Ataraxy Health and Vitality
Massage Therapy | Medical Foot Care
Medical Foot Care in a Nutshell
Everything You Need to Know
What is Medical Foot Care?
Medical Foot Care is a regulated profession performed by a Licensed Nurse with specialized training.
It is a discipline that focuses on the overall health and well being of the feet and nails as a whole.
Medical Foot Care focuses on the diagnosis, treatment and assessment of circulation, sensation, skin integrity, diabetic complications, and swelling of the lower limbs.
Medical Foot Care is not a “Pedicure”. We are not going to soak or make your feet “Pretty”, but we sure are going to make them “Healthy”.
Medical Foot Care can be claimed on your income tax as a medical expense with a receipt, including the nurse’s registration number.
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Treatable Conditions
Foot Care has a wide range of practical applications and benefits:
Ingrown toenails: A non-surgical approach to ingrown toenails. This will ease the pain from the nail bed, and decrease the risk of infection by retraining the nail to grow properly, as well as shave down the ingrown nail.
Fungal infection: Using the patented ToeFX treatment system, we treat the fungal infection using light therapy and topical ointments. This is a painless and non-toxic solution to fungal infections.
Diabetic Complications: One of the side effects of diabetes is decreased sensation, especially in the feet. This can lead to skin breakdown, ulcers, wounds and infections. This can all be treated by a foot care nurse and is a very important part of proper diabetic care.
Calluses: These are thick layers of skin formed due to friction or pressure, commonly due to ill-fitting shoes. We safely remove these using specialized tools. We also look at why they are forming to prevent them from coming back. This includes looking into your gait and foot wear.
Corns: This often causes pain, redness, swelling and dry cracked skin. We treat them by using specialized tools to scrape or cut the dead tissue away.
Thick toenails: Using state of the art equipment we reduce the size and thickness of the nail.
Our Foot Care Nurse
Melody Murray LPN, FCN
Melody has been a nurse for 20 plus years. Melody has experience in medical and surgical care with a specialty now in Foot Care.
When Melody is not working at the hospital or working at Ataraxy, you will find her kayaking, fishing, or somewhere out in nature. Or playing with her Grand-puppies!
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Who can benefit from Medical Foot Care?
Many groups of people can benefit from foot care
Athletes: Many athletes have complications from training that result in conditions such as – blisters, corns, and dry cracked heels. All of these can be treated regularly by a foot care nurse to boost performance.
Diabetics: Diabetics often experience complications that manifest on the feet and lower limbs. We can help with that! The most common symptoms include: Corns, calluses, ulcers, peripheral neuropathy and infections.
Elderly: As we get older things just need a bit more care! It is crucial to maintain mobility and the health of the feet in order to stay active. As we age we sometimes struggle with the ability to trim our own nails or provide necessary foot care. We can help you with that!
Visually impaired : Are you having difficulty seeing your feet? We can detect and treat conditions before they lead to further complications.
Pregnancy: Many people while pregnant have complications that result in poor foot health, including dry cracked skin, varicose veins, swelling and poor circulation. We can help restore the health of your feet for a healthier pregnancy.
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You Don’t Need to Live With Pain
Pain, injury, accidents, and surgery are an unfortunate part of life. You don’t have to suffer alone.
The team at Ataraxy Health & Vitality want to empower you to live a healthy, active, and vibrant life.
This includes reducing or eliminating pain and injury’s that you may be experiencing.
If you are not sure what treatment option is right for you, then we can explore your treatment options with you.