Health professionals regularly care for people who experience shin injuries and observe that the affected limb is often swollen after the trauma. Recent work mapping the lower limb lymphatic pathways has demonstrated that the anterolateral lymph vessels proceed from the lateral ankle and progress across
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The Leg Club model for community-based care of individuals with leg wounds is unique. This recently released research paper and the emergence of a Foundation database provides valuable insights into how care can be delivered and the outcomes that can be obtained. https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13522
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The brand new Leg Club Recipe Book is the result of an international collaboration of superb home cooking talent whose entire aim is to share their passion for great food whilst also supporting the actions and endeavors of the Leg Club Foundation. The Recipe Book
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Sometimes clinicians treat patients with wounds for many weeks hoping that the challenged individual will find a way to get better
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Our colleagues at the NHS have developed an excellent Pathway to appropriately manage skin tears that occur below knee. https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/TVWCM-v1-Appx-2-Lower-Body-Skin-Tear-Pathway.pdf
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Every winter in my region there are numerous individuals who experience burns due to wood fires, hot beverages, hot water bottles and heat packs. The NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation has guidelines which discuss pathophysiology, first aid, dressing choices and ongoing management. It is a
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COVID19 and its necessary social isolation has placed vulnerable people in a position that loneliness has become an ever present reality. However, people who experience chronic wounds and lymphoedema are also too well aquainted with this void in interpersonal relationships. The link below contains some tips from
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Andrea Mangion is the founder of Health Education for Lymphoedema (HELP). In Part One of our interview, Andrea and I discuss
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Medical and healthcare education is vital for ensuring up-to-date service delivery. Literature, on-site inservices, conferences and webinars are all valuable sources of learning. Getting the time, funding and access to obtain appropriate training is always a challenge. This is where on-line learning can provide health professionals with what
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Christine Murphy and her colleagues have recently published a new international consensus document which addresses the concept of wound hygiene for hard-to-heal wounds. The presumption is that the majority of stalled wounds will contain biofilm. It is suggested that disrupting biofilms via aggressive wound cleansing
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