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Many foot ulcers in people with diabetes begin with pressure on a foot that has lost feeling, and taking that pressure off is a core part of healing. These articles explain why an ulcer stops getting better, how a cast, boot or shoe does the offloading, and what keeps a healed foot from opening up again.
Ulcers & offloading
A painless sore on the foot can be more serious than it looks. What the research shows about waiting, what thorough wound care covers, and when surgery is the step that saves the foot.
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Ulcers & offloading
A total contact cast stays on day and night for several weeks. What casting day, cast changes, showers, sleep, work and driving are like, and when to call us.
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Ulcers & offloading
Do skin substitutes work for diabetic foot ulcers? In trials, they help more stalled ulcers close. What the evidence shows, what it leaves out, and when surgery is the more direct fix.
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Appointments
A visit can show what is keeping the wound open and what will help it close: careful wound care first, and surgery when it is the step that saves the foot. See us within a day or two for any foot wound that isn’t healing, especially with diabetes.