Treating Chronic Ulcers and Pain in the Feet and Legs

	Treatment
Diabetic neuropathy and necrotizing cellulitis		Full recovery

Poor circulation is a major cause of non healing wounds, ulcers and chronic pain in your legs and feet. Skin ulcers develop when blood flow is no longer able to supply the nutrients and oxygen needed by the tissues. This is the result of arteries and veins that have deteriorated and lost their capacity, often as a complication to diabetes.

Some forms of vascular disease can be corrected by surgical procedures, but many cases are inoperable. If a wound or ulcer is not responding to conservative treatment, the deterioration process will continue. However, there is an effective treatment available so that you can keep your toes, feet and legs, and regain a healthy lifestyle.

Circulator Boot Therapy
The Circulator Boot uses air pressure to provide a continuous series of gentle, short-duration compression pulses. The primary reason that the system works so well is that the timing of the compressions is controlled by its cardiac monitor. The accurately timed pressure pulses occur between heart beats.

Doctors who are familiar with Circulator Boot therapy recommend it as an excellent method for treating and correcting circulation problems. A recent article, from the Mayo Clinic & Foundation, published in Vascular Medicine, reported that "Complete ulcer healing as well as preservation of the affected limb can be achieved in most cases."

Restore Circulation
As well as providing an immediate boost to arterial and venous circulation, the procedure slowly breaks down clots. It increases the breakdown of plaque within the arteries by the release of nitric oxide and PGI2 from the endothelial cells of the capillaries. Nitric oxide is a vasodilator and activator of angiogenesis (formation of new arteries). PG12 is a vasodilator and inhibitor of platelet aggregation. Oxygen and nourishment increase. You will see swelling and pain subside with the first few sessions. As blood circulation is restored with each further session, the body can begin to heal itself.

It is important for you to begin boot therapy early, at the first sign of an erupting problem if possible. The healing process develops more quickly when extensive tissue damage has not yet occurred.

The typical treatment time is 40 minutes, plus pre-soak time and dressing time, within a one-hour clinic session. With a schedule of three to five treatments per week, a minor ulcer can heal in four weeks. A severely diseased leg could take 15 to 25 weeks to save. A typical treatment program spans about eight weeks.

You can read about this patient at the web site www.circulator.com as Case History 191.  Over 200 cases are described.

As circulation returns, you see a healthy pink colour, the size of the wound decreases, pain fades and tactile sensation returns. The therapeutic results are lasting.

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