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Medical doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the surgical and medical therapy of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Podiatrists invest approximately ten years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergrad studies to get a Bachelors Degree, and the 2nd 4 years in Medical School to get a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to conventional medical school and actually various podiatry training programs are located inside these institutions. Upon obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for an additional 1 to 3 years.
At the completion of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatric doctors have obtained comprehensive medical instruction with an emphasis on issues pertaining to the feet and ankles. They are skilled to manage conditions extending from typical conditions like ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are a lot more puzzling such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have considerable surgical training which furnish them the experience needed to execute surgery on those conditions that are best treated through surgical treatment.
Foot Institute Doctors also have a comprehensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs undergo as we walk, run or perform other activities. Understanding biomechanics and gait problems makes it easy for a Podiatric physician to develop shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and avoid numerous troubles which the feet regularly encounter.