Health Care Professionals
Welcome to the Professionals section of our site. In this section, IPFH provides detailed articles on the rationale for Preventive Foot Health: What it Means for Patients; key concepts related to preventive foot health, including skin/soft tissue management; and an integrated approach to selecting shoes and padded socks that fit and other articles related to the foot and its vital role in mobility and function.
This website also features a Resources section that contains abstracts and full-text versions of the peer-reviewed studies that provided impetus for the founding of IPFH, results of the 2009 and 2012 IPFH/NPD foot health surveys, IPFH white papers, a glossary of foot-related terms and other foot-related research.
AFOs and Interfaces: The Important Role of Socks
November 06 2014
By Harry “J.R.” Brandt Jr, CO, LO, BOCO
Harry “J.R.” Brandt Jr,…
Amputation through the Ages: A Time-Honored Way to Save Lives
September 10 2014
In a movie trailer, the scene shows an unseen man’s booted foot caught in the stirrup of a saddle.…
Up to 25% of people with…
NOTE: This article is for educational purposes only. The remedies described are…
IPFH Provides Grant for CME on Diabetic Foot Exams
February 23 2015
Consistent with its mission to raise awareness about the importance of caring for the feet through…