Basic Foot Care- The Basics

"Health Prevention for Feet of All Ages"

Here it is!  The list!


                      Basic Foot Care

1. Wash and dry between your toes every day.
2. Clean under your nails often.
3. Trim nails leaving 2mm of white, straight across with prominent corners.
4. Reduce callouses with a pumice stone-GENTLY
5. Moisturize daily- no cream between toes for diabetics!!!

If there is pain, discomfort, broken skin, odour, discoloured or
         ingrown nails or any foot deformity-STOP! 

 See your local foot nurse or doctor for direction and care.

        

Basic Foot Care- Local Resources

   "HEALTH PREVENTION FOR FEET OF ALL AGES"

                               Sole 2 Sole Foot Clinic

                    Williams Lake Seniors Village complex

                                   (open to the public)

                                                     Wed-Fridays  0830-1200

      • We offer professional assessment of your footwear and socks.

      • Professional, medical assessment of your nails, feet and legs by trained RN and

         LPN with specialized post-basic training in foot care and diabetes education.

      • Assessment and management of low to moderate risk feet as determined by a risk

         assessment.

       •Professional management and reduction of calluses and corns, thickened and fungal

         nails as well treatment options for ingrown nails. 

                                           Referrals provided as required.

                      

You can find me in two places....              

Sole 2 Sole Foot Clinic: Wedesdays-Fridays.
Mobile: Goes to client's home or community center.             

Phone: 250-855-9898 or 250-989-1060
email: twohappyfeetfootcare@yahoo.ca
Fax: 250-989-1070

                                                             Drop- Ins Welcome!

Basic Foot Care-Information on local resources

Local business owner Monica Altwasser, LPN, FN now operates out of the Sole2Sole Foot Care Clinic owned by Marnie Brenner, RN .  Marnie has been doing foot care for over five years as well as being the diabetic nurse educator for IHA.

Basic Foot Care

Whether you are young or aging, you should be thinking about the health of your feet and nails.  The average person once walked approximately 4,000 steps every day.  This daily average has dropped to approximately 2,000 leading to diseases and conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) to name a few.  The increased rate of childhood obesity and related Type II diabetes is staggering.  With it comes complications which, if left untreated and undiagnosed, can lead to serious complications for your feet and legs. 

If you’re reading this, you’re probably already taking some great steps to maintain the health of your feet and avoid pain, discomfort and deformity or maybe you already experience some of these symptoms and are now looking for a ways to improve the health of your feet and the overall quality of your life. 

Together with my partner, Marnie Brenner at the Sole 2 Sole Foot Care Clinic in the Williams Lake Seniors Village, we will help to provide you with tips to keep your feet healthy and pain free.  Marnie Brenner, RN is an experienced foot care nurse as well as diabetic nurse educator.  Together, we provide gentle, professional, experienced nursing care for your feet and legs in the newly established and quickly expanding, Sole 2 Sole Foot Care Clinic.  See page 2 for our list of services.  Check back for updates and new links to this growing and exciting field of  nursing foot care.    

Quick Quiz:

1.How many steps should you take in a day to

 maintain the health of your feet and legs?

2.What causes corns on the top of your feet?

3.What should diabetics do daily?

Answers will be provided in the next newsletter!