Anyone use a musmate for dropped foot? I don’t think it’s for me, but I’d be interested in any experiences.
Following a fall at home my GP referred me for an OT visit. It took seventeen weeks to get it, and she was very nice and PROMISED a handle to help me out of bed, and that something would be done about the step from vestibule into the hallway of our home. Some four weeks later I learn that they can’t /won’t do anything about the step and I’m still waiting for the handle.
in addition she mentioned the musmate, but states I need physio approval. However as I pay for neuro physio which the NHS won’t give me, this makes me a private patient, so I can’t get a referral to the community physio and I would have to pay for the musmate.
Trying to help myself seems to mean I am penalised.
It seems that the OT visit was pretty much a waste of her time and mine, but from my experience to date that shouldn’t have surprised me.
Hi, oh dear…I can identify with you, as I have also tried to buy my own aids and made more problems for myself. I saw the musmate demonstrated and it looked like a marionette!
Why not drop paying for physio andget NHS treatment?
I discussed that with my physio, she actually suggested it. It might get me the musmate, which I don’t want and my physio doesn’t think it would be of use to me anyway.
it won’t make any difference to the step situation, as that’s now a matter for Social Services not the NHS and they won’t fund it.
I’ve had dropped foot for years. The best thing that works for me is a SAFO and I have real difficulty in walking at all without it. I’ve tried the FES but it did nothing for me.
for me SAFO is simple but very effective. It takes 5 seconds to put on the morning. That’s me sorted for the day. No fiddly adjustments needed. Google SAFO and if you want to find out more, let me know.
I used the foot up for a couple of years but then it wasn’t enough to combat the foot drop. Then I moved on to the SAFO and it’s been absolutely great for me.