Why Do Diabetes Patients Need A Podiatrist?-

Podiatrists play a key role in providing appropriate foot care for people with diabetes. A person with diabetes should have a comprehensive diabetic foot examination by a podiatrist on a yearly basis. Depending on the findings on the comprehensive diabetic foot examination based on the risk status of the person, a regular schedule of foot care should be set up.
For those persons with diabetes and no risk--yearly foot examinations are fine. For others, depending on their risk status they may need to be seen more frequently. This is the basis for regular scheduled examinations and foot care, but any acute problems should be evaluated immediately.
The greatest danger is for those with diabetes that have lost the ability to sense pain in other words they have the loss of protective sensation (peripheral neuropathy). These persons need to be extremely careful and have their feet inspected daily by themselves or a family member to look for any areas of redness, irritation, cuts etc.
Effective prevention of diabetes patients includes regular foot examinations, risk stratification, and appropriate shoe-gear recommendations. Treatment includes surgical modalities with a focus on biomechanical faults that often precede ulcer information. Regular callus debridement to prevent increases in focal pressures can reduce the likelihood of ulcer formation.
Conservative biomechanical strategies, including the use of functional and accommodative orthoses and bracing can be the difference between limb salvage and limb loss. Surgical offloading through tendon rebalancing, osseous reconstruction, and functional distal foot amputations are key components of this approach to limb salvage.
Podiatrists additionally play an essential role in reducing the recurrence of wounds after the initial wound has healed by addressing the biomechanical forces that were the cause of the original wound.

A podiatrist, also called a doctor of podiatric medicine DPM , is a specialist who provides medical diagnosis and treatment of foot and ankle problems, A podiatrist also renders care of sprains, fractures, infections, and injuries of the foot, ankle and heel. In addition to undergraduate medical school training, podiatrists also attend graduate school for a doctorate degree in podiatry. A podiatrists complete training in podiatric medicine so that they know the ins and outs of your feet and ankles and can help you recover from injuries, infections, and other issues while helping you stay a step ahead of other problems through preventative measures.

SOLOMON OKOEHANLEN IS A PODIATRIST AT THE FOOT CLINIC ABUJA NIGERIA .
PHONE: 081 033 437 29, 090 364 478 74

SOLOMON OKOEHANLEN IS A PODIATRIST AT THE FOOT CLINIC ABUJA

Offloading is pressure reduction, this is when force is spread over a wide area in the feet of the patient.In general, however, more restrictive off-loading approaches will result in less activity and better wound healing.

EXAMPLE OF OF OFLOADING ARE :

total contact casting (TCC)

removable walking boots

healing sandals

half-shoes

ankle-foot orthotics

TCC have proved to be the most effective way to reduce pressure.TCC reduces pressure at the ulcer site while allowing the patient to remain ambulatory.

First Ray Amputation
Silicon
Chronic granulomatus
Calceneus spur
Offloading( in diabetes care)
Peri-operative care of the diabetic foot,
Charcoats athropathy
Athrocenthesis
Nerve blocks ( in diabetes care)
Anti-microbial therapy in diabetes care.
Fungal infection
Plantar Keratoderma

CASTLEMILL PODIATRY SERVICES ABUJA OFFER FREE FOOT DIABETIC ASSESSMENT

When your big toe is angled towards the second toe, the abnormality is called a bunion (hallux valgus). This causes a bump on the side at the base of the big toe. In addition, there is often thickening of the skin and tissues next to the affected joint. The thickened skin and tissues may become inflamed, swollen and painful. Complaints of bunions are reported to be more prevalent in people who wear closed shoes than in barefoot people. Besides ill-fitting shoes, unsupportive flimsy soled shoes can add stress to the bunion joint and increase pain and unsteadiness to the area.

As a podiatrist, I am trained to analyse biomechanical and locomotor disorders which can affect posture and gait. Even a small structural or functional imbalance in the feet can cause problems in the feet, ankles, knees, hips, back, neck.

Think of your body like a machine. Like the moving parts of any machine they tend to wear out eventually but they do so more quickly if they are moving badly. Many problems in the lower limbs and even in the pelvis and lower back are associated with the way we walk and run. The real skill is interpreting the information from the biomechanical assessment and scans and relating it to your clinical problems.

