When your feet hurt, it can impact your whole body. Maybe you don’t exercise because of the pain.
Lack of exercise can increase your risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, etc. Maybe your gait is off which can cause hip or back pain causing even more problems.
It can all be connected. If your feet aren’t functioning the way they should, we may have the answers.
Sarah Pelletier, Family Nurse Practitioner obtained her Certified Foot Care Nurse credential after meeting the requirements of the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing Certification Board. In addition to the training required by the Board, Sarah Pelletier, FNP, Certified Foot Care Nurse, completed a foot care preceptorship with Podiatrist, Dr. Lawrence Crystal, DPM.
The foot care services available to Fish River Rural Health medical patients include at-risk foot care for those patients with diabetes, neuropathy, poor circulation, and treatment of nail disorders.
We want you to put your best foot forward.