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How Can A Chiropodist or Footcare Nurse help me with my feet?

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How Can A Chiropodist or Footcare Nurse help me with my feet?
If you’re experiencing common painful foot conditions like plantar fasciitis, bunions, or flat feet, a Registered Chiropodist can help you in many ways!
How do Diabetic socks and compression socks differ?

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How do Diabetic socks and compression socks differ?
There are important differences to note when choosing one over the other. We’ll take a moment to outline the differences and provide guidance on selecting the best socks for your needs.
Diabetic Nail & Skin Care at BioPed Footcare

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Diabetic Nail & Skin Care at BioPed Footcare
Diabetes is a condition whereby the body does not make insulin or has trouble recognizing it. Insulin is crucial for storing food sugars. With diabetes, the sugars are not stored properly and remain at high levels in the blood stream.
Diabetes and footcare

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Diabetes and footcare
Patients with diabetes frequently develop an intermittent or permanent loss of sensation (neuropathy) in their feet. Without the warning of discomfort or pain, pressures developed from poorly fitting footwear, particularly on the soles of the "diabetic foot" can result in an open ulcer
Diabetic Nerve Pain – How to Treat

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Diabetic Nerve Pain – How to Treat
Diabetes is a chronic health condition that affects the body’s ability to turn food into energy.  After we eat, food is broken down into sugar and released into the bloodstream. 
Diagnosed with Diabetes? Footcare that goes beyond the basics

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Diagnosed with Diabetes? Footcare that goes beyond the basics
Diabetes can be tricky to navigate if you have just been diagnosed. Let’s review a few tips and tricks to keep those feet healthy, and happy well into your upcoming winter walks!
Tips for Diabetic Footcare

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Tips for Diabetic Footcare
Whether you have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, or know someone who does, it affects every aspect of your life, making mundane activities and occurrences more important to take note of, especially when it comes to foot health.
Foot Care Tips for People with Diabetes During the Winter Months

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Foot Care Tips for People with Diabetes During the Winter Months
Diabetes is a disease that affects the body’s ability to use food properly, which results in more sugar or glucose freely circulating in the blood.   It’s possible to live a healthy life with diabetes.  To do so, it’s important to learn and follow proper diabetes management, which takes awareness, discipline, and commitment. 
What does a Chiropodist do?

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What does a Chiropodist do?
Chiropodists are Medical Footcare Clinicians who can prescribe oral and topical medications and can perform soft tissue surgical procedures and injections into the feet. Let’s learn how a Chiropodist can help you today!