The biomechanical examination includes a physical examination of the feet, knee and hips and the muscles and joints and also includes taking scans using the Gaitscan technology. This enables me to identify and treat functional faults.

The biomechanical assessment includes the evaluation of abnormal foot structures and posture and gait, including examination of the feet, ankle, knees, hips and spinal joints.The assessment enables the cause of the problem to be identified and then an attempt to correct the biomechanics in order to optimise performance and relieve you of pain. The most common treatment for a biomechanical problem is the use of orthotic insoles to realign the body.

For more information call Castlemill Podiatry Services Abuja Nigeria

NAIL DISORDERS:
Onychauxis = (thickening of the nail plate, usually due to trauma)
Onychogryphosis = (Thick nail with a shift in the direction of growth)
Onycholysis (separation of the nail from the nail bed, distal to proximal)
Onychomadesis = (separation of the nail from the nail bed, proximal to distal)
Onychocryptosis = (ingrown toenails)
Onychomycosis (Fungal infection of the nail plate)
Paronychia = (inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nails)
Chromonychia = (abnormal color of the nail tissue)

Solomon Okoehanlen, a podiatrist at Castlemill Podiatry Services Abuja meant that diabetes mellitus is on the increase world-wide, especially in Nigeria, consequently resulting in increased diabetes complications, and further disclosed that there’s need for all persons presenting with foot complications to routinely get tested for diabetes mellitus.

Solomon Okoehanlen, a podiatrist at Castlemill Podiatry Services (CPS) Abuja Nigeria called for more awareness and capacity building to challenge the growing prevalence of diabetes and its impediments. He meant that ignorance and lack of prompt referral among some practitioners in Nigeria as factors fuelling amputation among diabetic patients in the country. He meant that some practitioners in Nigeria are not aware the importance of a podiatrist or a chiropodist.He meant that person living with diabetes who doesn’t receive correct foot care screening from a podiatrist will over time come down with serious complications of diabetes which may lead to amputation.

Solomon Okoehanlen a Norwegian podiatrist at Castlemill Podiatry Services Abuja Nigeria, meant that diabetes is a leading cause of lower limb amputations. Proper foot care is an essential in diabetes management, taking care of the foot should be a part of a diabetic’s daily routines.

C/O MEDILAM MEDICAL CENTRE
BEHIND KHALF CIVIC PETROL STATION,
ALONG BYAZHIN ROAD KUBWA ABUJA

We specialize and treat  the following foot disorders:
First Ray Amputation
Silicon
Chronic granulomatus
Calceneus spur
Offloading( in diabetes care)
 Peri-operative care of the diabetic foot,
 Charcoats athropathy
 Athrocenthesis
 Nerve blocks ( in diabetes care)
 Anti-microbial therapy in diabetes care.
Fungal infection
Plantar Keratoderma
Hard and cracked skin
ingrown nail
Biomechanics
Nail correction/ treatment
verrucas & calluses
Intermittent Claudication
Dry cracked heel
Foot sweating 
Foot and ankle pain
Psoriasis(plantar)
Verrucae and Warts
Flat feet
Heel pain
Gait analysis)
Plantar fasciitis
Bunions
NAIL DISORDERS:
Onychauxis = (thickening of the nail plate, usually due to trauma)
Onychogryphosis = (Thick nail with a shift in the direction of growth)
Onycholysis (separation of the nail from the nail bed, distal to proximal)
Onychomadesis = (separation of the nail from the nail bed, proximal to distal)
Onychocryptosis = (ingrown toenails)
Onychomycosis (Fungal infection of the nail plate)
Paronychia = (inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nails)
Chromonychia = (abnormal color of the nail tissue)

Chiropody/Podiatry clinic launched at Kubwa Abuja
The address is Castlemill Podiatry Services
C/O Medilam Medical Centre
BEHIND KHALF CIVIC PETROL STATION,
ALONG BYAZHIN ROAD KUBWA ABUJA NIGERIA
Phone:08103343729
09036447874