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Specialists here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the surgical and medical therapy of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Doctors invest an average of 10 years in higher education, the first four years in undergrad studies to receive a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to acquire a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles traditional medical school and in fact a number of podiatry programmes are located within these institutions. After obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
At the fulfillment of the internship or residency, our Podiatric doctors have gained encompassing health care training with an importance on complications pertaining to the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to address difficulties extending from normal conditions such as ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are much more obscure for example clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have considerable surgical education which provide them the prior experience essential to conduct surgery on those conditions that are ideally handled through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors likewise have an extensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet go through as we walk, run or carry out other activities. Comprehending biomechanics and gait irregularities empowers a Podiatrist to design shoes and orthotics which can give pain relief and avoid many issues which the feet generally encounter.