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Medical doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialize in the medical and surgical therapy of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Doctors put in an average of a decade in learning, the first four years in undergraduate studies to acquire a Bachelors Degree, and the next four years in Medical School to receive a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to typical medical school and in fact several podiatry programs lie within these institutions. Upon achieving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
Upon the finalization of the internship or post degree residency, our Foot doctors have received wide-ranging medical instruction with a concentration on issues regarding the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to care for conditions extending from basic ailments for instance, fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are more perplexing such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have considerable surgical instruction which furnish them the experience required to perform surgical treatment on those problems that are ideally managed through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors also have a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs withstand as we walk, run or carry out other tasks. Understanding biomechanics and gait abnormalities makes it easy for a Podiatric doctor to design shoes and orthotics that can offer pain relief and protect against countless conditions which the feet generally experience.