11/14/2025
On world diabetes day, Hager Orthopaedics strives to create awareness of the impact diabetes has on individuals and their families. Prosthetic and orthotic care is focused on the needs of the individual, what matters most to them, and how they can mobilize and function optimally while living with diabetes.
Did you know⁉️
➡️30% of Canadians live with diabetes or pre-diabetes.
➡️15-20% of those with diabetes will have a diabetic foot ulcer in their lifetime
➡️85% of amputations in people with diabetes are preceded by a diabetic foot ulcer
(Orthotics Prosthetics Canada, 2024)