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If you have foot drop, you’ll have difficulty lifting the front part of your foot, meaning that it will drag along the ground when you walk with your natural gait. Foot drop is sometimes a temporary condition, but it can also be permanent requiring you to support your ankle and foot with a brace.
Concerned that you might have foot drop?
Common causes are:
If the symptoms are picked up early and the cause is a nerve injury, then we might be able to explore the nerve and address the problem directly. We’d recommend seeing our nerve specialists.
If the problem is long standing and irreversible then two common surgical procedures are used to treat foot drop, both performed under general anaesthetic:
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