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Dr.’s at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the surgical and medical treatment of the foot and ankle. Our doctors spend an average of 10 years in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to acquire a Bachelors Degree, and the next four years in Medical School to have a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to traditional medical school and in reality a number of podiatry programmes lie inside these institutions. After achieving 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 physicians have acquired wide-ranging healthcare education with a stress on difficulties concerning the ankles and feet. Our Doctors are studied to address problems stretching from basic conditions such as ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are more sophisticated like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have substantial surgical education which furnish them the skill crucial to carry out surgical treatment on those complications that are best treated through surgical treatment.
Doctors at the Foot Institute furthermore have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs receive as we walk, run or perform other activities. Learning about biomechanics and gait problems facilitates a Foot doctor to design footwear and orthotics that can deliver pain relief and defend against countless conditions which the feet normally encounter.