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Dr.’s here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Doctors spend approximately ten years in learning, the first four years in undergraduate studies to get a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to receive a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to conventional medical school and actually a number of podiatry programmes are located within these institutions. After obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for yet another 1 - 3 years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Doctors have acquired considerable health care training with an importance on complications regarding the ankles and feet. Our Doctors are studied to treat conditions extending from commonplace disorders for instance ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are far more complicated like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have substantial surgical education which furnish them the experience necessary to execute surgical treatment on those problems that are best managed through surgical intervention.
Our Doctors additionally have a comprehensive 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 tasks. Understanding biomechanics and gait problems makes it easy for a Podiatric physician to design shoes and orthotics which can provide pain relief and prevent many problems which the feet regularly experience.