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Dr.’s here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical treatment of the ankle and foot. Our doctors devote an average of 10 years in learning, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to acquire a Bachelors Degree, and the next 4 years in Medical School to receive a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to usual medical school and as a matter of fact quite a number podiatry programs are contained within these academic institutions. After procuring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for an additional one to three years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Podiatrists have gained encompassing medical training with a main focus on problems pertaining to the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to treat difficulties stretching from standard ailments such as fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are even more obscure including clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our physicians have considerable surgical instruction which supply them the experience essential to perform surgery on those problems that are ideally treated through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors additionally have a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet go through as we walk, run or perform other activities. Having knowledge of biomechanics and gait abnormalities allows a Podiatric physician to develop shoes and orthotics which can offer pain relief and avoid a large number of complications which the feet frequently encounter.