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Doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Podiatrists devote approximately 10 years in education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to get a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to general medical school and in point of fact several podiatry training programs are contained inside these institutions. After obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute carry out a hospital "internship" or residency for yet another one to three years.
At the conclusion of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatric physicians have acquired considerable healthcare instruction with an attention to on problems regarding the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are qualified to treat difficulties stretching from commonplace ailments for instance fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are far more obscure for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have substantial surgical instruction which provide them the prior experience crucial to perform surgical treatment on those concerns that are best treated through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute additionally have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs go through as we walk, run or perform other activities. Knowing biomechanics and gait abnormalities facilitates a Podiatric doctor to create footwear and orthotics that can bestow pain relief and prevent many issues which the feet commonly encounter.