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Originally Posted by rosemillard (Post 817376)

it is casted and today I need to go out and get wider shoes. It hurts

It should not hurt. I would think that an adjustment is in order.

It is always a toss up but you probably will be able to walk around the house some being very careful without your AFO. JMO.

I wish you well.

right now my calves are pretty strong. If I wear theis AFO will my calf muscle get weak with atrophy? I would love to hear your experiences.

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Originally Posted by rosemillard (Post 818056)

right now my calves are pretty strong. If I wear theis AFO will my calf muscle get weak with atrophy? I would love to hear your experiences.

I think it all depended on the basic cause. For me, motor neuropathy prevented the nerves to send the proper signal to the muscle. Essentially, all the exercise in the world is not going to stop the loss of MY muscle, but exercise does help strengthen the muscle fibers not effected and this all help in mobility. Atrophy is basically going to happen in this situation until, if ever, the motor neuropathy resolves. I can say for certain, the braces did not cause the atophy and allowed me to at least stand to walk without falling. This week, I noticed I am getting movement in my calf muscles and some muscle mass is returning, all wonderful news. My quads are still weak, but now I am hopeful they will follow in return. It took me 11 months to got from foot drop to wheel chair. This is not typical and kind of frightenening.

I guess the bottom line is if you trip over your toes and break a hip or leg, atophy will occur as you recover from your injury. You also do not need to be snapping your ankle. Think safety.

My diseased muscles will never return. They just atrophy/die. However, healthy muscles can be built up. With CMT it pretty much becomes a losing battle. :( For those who do not have CMT there is hope for the muscles to become strong again.

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Originally Posted by rosemillard (Post 813290)

i have just diagnosed with drop foot probably resulting in a severely broken ankle 3-4 years ago, or possibly a meningioma in my brain or even several mild strokes i had several years ago. They do not know what is causing it. I was just sent for a brace yesterday and will receive it in tow weeks. My left leg is weak and i trip a lot.

I have had lots of physical therapy and nobody can understand why both ankles collapse with severe stabbing pain at any time. The physical therapist thinks it is severe inflammation in both fibular nerve roots in the ankle. I can just get out of bed and be completely unable to walk and it takes days to get to where i can walk.

I am 67 and used to teach aerobics and it is so hard to have such a hard time walking. I just would love a diagnosis soon. My balance is not good and i have a hard time walking in a straight line and run in to things.

If you have drop foot i am very interested in your experiences.

Please share your experiences with anything i have mentioned.

i had drop foot in my right foot.drs. Told me that there was no cure.i too bought a brace,$50.00,it did no good.p.t. Did no good.they were amazed after 1 mo.i had cured it.

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Originally Posted by rohifo1 (Post 911782)

i had drop foot in my right foot.drs. Told me that there was no cure.i too bought a brace,$50.00,it did no good.p.t. Did no good.they were amazed after 1 mo.i had cured it.

And how did you "cure" foot drop? Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Kitt (Post 911939)

And how did you "cure" foot drop? Thanks.

My drop foot was caused by a compressed nerve in my leg next to my knee. It was diagnosed by a neurosurgeon at the University of Michigan. She specializes in peripheral nerve surgery. She operated and decompredded the nerve in a 20 minute procedure. My drop foot was cured by the surgery, although I now have PN.