# Anyone had FED treatment? Experiences please :) **URL:** \ **Category:** Everyday living\ **Created:** [12 June 2014 20:46 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/anyone-had-fed-treatment-experiences-please/25808 "2014-06-12T20:46:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [12 June 2014 20:46 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/anyone-had-fed-treatment-experiences-please/25808/1 "2014-06-12T20:46:39Z")
Hi everyone I am looking for some advice, today I had a check up with my physio and she advised now may be the time for me to try FES treatment as I suffer really bad with drop foot and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better. She advised me to have a read up on treatment and give her a call if I would like to get started on the treatment. So I am wondering if anyone on here as tried it and what is your experiences of the treatment? I appreciate everyone is different but would like to gain a better understanding of how the treatment works. Thanks Polly x ---
**Author:** ![Sewingchick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Sewingchick](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Sewingchick)\ **Post date:** [12 June 2014 20:55 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/anyone-had-fed-treatment-experiences-please/25808/2 "2014-06-12T20:55:17Z")
Have a look at this thread [http://www.mssociety.org.uk/forum/everyday-living/tell-us-your-experiences-functional-electrical-stimulation-fes](http://www.mssociety.org.uk/forum/everyday-living/tell-us-your-experiences-functional-electrical-stimulation-fes) which gives lots of info. If you put FES into the search box you’ll get this thread and many others. ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [12 June 2014 21:04 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/anyone-had-fed-treatment-experiences-please/25808/3 "2014-06-12T21:04:29Z")
Thank you! I will have a look now 🙂 Polly x ---
**Author:** ![Busybee1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Busybee1](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Busybee1)\ **Post date:** [8 June 2023 13:43 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/anyone-had-fed-treatment-experiences-please/25808/4 "2023-06-08T13:43:39Z")
Hi, I have foot drop and have always used a foot up lift split, last year I tried the FES machine and it does actually lift your foot for you, the problem I found was all all the wires, and sometimes they would pull out and stop working, I found myself feeling quite vulnerable when this happened, as I lost my confidence walking with it, I also found I was increasing the charge as my body was getting used to it. The feeling is horrible as you are giving yourself electric shocks every time you step, ultimately I stopped using it and went back to my splint. Yeah I’m not walking so great, but I have the confidence in the splint. It’s whatever works for you, give it a try, see how you get on xx