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Dr.’s here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer concentrate on the surgical and medical therapy of the ankle and foot. Our podiatrists invest an average of ten years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to attain a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to secure a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to general medical school and in fact several podiatry programmes are located inside these schools. After getting a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for yet another 1 - 3 years.
Upon the conclusion of the internship or residency, our Foot doctors have received extensive medical training with a concentration on difficulties concerning the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are qualified to deal with complications stretching from conventional ailments for example, fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are a lot more perplexing like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have extensive surgical instruction which furnish them the experience vital to conduct surgery on those conditions that are ideally managed through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors furthermore have an extensive knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs experience as we walk, run or carry out other tasks. Realizing biomechanics and gait abnormalities empowers a Foot doctor to design shoes and orthotics which can offer pain relief and avoid many troubles which the feet usually experience.