PODIATRIST STATES THAT VIGILANCE BY DIABETICS CAN PREVENT COMPLICATIONS
posted: Jan. 06, 2014.
DR. JOHN MURPHY, MD PODIATRIST STATES, "PRACTICING GOOD FOOT CARE IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD START FROM A YOUNG AGE. ONCE YOU FIRST KNOW YOU HAVE DIABETES, YOU NEED TO GATHER YOUR HEALTHCARE TEAM AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANY FOOT ABNORMALITIES."
PODIATRIST MURPHY STATES, "IF YOU CHECK YOUR FEET REGULARLY, YOU MAY CATCH DIABETIC FOOT PROBLEMS EARLY ON, AND THEY WILL BE EASIER TO TREAT. TO COMBAT FURTHER COMPLICATIONS, YOU MAY NEED TO ALTER YOUR LIFESTYLE TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR DIABETES. DR. MURPHY RECOMMENDS THAT DIABETES CONTROL THEIR DIABETES AND DEVELOP BETTER HABITS."
ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS HAVE BEEN TREATING DIABETIC PATIENTS SUCCESSFULLY SINCE 2001 FOR EVERY FOOT CONDITION THAT CAN POSSIBLY ARISE. WE HAVE ALSO INSTITUTED A COMPUTERIZED NERVE CONDUCTION TESTING PROCEDURE FOR EARLY DETECTION OF NERVE MALFUNCTION DUE TO DIABETES.
IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE WOULD LIKE HONEST, COMPETENT FOOT CARE, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT DR. HARDY'S FOOT CLINIC AT 416-465-88737.