By angiechadwick2003 on Thursday, May 15, 2003 - 12:35 pm:

I just wondered if anyone else has suffered with this,for about a year and a half my left foot has not functioned properly,i can not tip-toe on it at all and when i walk it slaps down on the floor i can only discribe this is like having a dead foot,i can wriggle my toes and move it around and i do have feeling in it, it just really puzzles me as to why it dont work anymore. Does anyone else suffer with anything like this or know anything of this please let us know, ta! angie

By friendly lurker on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 06:54 pm:

Do you have pain in your shin and/or around your ankle? Does it get better or worse when you walk?

I know what you mean about the foot slapping down. My guesses: chronic compartment syndrome or peripheral vascular disease (PVD). It sounds like there is not enough blood flow to your foot. You should tell a doctor about it and have him/her check out your foot.

By sharon on Monday, May 26, 2003 - 04:22 am:

I haver this and mine is Foot Drop from Peroneal nerve injury form my last knee surgery.
I have had nerve conductions studies on it and it is Slower and this causes me to have troucles with walking (I also have some damage to the sural nerve) The Sural is a sensory nerve and the Peroneal is a motor nerve.
maybe you could look at getting a nerve conduction study doen to check to make sure the nerve impulses are getting through correctly.
Sharon

By Rosemary Small on Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 04:50 pm:

Iam not sure if what happens to my feet is the same but here goes. Usually I am really tired when this occurs, but sometimes it just happens out of the blue. My right foot just starts mopping the floor in a circular motion. More rarely my left foot will do this mopping action, and my knee will join in going the opposite direction. This is why I always walk with a cane.
If I stand still the mopping action stops. Usually my SI joint or hip subluxates (or I suspect the mopping starts when those joints subluxate)and the mopping continues until I get those joints reduced.