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How to Care for Your Feet And When to Seek Podiatric Medical Attention Dr. H.M. Juma, Podiatrist Saskatoon Health Region Main floor, Sturdy-Stone Centre 122 3 rd Avenue North Saskatoon, SK How to Care for Your Feet Give your feet a

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  • Dr. H.M. Juma, Podiatrist

Saskatoon Health Region Main floor, Sturdy-Stone Centre 122 – 3rd Avenue North Saskatoon, SK

How to Care for Your Feet And When to Seek Podiatric Medical Attention

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How to Care for Your Feet

  • Give your feet a gentle

washing in lukewarm water. Avoid soaking for more than 10

  • minutes. Ensure to dry

between your toes when drying your feet.

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  • If thick rough skin is present,

give it a light scrub with a pumice stone or foot file during

  • r after washing the feet. Do

not try to cut these off with sharp instruments.

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  • If the skin tends to be dry or

cracked, apply a good body lotion to the feet after washing to help hold in moisture. But do not put lotion between toes

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  • If the skin tends to be sweaty,

a sprinkling of foot powder helps keep the skin dry. A change of socks during the day may be needed.

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  • When trimming toenails, be

sure you can see what you are

  • doing. Trim the nails straight
  • across. Don’t cut down the

sides, or cut V’s into the free edge.

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  • Wear shoes that fit. Sizes may

vary from brand to brand. When buying shoes always try them on and make sure the width and length are adequate.

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  • Inspect your feet checking for

unusual growths or changes in color, swelling, deformity, corns, calluses, blisters or injuries to the skin. Seek medical attention if needed.

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When to Seek Podiatric Medical Attention

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Toenail Disorders

  • Thick Nails
  • Ram’s Horn Nails
  • Fungal Nails
  • Curved Nails
  • Ingrown Nails
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Thick Nails (Onychauxis)

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Ram’s Horn (Onychogryphosis)

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Fungal Nails (Onychomycosis)

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Curved Nails (Involution)

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Ingrown Nail (Onychocryptosis)

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Skin Conditions

  • Calluses
  • Fissures
  • Corns
  • Warts
  • Ulcers
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Calluses

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Fissures

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Corns

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Warts

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Ulcers

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Structural Deformities

  • Flat Feet
  • High Arch
  • Bunion
  • Hammer toe
  • Charcot Foot
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High Arch and Flat Foot (Pes Cavus and Pes Planus)

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Bunion (Hallux Abductovalgus)

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Charcot Foot

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Orthotics

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Shoes

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Casts

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Podiatry is two tiered in Saskatchewan

  • The Saskatoon Health Region
  • perates a Publicly Funded

Clinic

  • There are 4 Private Practice

Clinics in Saskatoon

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SASKATOON HEALTH REGION (Publicly Funded Podiatry Clinic)

  • Dr. H.M. Juma, Dr. N.E. Rose

Podiatry Department Main Floor, Sturdy-Stone Centre 122 – 3rd Avenue Saskatoon, SK S7K 2H6 Tel: (306) 655-4130 Fax: (306) 655-4138

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PRIVATE PRACTICE PODIATRY CLINICS IN SASKATOON

  • Dr. M. Gurgul

6 – 140 Wall Street Saskatoon, SK S7K 1N4 Tel: (306) 934-3668 Fax: (306) 934- 8021

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  • Dr. E. Hauck

203 – 514 Queen Street Saskatoon, SK S7K 0M5 Tel: (306) 653-4151 Fax: (306) 653-4153

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  • Dr. M. Jones

College Park Podiatry Clinic Cumberland Shopping Centre #21 – 1501 8th Street East Saskatoon, SK S7H 5J6 Tel: (306) 382-4221 Fax: (306) 651-3088

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  • Dr. S.J. Roche

Saskatoon Family Podiatry 204 – 502 Cope Way Saskatoon, SK S7T 0G3 STONEBRIDGE Tel: (306) 975-0205 Fax: (306) 975-0206

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