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2.) What Can You Do About Your Walking Problem? - What If Exercises Won't Work Right Now For You?
Sometimes people talk about exercises to help them recover and strengthen their leg and foot so they can walk better. This may be good for someone that can control their foot somewhat,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but what if you can not use your muscles very well? - Sometimes people have little to no control over their foot drop due to a stroke or multiple sclerosis, for example. When you have little to no control, then exercising is basically out of the question. Right? You may get some return from exercising, but the potential for improvement is not always 100% unfortunately.
An AFO is basically a brace for your ankle and your foot that will help you walk better in the following ways. First, it will help you to keep your toes up when you walk. This can be done with a posterior leaf spring (PLS) or what is referred to as a "flexible AFO". Moreover, there are hinged AFOs that provide what is called a "dorsi-assist". When your toes come upward, this is called dorsiflexion, so a "dorsi-assist" can be helpful if foot drop is your problem.
If you can not effectively exercise, what else can you do?
4.) Working With A Brace Professional Called an Orthotist - Does My Insurance Cover The Brace?
Achieving a more heel to toe gait pattern is one of the goals that this brace will help provide to you. "Heel to toe" gait is a common phrase that is used in the medical field and it is considered to be part of a normal gait cycle.
Note: This is health information. It is not intended to diagnose you with foot drop or act as medical advice. Speak with your local, licensed orthotist for medical advice regarding these special braces for your foot and ankle.
When it is harder or impossible for you to pick your toes up, the whole process of walking becomes more difficult. (Maybe this is an understatement.) When walking, will have to somehow get your foot off the ground from behind you and get it in front of you again to take a stride. Many times people with foot drop will do this with a "hip hike" or compensating in a different way so they can take these strides. People will also use a "high steppage gait" to clear their foot when they walk and this involves swinging up your knee to clear your foot when you ambulate. This requires more energy and you will find that you probably walk slower over a greater distance when you have a gait deviation. Your overall stability will most likely be less when you walk too, as a result of foot drop.
Do you struggle to walk the way you want to?
You can also get an AFO that will provide side to side support to your ankle, if you need more support. In addition to more side to side support, you can also use an AFO to indirectly help you to control your knee. The brace does not come up to your knee, but if the knee is weak, then an AFO can be a positive influence. For example, if your knee snaps back (hyperextends) or buckles forward when you walk, then an AFO can help you stabilize this motion and reach a more neutral alignment. This is done by controlling ankle motion and using the height of the posterior aspect of the AFO to help stop your knee from snapping back.
1.) Gait Deviations Associated With Drop Foot - Do You Have Any Deviations Mentioned Below?
A brace for your foot can be provided to help you walk again with more regularity. These braces are called AFOs (or ankle foot orthoses). "Orthosis" means external support or brace. - You can get them in a prefabricated style or they can also be custom made. In most cases, it is recommended to get a custom brace if you can, because the overall fit will be more accurate.
It is also important to work with an orthotist instead of getting an AFO from a website, for example. Why? - These braces may need minor adjustments from time to time. Or, you many need some one on one guidance to help you put the brace on the first time. If you got a prefabricated AFO from a website, the chances are extremely small that they will work on your brace and make the perfect adjustment for you. Plus you will probably have to wait because you will be mailing your brace back and forth.
It is also a good idea to work with an orthotist because they can help you bill your insurance for the brace. It is a rule of thumb that your insurance should not be billed unless an individual physically provides you with a brace. Some internet websites claim to bill your insurance for you,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but you should be very cautious of this kind of thing. - When you come in for your appointment with your local, licensed orthotist, it will be best if you bring your health insurance information, ID card and prescription. This will help the orthotics company to facilitate a claim on your behalf, when it comes to billing your brace. - Many times these braces are covered at 100%, but the bottom line is that the coverage is based upon the rules of your current health insurance policy.
3. ) A Brace To Help You Walk Better Again - One That Is Hard to See When You Use It
When you get one of these braces to help you walk better,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it is important to work with a licensed orthotist. These individuals have studied and worked in the field of orthotics and are proven specialists. They will take a cast of your leg for the first visit and then fabricate your brace according to your needs, prior to your fit and delivery visit. (Unless you decide to go with a prefabricated brace.)
Do you wish you could do something to help you walk better again?
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