Show 1113: How to Keep Your Feet Happy and Healthy
The People's Pharmacy
Joe and Terry Graedon
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
It is hard to feel good if your feet hurt. Dancing, running, playing golf or tennis and many other forms of recreation are no fun if you have painful bunions or plantar fasciitis. So how can you keep your feet happy and healthy? And what can you do about common foot problems?
Ask the Podiatrist:
Our guest, Dr. Jane Andersen, can tell you what the most common foot problems are and how we can avoid them. How should you select shoes that will be good for your feet? Are there special considerations if you have a particular foot condition? Learn about hammertoes, bunions, corns and calluses as well as toenail fungus and athlete’s foot. You’ll also find out how to care for temporary setbacks such as sprains and strains and how chronic conditions such as diabetes or psoriasis can affect the feet.
Your Calls Are Welcome:
If you have a question about how to keep your feet happy and healthy, tune in Saturday, March 10, 2018, from 7 to 8 AM EST. You can call 1-888-472-3366. You can also reach us through email (radio@peoplespharmacy.com) or Twitter @peoplespharmacy.
This Week’s Guest:
Jane Andersen, DPM, is a board-certified podiatrist. She practices at InStride Chapel Hill Foot and Ankle Associates. Dr. Andersen is the President of the North Carolina Foot and Ankle Society.
Links
To the state society: http://www.ncfootandankle.org
To the American Podiatric Medical Association: https://www.apma.org
To the APMA Seal program: https://www.apma.org/Patients/content.cfm?ItemNumber=1108&navItemNumber=24202
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Joe Grady. I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, |
| 0:07.0 | where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines. |
| 0:10.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Redex Industries makers of utterly smooth body cream. |
| 0:16.0 | 800, 345, 7339 on the web at utter cream.com. |
| 0:32.0 | When your feet hurt, it's hard to walk, let alone exercise. Even standing can be agony. What can you do to keep your feet healthy? This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden. How many steps do you take every day? Experts encourage us to aim for 10,000 steps. |
| 0:57.8 | The average American takes around 5,000 steps daily, way less than people in many other countries. |
| 1:03.4 | Even 5,000 steps will be hard if your feet hurt. |
| 1:07.3 | Have you ever suffered from plantar fasciaitis? |
| 1:10.1 | What about Bunions, persitis, tendinitis, bone spurs, or a sprained ankle? |
| 1:15.0 | Is there anything you can do to prevent such problems? |
| 1:19.0 | Coming up on the people's pharmacy, |
| 1:21.0 | we answer your questions about how to keep your feet happy and healthy. |
| 1:27.0 | First, the news. |
| 1:30.0 | In The People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, the American College of Physicians has just issued |
| 1:38.1 | guidelines that other medical groups find surprising, perhaps even alarming. The recommendation is for a measure of blood |
| 1:44.8 | sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. The H.B. A1C, also called glycosylated hemoglobin, is a way of telling how high blood sugar has been over the |
| 1:55.8 | past several months and it's considered a good marker of diabetes control. |
| 2:00.8 | The new guidelines call for doctors to personalize treatment for their patients with type 2 diabetes and to aim for H.B. A1C levels between 7 and 8 percent. |
| 2:11.0 | It's that number that has shocked endocrinologists who specialize in treating diabetes. |
| 2:16.2 | They believe that the HBA 1C target should be substantially lower at 6.5%. |
| 2:22.4 | The new guidelines leave patients caught in the middle of a feud |
| 2:25.2 | between highly respected medical organizations. Inadequate treatment leaves |
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