Hi ive been away from the group for a while, things in life took a bad turn grief is awful. Im secondary progressive, have been for a while, but one thing that ive found a huge struggle is foot drop and muscle atropy in my left leg, i do the exercises regularly and have botox injections, supposed to be every 3 months, but averaging every 7 months, other things have gotten worse but the foot drop is definately the hardest, i wear a splint, and take dihydrocodiene for pain, barely touches it, and tizanadine, Im hoping some of the lovely people on here have amy suggestions on how to ease the pain and make walking that bit easier.
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The best solution to foot drop I have found is the ingenious FES. Your GP can refer you for assessment and see if it helps.
Functional electrical stimulation (FES) | MS Trust
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Thank you for your response, I have tried a Fez device, unfortunately it didnt work well for me, I do wear a brace in my left leg, I think a lot of my issue is the botox, its great while its working, but unfortunately the gap between having it doneis getting bigger, the 12 weeks I was told is now 25 weeks plus, and it seems to be causing issues. Apart from going private, which is obviously a probl3m financially, I dont see a solution, part of me wishes I never started having it.