A Solid Footing

Out of Office:

Please note I will be away from May 18th - 27th/2022 inclusive.

I will be replying to any communications after May 27th/2022

Take Care,

Andrea

Did you know malnutrition is strongly associated with increased risk of developing a pressure injury and preventing pressure injury healing? Read more about the crucial relationship between pressure injury healing and nutrition here: http://ow.ly/a4T950IcewW

First treatment of a Type 2 Diabetic client with Hereditary Palmoplantar Kerataderma (Posted with consent)

May is Foot Health Awareness Month - excellent resources attached for Everyone! Give it a read

We made this handy resources page for May Foot Health Awareness Month. Who is it for? Everyone! Whether you're a patient, care partner, clinician or policy maker, you'll find info to help you on your foot health awareness journey. http://ow.ly/8va250EK5KN

Exercise as an Intervention for Peripheral Arterial
Disease https://www.woundscanada.ca/docman/public/wound-care-canada-magazine/2017-vol15-no2/916-wcc-fall-2017-v15n2-final-p-8-13-pad/file

What causes venous leg edema?
https://www.woundscanada.ca/docman/public/patient-or-caregiver/1685-home-vlu-swollen-leg-care-1938e/file

Fridays are an excellent time to talk about footwear!

Inappropriate footwear can play a big role in the development of skin breakdown. Clinicians can test if footwear is safe through the bend-twist-fold test (see below).

Want to learn more? Check out this article: https://bit.ly/2QjMOdL

Nutrition Checklist for use in supporting a person living with foot wounds https://www.woundscanada.ca/docman/public/wound-care-canada-magazine/2020-v19-n3/1857-wcc-fall-2020-v18n3-final-p-40-47-nutrition/filehttps://www.woundscanada.ca/docman/public/wound-care-canada-magazine/2020-v19-n3/1857-wcc-fall-2020-v18n3-final-p-40-47-nutrition/file