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Specialists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialize in the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. They spend about 10 years in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to get a Bachelors Degree, and the next four years in Medical School to have a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles standard medical school and in fact various podiatry programmes are located inside these schools. After attaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for an additional one to three years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Doctors have received wide-ranging healthcare training with an importance on problems concerning the feet and ankles. Our Doctors are skilled to manage issues stretching from basic conditions for instance fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are much more sophisticated like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have considerable surgical training which furnish them the expertise necessary to carry out surgery on those conditions that are best remedied through surgical intervention.
Our Doctors also have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs withstand as we walk, run or perform other activities. Realizing biomechanics and gait problems permits a Podiatrist to design footwear and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and minimize the risk of many conditions which the feet commonly experience.