Foot Wound Treatment Process

TREATMENT PROCESS

This is my current treatment process for treating patients with foot wounds. This video is a lecture on healing foot wounds and your feet. 

• Evaluation - Determine severity of your ulcers or wound.
• Off-loading - Reduce pressure to the ulcer region to help it heal.
• Wound dressings - This is what you put on the wound to help it heal. It can be betadine, collagen or other medications.
• Antibiotics - If you have an infection a medication may be prescribed for your. 
• Prevention - Evaluation of shoes and risk factors can help reduce further problems once the ulcer is healed. 

RESOURCES 

• Diabetic Shoe Information - Here are my shoe recommendations and shoe-related resources for diabetic shoes. 

• Weight Loss - Here are my resources on weight loss for my patients. 
• Diabetes Code - This a great book on diabetes and how to reverse diabetes. 

PRODUCTS 

Here are some of the best recommendations I have found on Amazon for foot and ankle wounds.