Episode 1 · 42 min
From her grandfather’s practice to regenerative podiatry
Dr. Nicole Graf, DPM, FACPM, C.Ped.Podiatrist, Lexington Podiatry
Dr. Nicole Graf started in podiatry at 12, following her grandfather around his practice. She talks with host Robert Rock about opening her own practice in October 2008, as Lehman Brothers collapsed, and how the field has moved from padding and taping to surgery and now to regenerative care.
They cover the newer tools in her clinic (peptides, exosomes, MLS laser and shockwave), when they can spare a patient surgery and when they work best alongside it, and why she says clinicians should learn a peptide properly, from accredited training rather than from people selling it, before recommending one.
She also explains how a foot care line she first made for her own patients became a wholesale product, and previews Toe Tactics, her team’s evening for private podiatry practices at the AAPPM meeting in Fort Lauderdale on Friday 13 November.
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- Welcome
- Following her grandfather into podiatry
- Opening a practice in 2008
- How podiatry has changed since the 1990s
- Peptides, exosomes, laser and shockwave
- When regenerative care can replace surgery
- Layering regenerative care with surgery
- Peptides, accredited training and trusted labs
- Building a foot care line from her grandfather’s recipes
- Toe Tactics: help for private practices
- Seven tables, seven experts
- Event date and location
- Life outside the clinic