Wound Healing Awareness Month: Celebrating the Body’s Repair Crew

Wound Healing Awareness Month: Celebrating the Body’s Repair Crew

June is Wound Healing Awareness Month (WHAM)! Join us in raising awareness, advancing education, and improving outcomes for patients with wounds—because every wound deserves the chance to heal. Celebrate Wound Healing Awareness Month (WHAM) this June with the American Board of Wound Management (ABWM) and take the next step in your wound care career with 25% off your first certification application- https://abwmcertified.org/promo/

Welcome to Wound Healing Awareness Month — a celebration of the body’s ability to repair itself and the people who make healing possible.Diabetic foot ulcers are complex and often reflect deeper issues like neuropathy, poor circulation, and immune dysfunction.

Early care, proper offloading, and teamwork among podiatrists, vascular surgeons, nurses, and caregivers improve outcomes.Sharp debridement and personalized wound treatments can unlock rapid healing when applied correctly.Nutrition, blood sugar control, and smoking cessation are essential ingredients for successful wound repair. Prevention matters — daily foot checks, proper footwear, and early attention to calluses or blisters save limbs.Emerging innovations like cellular therapy, skin substitutes, negative pressure, and AI are transforming wound care.Healing is both medical and personal — patience, trust, and caregiver support make a real difference.

Every healed limb represents a team that refused to quit and a patient who kept showing up for care. If you have a wound, seek help early — every day counts toward saving a limb and restoring life.

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Fasting, Faith, and the Diabetic Foot: Risks and Remedies

Fasting, Faith, and the Diabetic Foot: Risks and Remedies

Dr. G explores how religious fasting can affect people with diabetes and diabetic foot ulcers, explaining the physiology (glucose, ketones, hydration), the risks to wound healing and infection, and th...

10 Okt 38min

Path of Least Resistance: The Battle to Save Diabetic Feet

Path of Least Resistance: The Battle to Save Diabetic Feet

In this episode Dr. G explains how the phrase "path of least resistance" applies to diabetic foot infections and why a small surface ulcer can hide extensive, limb‑threatening disease. He reviews surg...

8 Okt 32min

Particularly Peculiar Podiatry Series: Tiny Toe, Huge Threat: Inside Toe Pulp Infections

Particularly Peculiar Podiatry Series: Tiny Toe, Huge Threat: Inside Toe Pulp Infections

This episode explains toe pulp (felon) infections and why a tiny wound at the tip of the toe can become a serious problem, especially in people with diabetes and neuropathy. It covers causes (puncture...

7 Okt 26min

Restoring the Polarity of the Diabetic Foot Ulcer  The Bioelectric Signal That Tells a Wound Where to Heal

Restoring the Polarity of the Diabetic Foot Ulcer The Bioelectric Signal That Tells a Wound Where to Heal

Dr. G explores the idea that wounds carry bioelectrical signals that guide cell movement and repair, and that diabetes can disrupt these electrical instructions in diabetic foot ulcers. The episode re...

6 Okt 14min

Fat to the Rescue: Regenerating Diabetic Feet with Autologous Fat Grafting

Fat to the Rescue: Regenerating Diabetic Feet with Autologous Fat Grafting

Dr. G explores the potential of autologous fat grafting for diabetic foot ulcers, explaining how adipose-derived cells may aid angiogenesis, modulate inflammation, and restore soft-tissue padding to i...

5 Okt 20min

LIMBWatch Series- Jonathan Brocklehurst- Grandpa, Where Are Your Shoes? — The Question That Can Save Feet

LIMBWatch Series- Jonathan Brocklehurst- Grandpa, Where Are Your Shoes? — The Question That Can Save Feet

Episode Summary Where Are Your Shoes? Turning Family Conversations Into Diabetic Foot Surveillance | LIMBWatch with Jonathan Brocklehurst In this episode of LIMBWatch, Dr. Gabrielle Hutcheson Donaldso...

28 Sep 46min

Pinch Grafting: Tiny Skin, Big Impact on Diabetic Foot Wounds

Pinch Grafting: Tiny Skin, Big Impact on Diabetic Foot Wounds

In this episode Dr. G explains pinch grafting — a simple autologous technique that places tiny pieces of a patient’s own skin onto a prepared wound bed to create epithelial “islands” that promote clos...

27 Sep 25min

10 Habits Every Person with Diabetes Needs

10 Habits Every Person with Diabetes Needs

This episode of Diabetic Foot Files shares ten practical habits to prevent serious foot problems and limb loss in people with diabetes. The host emphasizes vascular assessment as the top priority and ...

23 Sep 17min

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