk of a large number of complications which the feet routinely experience.