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Warm Feet ®

Warm Feet® can help with the problem of limited circulation to the feet.

      

The complementary therapy, Warm Feet® a relaxation technique, is designed to increase blood flow to the feet. It is an educational intervention! It has been researched and findings published in Diabetes Care, Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association and most recently in Diabetes Self-Management, Sept. - Oct. 2004.

How Does Warm Feet® work?
When you practice the Warm Feet® relaxation technique, described and guided on an audio cassette tape, you will be learning a new skill. The relaxation allows the peripheral blood vessels to widen, which permits more warm blood to flow through the area warming it, hence its name. The increased blood flow brings additional nutrients and oxygen to the tissues, which results in pain relief and healing.

How can I know if I am really relaxing correctly?
You can learn by using assisted temperature biofeedback (measuring skin temperature in hands or feet before and after relaxation). Increased skin temperature after relaxation indicates that you are more relaxed. Included in the Warm Feet® Kit is a personal skin thermometer and instructions on how to use it. The temperature biofeedback is an option to help and guide you in developing your skill of relaxation.

To maximize positive outcomes of this technique, it is very important that you daily spend time in learning and practicing it. You will have some success right away, but practicing regularly, 1 or 2 times a day, 16 minutes at a time, will soon show positive results and allow you to learn this new skill to mastery.

Beneficial results of daily practice with the Warm Feet® technique include:

1. increased blood flow and warming of the feet
2. reduced pain in legs and feet.
3. increased healing rate of foot ulcers, even chronic ones.
4. improved ability to walk.
5. increased coping skills for life, as well as other side benefits.

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