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Medical doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical therapy of the ankle and foot. They spend about ten years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to achieve 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 in reality various podiatry programmes are located within these academic institutions. Upon obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
Upon the completion of the internship or residency, our Podiatric physicians have gained substantial medical instruction with a stress on concerns pertaining to the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are qualified to manage problems extending from simple ailments like fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are a lot more puzzling for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have considerable surgical education which provide them the prior experience necessary to carry out surgical treatment on those problems that are ideally treated through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors likewise have an extensive 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 activities. Knowing biomechanics and gait peculiarities makes it easy for a Podiatrist to develop shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and defend against countless problems which the feet generally encounter.