I really hope that you are ok.. I have a foot drop with my right leg. It always comes either when I'm tired or when I get nervous or anxious while walking. My daughter, who is only 11, if she is with me and sees my right foot lagging behind starts quietly chanting like a military cadence :"step., right leg up, step, up, step, up..." Usuallly within 1-2 min. I am laughing so much that I forget all about it. My neurologists, on the suggestion of my MS PT, gave me a script for a ROLATOR. I use it to practice walking around my driveway. It has helped a lot!

The next time I see my neurologists I want to ask her about the electoral impulse band that you put on your leg to help stop the foot drop. Not quite sure how it fits under long pants. And do I want people to see it when I have shorts on?????

Hope this helped. :) Chrissy

I use a cane just to not trip up. I tried the band ChrissyH mentioned, but the guy couldn't get it to work on me. It hurt too much. If you want to find out more about it, my friend Sooz (see my friends list) uses it, and she would be happy to tell you about it, I'm sure. I will try another fitting some day I think. . . It is called WalkAide (google it).

AFO, ankle foot orthotic, best thing I ever got. I was falling all over the place. It's fairly cheap & it works great. I kept putting it off until one incident.

I heard my dogs yelping outside one morning shortly after I let them out. I went outside to see what was up and they came running around the side of the house. Not far behind was a pissed of raccoon. As I turned to run, well you can guess, flat on my face.

Here I am flat on my face trying to crawl to the house. Fortunately he was gone & all I had was grass stains. If this had been an actual emergency I would have been in trouble. It hit me it was time to do something. Hope your leg is feeling better, now go get your AFO:)
Hugs
Tammy

I hope you both do see a physio or orthotist & get fitted with an afo to help you. Once you get your foot retrained sometimes (couple of years later) you are able to do without them & buy good shoes that support your feet well. You do need a lot of physio & exercise to strengthen your leg too.
I had a lot of physio on my left leg which had foot drop & it is now strong enough to walk with a really good pair of shoes.
I did spend a lot more than I would normally spend but well worth it.'Wasnt going to wear cheap shoes after my foot surgery & all that has followed too.

Hi,
I do not have MS but I do have permanent footdrop due to spinal cord injury so I thought I might share my experience. Prior to getting foot drop I was a marathon runner; afterwards my life was full of stumbles and falls and no more running. After 2 years of trying everything (including the WalkAide which did not work on me due to the nature of my spinal trauma) I found Allard's ToeOFF AFO and now am back to running marathons. If you want more about my experiences you can check out my blog or Facebook pages, but I'd be happy to answer any questions about my brace if it would help: getbackuptoday.blogspot.com, facebook.com/getbackuptoday
I hope this helps just a bit, but also I wish you the very best--stay strong and remember this: Falling down is a part of life; getting back up is living!
Be well and know you're not alone,
Beth