Re: [SPAM]Re: Re: foot drop

[Guest guest]

It's nice not to do scissor-walking anymore, isn't it!

I use my walker every day, just a few yards after yoga and before breakfast.

I'm sure you could do it too.

I used to hate walking from the door of my shower into the shower but with

walls on each side I've told myself it is my parallel bars and now relish

walking in there. Thanks .

If you ever come across the name of the machine that retrains legs, let me

know.

Look forward to more non-moderator MS chats with you.

Janet

From: Pugh

To: mscured

Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 5:25 PM

Subject: [sPAM]Re: Re: foot drop

I think another related symptom is scissoring where your feet cross each

other when walking. It's difficult to move forward without tripping

yourself. I had that too, along with the foot drop. I have neither now. I

don't walk without parallel bars, but even with those, putting one foot in

front of the other is possible now where it would not have been a few years

ago. I haven't tried using the walker in several months, but I feel that I

could.

One thing that helped with the scissoring was a machine at my chiropractor's

office. I can't recall the name, but it was a retraining bed that moves the

legs in the direction that they're supposed to move. It was to help the leg

and torso muscles remember their function.

Janet Orchard wrote:

When I was still mobile I had foot-drop too. (Bernie, foot-drop is usually

when one foot trails behind you, dragging on the floor as you can't lift it

up high enough to make a normal step.)

One exercise that works well for that is to stand holding on to something

then in turn lift each leg straight up, bending at the knee.

[Guest guest]

Hi Janet, I'm going to call the chiro to get the information about that machine.

He won't be open until Monday. I'll post the name of it.

The furthest that I've walked with the walker is 104 feet in one shot,

measured by my PT. That was a year or so ago. The most difficult part is

turning to sit. I usually pass my target and back up or side-step to get in

front of my chair to sit. Going backwards is difficult too, but at least I can

do it. Yes, I'm happy not to scissor anymore. I'm glad you have advanced beyond

that as well.

I'm going to stick around as a member for awhile. The irony of relinquishing

my moderator status to be on the computer less has been to replace it with my

eBay seller position. I'll be a Power-Seller in less than a month and I'm

continually checking my sales and messages, taking pictures and writing

descriptions! Now I have packing and shipping to do. I've been drawn to this

computer! I'll check in here often too. I want to know that each of you is

doing well.

Janet Orchard wrote:

It's nice not to do scissor-walking anymore, isn't it!

I use my walker every day, just a few yards after yoga and before breakfast.

I'm sure you could do it too.

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