Reduced sensation
Numbness or altered feeling may hide a cut, blister, burn, or object inside a shoe.
Diabetic foot carein New York.
Diabetic foot care
Prevent small problems from becoming serious.
Diabetes can affect sensation, circulation, skin, nails, joints, and healing. Regular foot checks and prompt attention to changes can help identify concerns before they progress.
Why prevention matters
Diabetes can change how a foot feels and heals
Nerve damage may reduce the ability to feel pain, pressure, heat, or injury. Reduced blood flow can make healing more difficult. Together, these changes can allow a blister, cut, pressure spot, or nail problem to worsen without obvious warning.
Circulation concerns
Changes in blood flow may affect skin temperature, color, and healing.
Pressure and structure
Bunions, hammertoes, calluses, or shape changes can concentrate pressure on the skin.
Skin and nail changes
Cracks, thick nails, fungal changes, or an ingrown nail may create an entry point for infection.
Preventive evaluation
What a diabetic foot exam may include
A comprehensive foot evaluation may review skin and nails, pulses and circulation, sensation, pressure areas, footwear, joint motion, foot shape, prior wounds, and the ability to manage daily care safely.
Skin, nails, and pressure
Look for cracks, calluses, blisters, nail problems, wounds, redness, and areas that rub in shoes.
Sensation and circulation
Assess protective sensation and signs that may suggest reduced blood flow.
Prevention plan
Discuss footwear, daily checks, safe nail and callus care, follow-up timing, and referrals when needed.
Between appointments
Daily foot care basics
- Check the tops, bottoms, sides, heels, and spaces between toes every day.
- Look for cuts, blisters, redness, swelling, drainage, temperature changes, or new pressure spots.
- Wash with warm—not hot—water and dry carefully, especially between the toes.
- Wear properly fitting shoes and clean socks; check inside shoes before putting them on.
- Avoid walking barefoot, using heating pads on the feet, or cutting corns and calluses yourself.
Your diabetes care team may recommend a different routine based on sensation, circulation, prior wounds, medications, vision, balance, or other health conditions.
Do not wait for the next routine visit
Foot changes that need prompt attention
Contact a medical professional promptly for an open sore, blister that is not healing, spreading redness, drainage, odor, sudden swelling, a warm foot with a change in shape, black or blue skin, a puncture wound, or signs of infection. Call emergency services for a medical emergency.
A serious diabetic foot problem may not be very painful when sensation is reduced. Visible change, drainage, swelling, or a wound matters even when discomfort is mild.
Two New York locations
Plan a diabetic foot evaluation
Choose the Gramercy office in Manhattan or the Brighton Beach office in Brooklyn. Both office pages include the complete address, schedule, and directions.
Need a preventive foot check?Choose an office and appointment time, or call the practice for help.