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Dr.’s at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialise in the surgical and medical treatment of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Doctors devote around a decade in education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to acquire a Bachelors Degree, and the following four years in Medical School to attain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles standard medical school and in point of fact various podiatry training programs are contained inside these schools. Upon achieving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for an additional one to three years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Foot doctors have received thorough medical training with a main focus on problems regarding the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are instructed to treat problems extending from conventional ailments like fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are a lot more intricate for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have comprehensive surgical education which furnish them the skill vital to carry out surgical treatment on those issues that are best treated through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors also have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet receive as we walk, run or perform other tasks. Understanding biomechanics and gait abnormalities facilitates a Podiatrist to develop shoes and orthotics which can provide pain relief and prevent a large number of conditions which the feet usually encounter.