@pixxelated 

Last reply

pixxelated

Footdrop?

So recently I've fallen over a LOT. Ironically the one time I don't think it was related to me being a klutz/having footdrop is in February when I slipped in some mud and fractured my wrist. However, friends/family etc are determined to put everything down to my MS. My question is, I don't have any lesions on my spine - all brain all the time me! - so is it even possible to have footdrop? Does anyone else find themselves getting flipped forwards because one of their feet just didn't lift up in time for now apparent reason? I never really considered it an issue until the day I got the cast off my wrist I went flying forwards while walking through town and shattered my phone screen. Priorities right? :D
@Lisa3011

Hi, I’m a physio so can tell you that you can have foot drop from brain lesions if the area of the brain that controls movement or sensory messages to your ankle or anywhere along the pathways deep into the brain are affected.

@mereel

I have had foot drop. The region for controlling your foot and leg is the motor cortex in your brain. So without lesions on your spine it is definitely possible to have foot drop and therefore more often trip. Since I've had problems with foot drop and my leg in general, I notice that I look at the ground more often to see where I put my foot to minimize tripping

2