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Diabetic Shoes
Serving Houston & Surrounding Areas
We, at My Diabetic Shoes, offer depth-inlay shoes & custom molded shoes in different styles which meets the requirement through the Medicare Therapeutic Shoe guidelines.
We carry broadest line of diabetic shoes available in the market today.
We have more styles, more shapes, more designs to fit virtually every diabetic foot in every life style.
We can also provide a split pair to the patients with 2 different size feet.
Our lab can also make custom inserts with off-loading areas, metatarsal pads, heel cups and more.
We are specialist in custom designing inserts and shoes for patients with partial amputations ( toe amputation, mid foot amputation, lisfranc amputation and chopart amputation ) of the foot. These inserts & shoes are specially designed to ensure bio-mechanical balance & to reduce shearing and vacuum forces.
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OUR CERTIFIED SHOE FITTERS CAN ALSO COME TO NURSING HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING CENTERS, COMMUNITY CENTERS OR PATIENT'S RESIDENCES.
7 Must Know Statistics About Amputation Due To Diabetes
1. A foot ulcer is the initial event in more than 85% of major amputations that are performed on people with diabetes.[ii]
2. In the United States, every year about 73,000 amputations of the lower limb not related to trauma are performed on people with diabetes.[i]
3.More than 60% of non-traumatic lower limb amputations occur in people with diabetes.[iii]
4.The rate of amputation for people with diabetes is 8 times higher than for people without diabetes.[iv]
5.60-70% of diabetics have mild to severe forms of nervous system damage resulting in impaired sensation in the feet.[iii]
6. In one study, research showed that following an amputation, up to 50% of people with diabetes will die within 2 years.[ii]
7.According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), comprehensive foot care programs can reduce diabetic foot amputations by as much as 85%.[iii]
We Proudly Offer depth-inlay shoes & Custom Molded Shoes As Part Of Our Comprehensive Foot Care Program Which Can Reduce Diabetic Foot Amputations By As Much As 85%.
We Proudly Offer depth-inlay shoes & Custom Molded Shoes As Part Of Our Comprehensive Foot Care Program Which Can Reduce Diabetic Foot Amputations By As Much As 85%.
Sources:
i Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Diabetes http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes
ii Brownrigg, J.R.W., Apelqvist, J., Bakker, K., Schaper, N.C., and Hinchliffe, R.J., Evidence-based managed of PAD & the Diabetic Foot. Euro J Vasc and Endovasular Surg, 2013. 45(6): p. 673-681. http://www.ejves.com/article/S1078-5884(13)00136-6/abstract (accessed 7/30/2016)
iii National Diabetes Fact Sheet, Center for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes
iv Declining Rates of Hospitalization for Nontraumatic Lower-Extremity Amputation in the Diabetic Population Aged 40 Years or Older: U.S., 1988–2008, YANFENG LI, NILKA RÍOS BURROWS, EDWARD W. GREGG, ANN ALBRIGHT, LINDA S. GEISS, DIABETES CARE, VOLUME 35, FEBRUARY 2012.
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