Diabetes Foot Care Tips Reversing Diabetes Circulation Problems

If you have diabetes, information about how reversing diabetes complications is vital to your well being. Not only can you reduce your risk of infection or amputation by incorporating these foot care tips...but reversing diabetes poor circulation is immediately possible.

Reversing diabetes, in particular, information improving circulation and preventing amputation is vital to your well being.

If you don't look after your feet you run the risk of developing sores or infections that could, in the worst case scenario, lead to amputations. As happened to my father-in-law. But did not happen for my friend's mother. Reduce your risk of infection or amputation by incorporating these foot care tips...

1) Check your feet daily - especially if you have low sensitivity or no feeling in your feet. Sores, cuts and grazes could go unnoticed and you could develop problems leading to amputations.

2) Don't go around barefoot, even indoors. It's easy to step on something or stub your toes and cut yourself. You may not even know you have done this. Protect your feet with socks/stockings and shoes/slippers.

3) Be careful if you have corns or calluses. Check with your doctor or podiatrist the best way to care for them. You may need professional help.

4) Wash your feet daily in warm, not HOT water. And don't soak your feet (even if you've been standing all day) because it could dry your skin and form cracks or sores.

5) Take extra care to dry your feet completely, especially between your toes. These are natural moisture traps - leaving them damp or wet could create all sorts of problems.

6) Exercise your legs and feet regularly. Even when sitting you can rotate your ankles; wiggle your toes or move your legs up and down. These all keep your blood circulation flowing and helps to minimize the risk of foot problems. If you take better care of your fitness, reversing diabetes which may be part of a larger health issue is more likely.

7) Get your feet professionally checked, at least once a year, for sensitivity and signs of any problems. You can usually arrange this when you have your annual check up for your AC1 levels (blood glucose levels over a 3-month period), blood pressure and cholesterol.

Take constant care of your feet. Get help from a relative or professional; Doctor, diabetic nurse or podiatrist, if you are not able to bend when trimming nails or checking for sores. Taking these simple actions will help you reduce the risk of painful problems.

Reversing Diabetes with Massage

Massage in your daily foot care routine may be one of the best aids for reversing diabetes you will find. Of course nutrition and exercise are also important.

However, massage is immediately useful, immediately improves circulation to bring a better supply of nutrition, even prescribed pharmaceuticals, and removal of topics. It is pleasurable and you can do this for yourself.
Check out the "The Diabetes Massage Method" if you'd like to learn a safe, complete system for providing massage for yourself as a diabetic.

You won't find a more pleasurable way for reversing diabetes.