foot drop

  1. MtPockets

    Anyone have an ankle pop out of joint due to foot drop?

    The foot drop on my right foot is very severe. At night as I lay in bed the pain gets worse all through the night, until it feels like my foot is broken or out of joint? It is hard to put into words. When it happens I cannot stand for anyone to even touch it the pain is so great. My foot...
  2. T

    WalkAide

    I recently watched a piece on a walking assistive device on both ABC & CBS called WalkAide. Has anyone heard of it or asked their neurologist about it? The device seems to help MS patients a great deal with their foot drop. They have a website if you just google WalkAide. I was diagnosed with...
  3. pamnandy

    Dry throat question

    All, We are new to the bulbar side of ALS. Andy was limb onset with a foot drop. Since he no longer can take anything by mouth, he has a very unpleasant sensation in his throat, specifically, it feels dry to him. Have you any advice to lessen the discomfort? Many thanks, Pam
  4. gregdickerson

    Bilateral foot drop

    Hi everyone, I am new to the site and I am in the process of diagnosis. I have bilateral foot drop as well as other symptoms that started about 18 months ago. My question is have any of you with foot drop had any improvent in range of motion but still have progression of ALS or diagnosis later...
  5. Bestdadintheworld

    First time Posting

    I have been reading everyone's post for sometime now.Thank you so much for sharing. My problem began ,so that I new for sure something was a matter was Mar. 2007 .I had a tree service an did my own climbing an repelling removing limbs an trees. Any way I noticed I could not raise my right...
    • Bestdadintheworld
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    • als atrophy back bed biopsy chair clinical cramps diagnosed emg fell foot foot drop improvement ivig mnd mri night pain power power chair problem reading story stupid test transfer treatment
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: General discussion about ALS/MND
  6. S

    Some advice...

    Hi everyone, I have posted a few times here and have found the responses to be quite helpful, so thank you very much. I wanted to post a fuller picture of the symptoms I have been experiencing to get some advice (and maybe even some clarity) because my ALS fears are gradually becoming an...
    • seanm
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    • advice als anxiety arm brain cost early emg family family history foot foot drop health hearing helpful hiv insurance lump lyme lyme disease mri muscle neurologist pain pressure problems saliva stress swallowing symptoms tests twitching wanted weakness weight loss worried
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  7. S

    can foot drop come and go?

    Hi everyone, I am wondering if foot drop symptoms can come and go, and how is it diagnosed? THank you.
  8. S

    A daughter with questions.

    Hi there, I'm a sixteen-year-old girl from New Zealand, and my mother was sort of half-heartedly diagnosed with PMA sometime in the past two years. She has been suffering symptoms for roughly 3+ years, namely the foot drop, weakness, cramping, etc. She knows in far more detail when things...
    • sneakyandzip
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    • atrophy clinical cramping dad diagnosed family member fear fingers foot foot drop heredity information lift mobility muscle pain pma questions reading scooter symptoms transfer wanted weakness wheelchair
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Progressive muscular atrophy
  9. dldred

    New Symptom

    Hi everyone, My mother had a new experience the other night with her left leg. She went to bed and after a while her leg seemed to have a mind of its own. She said the only way she can explain it is her leg was having a seizure. She said it twisted on its own and would bend up on its own. It...
    • dldred
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    • als back bed clinical diagnosed diagnosis foot foot drop night pain slurred speech spasms speech symptom symptoms testing
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  10. P

    Should i worry about ALS?

    I have had the following symptoms and would like an opinion or two from those of you whom are actually experiencing als. I am sorry if i am being paraniod or wasting your time but i need some peace of mind so any opinions appreciated. 3 months ago I began suffering from random twitches through...
    • PaulN
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    • als als? anxiety atrophy back bfs emg eye fatigue foot foot drop health leg fatigue muscles neurologist paralysis research stress symptoms tests therapy tongue twitches twitching worry
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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