Vascular Disease Awareness Month

Human Biosciences Podcast

Heather Flexer is our guest again on this episode of the Triple Helix podcast. A doctor of physical therapy and a board-certified Wound Specialist CWS, Heather works in the field of wound care, post-surgery care and wellness, as well as contributing content to our site. This time, Heather gets into Vascular Disease Awareness Month and how to prevent vascular disease in the lower limbs.

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1. What is a lower extremity ulcer? How do people get them? (00:01:00)

2. September is Vascular Disease Awareness Month (00:01:20)

3. Factors for manifesting leg ulcers (00:01:42)

4. Details on these type of ulcers (00:02:11)

5. Pregnancy and lower extremity ulcers—how and why does this happen? (00:02:56)

6. Sedentary living and resulting insufficient bloodflow (00:03:45)

7. Movement is essential, you need to work your heart muscle! (00:04:40)

8. What is a good daily regimen to prevent these ulcers and bloodflow issues? (00:05:22)

9. What is the most common age these ulcers appear, and how to deal with them? (00:06:06)

10. We’re meant to move—lifestyle choices matter (00:07:10)

11. Diet, exercise and lower extremity ulcers (00:08:20)

12. What is life like with arterial wounds? About revascularization surgery, wound treatment and behavior, the use of compression wraps (00:12:25)

13. Are these wounds the beginning of a decline in health or can people recover (00:15:25)

14. Collagen’s role in healing vascular wounds (00:16:50)

15. How collagen works in vascular wounds (00:18:30)

16. About Vascular Disease Awareness Month, how it’s celebrated (00:21:05)

17. How is collagen biologically active? (00:21:12)