So sorry about your foot. That sounds awful! At least it is not broken but I have never heard of dropped foot. You being a nurse know about most things, I suppose. Praying for you to get better. Carol
carol, foot drop is usually seen in elderly people or bedridden people such as the comatose victim where the muscles and nerves are atrophied for lack of use. It can also be caused from nerve injury such as mine. I just hope it can be reversed. I hate not being able to use this foot. I am used to having really good mobility now that my weight is OK and this has really got me down both mentally and physically. My orthopedic appt. is in the AM and I hope he has some good news for me. I have been thinking a lot about it and maybe some Physical Therapy might be what he orders. I could handle that. I wouldn't be opposed to surgery if that is what it takes to restore my normal mobility. Anything is better than not being able to walk without almost falling.
Lily, I noticed on another thread that you said you needed a lot of sleep. Me, too. I take a nap most days. My hubby is just the opposite. It is frustrating sometimes. Since I supposedly have had a disease since I was 28, I wonder if that might have something to do with it. I just accept it and go on. Some days are worse than others but it is embarrassing when you are in a meeting and your head keeps nodding. It help when there are a lot of other people there. Hopefully not too many people are noticing or have compassion if they do notice. Sometimes I feel I am a lazy person.
Great news at the orthopedic doctor. No breaks shown on CT scan. He feels the nerves and muscles in my left foot will heal themselves in time with lots of Physical Therapy.. I start PT on Monday. Yeah! I am to do PT for 3 weeks and then see him again. I am ready to get on my way to restored mobility.
Do you know what they are doing in therapy and what nerve they talked about? Just curious cuz I'm going through the same thing. Mine is Morton's Neuroma and I had ionization treatments (sit for hour with 2 pads with meds on them and hooked up to a machine like a car battery to send electrical charges to send the meds down) 3 times a week.
My first day of therapy isn't until Monday so I really don't know what it will entail. I don't know for sure which nerve it is. I do know that it is where the bottom of the tibia, joins the top of the foot. I do not think it is Morton's Neuroma, I could be mistaken. It's been a long time since I had Anatomy in nursing school and I don't have a book available to look it up.
I had Physical Therapy yesterday. It didn't seem too bad at the time. By last night my foot was very sore and swollen from the exercises. Maybe this means it is helping. I go again on Friday. They gave me a bunch of resistance exercises to do at home.
I believe it is the peroneal nerve that allows you to flex your foot. Compression or loss of blood supply to the nerve for a period of time can cause injury to the nerve and thus foot drop.
