Well, I actually have one of the resin brace AFO type of things for my right foot that is mostly numb and drags when I am trying to walk because of MS. It does NOT move at all like some AFOs do with a joint at the knee. This thing is just to try and keep me from dragging/ tripping on/ getting stuck with my numb toes because I can only lift that foot about .02% of the time I walk anymore.
It is held onto my foot by a Velcro strip at the top. The top is just below my knee. Cause they are cute and covered up my bruises, I have worn knee-high and higher socks since I was 5 or 6. Now I kinda need them to not have the plasticy thing stick to me when I am trying to wear it!

I can wear it MOST of the time with a few flat boots that I can use in the winter time if the thing fits in. I need orthopedic sneakers to wear it other times, those silly looking sneakers were part of the RX because the foot bed is much wider than my regular foot is with the plastic/ resin that its made from.

The place I got it from let me choose a nice/ neat enough pattern that I choose myself; instead of having to be stuck with the clear, grey or black generic pattern. Mine is light blue with multi colored stars on it. I have of course markered up the white Velcro part with stars and things. There may just be a few Hello Kitty stickers on my brace too.

If you need to have one of these best of luck

There is an electronic device that wraps around your calf. I dont have one but have seen it demonstrated. They have ads in the MS magazine. it costs a lot and needs a prescription. Have heard it helps.

A physical therapist can give you a demo. They offered it to me but i didnt try.

i have a brace for each foot that is made like princess gwenda described. mine are light purple with butterflies on them. there's lots of color choices, though.

I use an AFO & it works great. I didn't need fancy or expensive, just needed to stop falling every 2 steps:)

I have an AFO for my left foot. Now after progressing to SPMS I may need one for the other foot. Mine is flesh colored. I pulled in the insole out of my tennis shoe and it fits great! I was never offered any other colors!

One name for the thing that timetraveler described is 'Walkaide. If you wanted more info about it my friend Sooz14 is pretty happy with it, and I am sure she'd be happy to tell you about it. I had a try with it, but the sales guy couldn't adjust it well enough to get it to work right and not really hurt. But lately I have decided I am going to try it out again with a different sales person. It isn't THAT expensive once you have it. Maintenance is roughly 300/year.

I've had a couple a few rounds of physical therapy. It really is very helpful. I have some sheets on it, if you're interested in having them. I did have them on google forms... I'll have to see why I can't see them recently but I do have them. Can always post them to youtube or something. :)

I take magnesium for my leg issues, cramping/spasticity. It's the miracle cure for so many things. Dr. Carolyn Dean, Dr. Mark Hyman, Russell Blaylock all recommend magnesium. (citrate or citrate/malate types and start off gradually. I normally take 800 mg per day. 400 between breakfast and lunch and 400 at bedtime.)

The physical therapy for drop foot basically consisted of concentrating on how we're walking, sort of like learning to walk again, purposefully. My therapist had me take his arm and he had me repeat with each step, "heel to toe." Said to imagine I was royalty and stepping purposefully. It has kept me from hurrying and tripping myself up with that drop foot. The left one is the culprit. You can tell by the toes of my shoes - they have little tread marks on them. For the most part, I walk better. Still have to conentrate and certainly can't look up while walking or carry on an involved conversation or I'll trip for sure.

Hope this helps. :)

well...I just try to ignore it the best that I can. When I am walking with my daughter sh instantly becomes a drill sergeant and repeats a cadence she made up. "1,2,3,up. 1,2,3, up" etc. we just try to make some of my MS symptoms silly & not get stressed about them.

Walkaide is one option
http://www.walkaide.com/en-US/Pages/default.aspx

When I was last walking I used an AFO brace.
Mine did not have a bendable ankle so I found I limped while using it.
but it did stop the dragging foot so I did not stumble

I use an orthotic or AFO. I find its sweaty, uncomfortable and I end up padding it. I think its worse in bed. I tend to want to wear shoes to bed to keep that foot up.

Before I had to use a wheelchair, I was using resin brace AFO although I needed a pair of shoes for it to work, which it did. However weight of shoe and eventually balance caught up with me.