t know what is the cause of my foot drop. What is your opinion. If it is the cyst, why do I just now get foot drop. I just turned 30 years old and nothing before now, this is my first and only child. If my foot drop is caused by this cyst, what are the differnt options to drain fluid-filled cyst from the brain, besides putting a shunt in, I have heard so many risk factors and complications later on from that I do not want to try that.
Hi I've got a foot drop from an L3/ L4 herniation happened beginning of July,,,, hospital delayed an mri even though they said I need it,,, cut along story short got results 6 weeks later,,, spinal surgeon said to me it had been left to long and is paralysed and won't recover,,, had a microdisectomy 7 weeks ago mostly for pain in leg,,, was hoping he was wrong, but still no improvement I get an orthotic in few weeks,,,, he hasn't done any test on my foot,,,, was just wondering what e
It was done as an emergency for sudden onset foot drop. After surgery my foot drop did not improve and I am left with radiculopathy in my big toe & chronic back pain. Has anyone else had foot drop happen like this before? Has anyone had foot drop improve this far out of surgery?
Thanks for your replies.
5 weeks ago I was diagnosed with peronealneuropathy causing foot drop I have tingling in my top of my foot my big toe is completely numb I have a lot of pain down the side of my calf I just want to know I've started physical therapy therapy I've had a MRI that shows slight stenosis on both sides and a moderate bulge on the right side which is where my foot drop is but the neurologist said he didn't think it was causing foot drop I've had a nerve conduction test and an EMG that co
I could only walk with the aid of crutches, unfortunately I had a fall after tripping when my my right foot stubbed the floor due to my foot drop, as a consequence I broke my hip and had to have a hip replacement. I now wear a foot brace which keeps my foot flat but is painful to wear because of the nerve damage to my foot caused by the foot drop.
There are days when I get very depressed because of being restricted to what I can do regarding normal everyday tasks.
I have just gotten drop foot in the last month and also had a discetomy of L4 and L5. I am wondering how long will I be like this? Before the foot dropped Ihad a pain that ran from my knee to my ankle I didnt get much sleep during the night because of the pain. I was working extremely hard and for nearly 12 hours a day most days.
foot drop is where u lose the ability to lift your foot (obviously) -but there can be a few nerve related causes -these can originate from in the spine or anywhere down to the foot in question. it can be caused by physical damage eg tearing -as in my case, or compression, there are also some diseases that may cause it eg lou garics syndrome (not sure of spelling). Pregnancy can be a cause -usually mild.
Is there anyone out there that has had foot drop after having back surgery? And who has filed a lawsuit and won. Because right now I am really upset with my doctor. He said the surgery went very well and he was baffled as to why I had foot drop , And after many phones calls to his office. I finally got him to send me for an EMG, And it showed I have nerve damage from my knee down, And now he wants to turn me back over to my family doctor.
Hi there. You have foot drop and severe neuropathy both feet hence a trial of sympathetic blocks or laparoscopic synovectomy should be given. Alternative drugs are amitriptyline, gabapentin etc. Glucose control if relevant should be optimized; vitamin deficiencies like B1, B6, and B12 should b corrected. Ankle foot arthrosis is tried where surgery is not feasible. If the foot drop is due to direct trauma to the dorsiflexors , surgical repair is needed.
Hi there. You have foot drop hence a trial of sympathetic blocks or laparoscopic synovectomy should be given. Alternative drugs are amitriptyline, gabapentin etc. Glucose control if relevant should be optimized; vitamin deficiencies like B1, B6, and B12 should b corrected. Ankle foot arthrosis is tried where surgery is not feasible. If the foot drop is due to direct trauma to the dorsiflexors , surgical repair is needed.
Somehow I missed your message. Have you seen any improvement in your foot drop these past few weeks? My foot drop was caused by a disc bone fragment which broke and struck my L5 nerve root. Its been 18 months for me and I do wear an AFO, ankle-foot orthosis aka brace. It's hot and I can barely tolerate. The good news is I am able to walk so much easier with it on. I don't roll over my toes and I have better control so don't lift my leg (step gait) so much now.
the toe of my running shoe (yes it made that sound) on the treadmill. Drop foot (or foot drop) is caused by weakness that can be distal (ankle flexion) and/or proximal (hip) or both -- my situation.
It also has different causes -- the most common causes are peripheral nerve issues such as diabetes or injury. It can also be caused by central nervous system weakness.
Do you have weakness?
I also suffer from foot drop on my right foot, I was falling a lot. My foot would drag and catch and down I would go, it was rather embarrassing and painful, as it was always on the gravel parking lot, never on anything soft like a bed. That was before I was diagnosed with MS or even had any idea what was going on. Once I was diagnosed and had received 5 days of IVSM, my drop foot improved some, but I still suffer with it if.
I suppose it could have picked up pretty much anything other than NSR. Maybe a drop in HR when you were sleeping, an increase while you were moving about...maybe a run, VT, aflutter...Hopefully, it's all good and you won't be nervous. Have you called in the recordings?
30PM to 6:30AM so 9 hours a night +/- an hour there. it seems after about 4 to 6 hours my heart just needs to shut down and relax some. LOL
now these times are the most commong, but it can happend any time of the day.. even at night wile a sleep my breathing can change and my wife has been unable to wake me for time frames of upto an hour.
Kenkeith, where you going to post information links, I did not see any in your post.
The later ICDs are more sophisticated and do a better of of identifying V-tach correctly and attempt to pace me out of V-tach before shocking. In the course of replacing tone ICD, I got an infection and the ICD and leads had to be removed and placed on the right side. Through all of this, I continued to exercise, but gave up competitive racing.
In the last couple years, the V-tach returned about 1 or 2 times per month.
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