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Health professionals here at The Foot Institute – St. Albert concentrate on the medical and surgical therapy of the foot and ankle. Our doctors invest around 10 years in education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to receive a Bachelors Degree, and the following four years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles regular medical school and in fact various podiatry programs are located inside these schools. After achieving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute undertake a hospital "internship" or residency for an additional 1 - 3 years.
At the conclusion of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatric doctors have acquired thorough healthcare instruction with a focus on problems concerning the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to care for issues extending from regular afflictions for example, fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are more perplexing such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have considerable surgical education which give them the experience necessary to carry out surgical treatment on those problems that are best remedied through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors additionally have a comprehensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs endure as we walk, run or perform other activities. Realizing biomechanics and gait deviations allows a Podiatrist to design shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and prevent a large number of troubles which the feet generally encounter.