Footdrop: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

• Nerve Compression: Pressure on the peroneal nerve, which governs dorsiflexion, can cause foot drop. Tight shoes, injuries, or anatomical issues may cause this compression.
• Nerve injuries: Knee or lower leg trauma might damage the peroneal nerve, causing foot drop.
• Neurological Disorders: Stroke, MS, and spinal cord injuries can impair brain-foot muscle connections.
• Muscle problems: Muscular dystrophies and other muscle problems can weaken foot muscles, causing foot drop.
• Sciatica, which branches into the peroneal nerve, can cause foot drop.

Symptoms:

Difficulty elevating the front half of the foot while walking, resulting in dragging or slapping.
Avoiding stumbling by raising the knee or swinging the leg.

We help to manage foot drop by personalized assessment. It aims at determining the root cause of your condition by conducting a thorough examination to design a treatment that is specific to you. Then a targeted treatment plan is delivered to you.

• Muscle Building: Physiotherapists will construct exercises for dorsiflexion (foot raising) muscles. These muscles can gradually enhance your foot lift and minimise dragging.
• ROPM Exercises : Range of motion exercises can keep the ankle joint flexible and prevent stiffness.
• Functional exercises: These exercises mirror real-life movements to enhance walking and balance. Practise steps, stairs, or barriers.
• Balance and coordination training: Foot drop affects balance and coordination. Physiotherapy's balance and proprioception exercises might help you restore stability.
• Gait training: Physiotherapists can help you walk again. Mirrors, visual cues, and assistance equipment may help them walk more naturally.
• FES can activate weak muscles. Muscle contractions from skin-attached electrodes help elevate feet.

Do you have a foot drop? This affects your mobility, and now you are looking for solutions that will help you deal with it. If this is the case then come to PhysiofyMe where our expert physiotherapists will assist you in regaining control over your foot function and enhancing your quality of life.

• Search "physiotherapy near me"
• Contact PhysiofyMe via our website or phone.
• Schedule Assessment: One of our professional physiotherapists will assess you at a convenient time.
• Personalised Treatment: We'll construct a foot drop treatment plan based on the assessment.
• Begin Therapy: Our skilled physiotherapists will help you implement the therapy plan with exercises and strategies.