Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSurgical Site Infections - Incision to Infection: The Truth About Diabetic Foot SSIs and How to Stop Them
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G explains why people with diabetes are far more vulnerable to surgical site infections — covering neuropathy, poor blood flow, high blood sugars…
7 months ago
Holiday Heel: How Calcaneal Fractures Break Your Season
Season 1 Episode 1
In this episode Dr. G explains “holiday heel” — calcaneal (heel) fractures that spike during the holidays from ladder falls, slips and carrying heavy…
7 months, 1 week ago
Thanksgiving Survival Guide for Diabetic Feet: Eat, Protect, Prevent
Season 1 Episode 1
This episode offers a concise Thanksgiving survival plan for people with diabetes: which foods help or harm wound healing, how to manage blood sugar …
7 months, 1 week ago
Mercury Retrograde & The Reopened Ulcer: Unfinished Business, Cosmic Chaos, Biomechanics, and How to Stop the Cycle Before It Ends in Amputation
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G uses the Mercury Retrograde analogy to explain why diabetic foot ulcers often recur, covering medical and mechanical causes like osteomyelitis,…
7 months, 1 week ago
Being in A Situationship with Your Diabetic Foot Ulcer: breaking the toxic cycle
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G compares diabetic foot ulcers to a "situationship"—a pattern of ignoring early warning signs, inconsistent care, and delayed follow-up that let…
7 months, 1 week ago
Cutting the Culprit: How Removing a Peroneus Brevis Saved a Leg
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G returns with a real-world diabetic foot case about exposed tendons, focusing on the peroneus brevis. This episode explains why exposed tendons …
7 months, 1 week ago
Why I believe Winter Time is Gas Gangrene Season- Frost, Flesh and Fermentation: A Deep Dive into Cold Weather Clostridial Infections
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G returns to Diabetic Foot Files to explain why winter can increase the risk of aggressive diabetic foot infections, including gas gangrene. She …
7 months, 1 week ago
Offload First: The Antidote to Neuropathic Plantar Ulcers
Season 1 Episode 1
In this episode Dr. G explains why offloading — removing pressure from the ulcer site — is the single most important intervention for neuropathic pla…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Please Grow for Me: The Photosynthesis of Diabetic Wound Healing
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G examines how growth factors act as fertilizers, and how oxygen and light therapies function like sunlight and air to revive chronic diabetic fo…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Feed Me, Seymour: The Metabolic Appetite of Diabetic Wounds
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G explores how wound healing is an active metabolic process — what wounds need (calories, protein, oxygen, vitamins and minerals), how hyperglyce…
7 months, 4 weeks ago