Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“The Soaking Myth/ Urban Legend “ No Soaking: Why Warm Water Can Ruin Diabetic & Ischemic Foot Wounds
Season 1 Episode 1
In this episode Dr. G, a podiatrist and limb-salvage advocate, debunks the common practice of soaking diabetic and ischemic foot wounds. She explains…
5 months ago
Comfort Over Closure: Managing Wounds at End of Life
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G explains how wound care changes in hospice: the focus shifts from closure and aggressive treatments to comfort, pain relief, odor and exudate c…
5 months ago
It’s Not A Miracle, It’s A Marathon- Limb Salvage Revolution: Consistency Over Miracles
Season 1 Episode 1
This episode reframes limb salvage as a marathon, not a miracle—arguing that persistent, team-based care prevents many unnecessary amputations and pr…
5 months ago
Pink but Perilous: Why Color Doesn’t Mean Healing
Season 1 Episode 1
In this episode, a clinician explains why a pink wound isn’t always healing and why exposed tendon makes a wound high-risk and potentially limb-threa…
5 months ago
Stop Leaving the Pinky Toe: Why Incomplete TMA Amputations Fail
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G explains why leaving the fifth digit after other forefoot amputations creates biomechanical imbalance, increased lateral pressure, and recurren…
5 months, 1 week ago
Questions That MUST Be Asked Before the Cut: 12 Questions to Ask Before Any Amputation
Season 1 Episode 1
This episode explains why limb salvage is a philosophy, not just a procedure, and gives the essential questions patients and clinicians must ask befo…
5 months, 1 week ago
Size Matters- Size Is King: How Accurate Wound Measurement Saves Limbs
Season 1 Episode 1
This episode explains why precise wound sizing—length, width, depth, surface area, volume, undermining and tunneling—is the most important metric in …
5 months, 1 week ago
Auto Amputation and Demarcation- When the Body Cuts You Off: Understanding Auto-Amputation
Season 1 Episode 1
In this episode Dr. G explains auto-amputation — when severely ischemic tissue becomes irreversibly necrotic, the immune system walls it off (demarca…
5 months, 1 week ago
Wheelchair Wounds: How Sitting Can Cause Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Season 1 Episode 1
This episode explores why wheelchair-bound diabetic patients are at high risk for foot ulcers despite not walking. It explains how static pressure, n…
5 months, 1 week ago
Talking Dirty With Me - Wound Care Edition- The Clinically Candid Wound-Care Language That Saves Limbs
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G breaks down essential wound-care terminology and explains why precise medical language matters for diagnosis, treatment, and communication with…
5 months, 1 week ago