Guest guest Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 I do a fair amount of walking. If you have a foot that drags, perhaps you have syringomyelia causing it or perhaps you need orthotics. I was once pigeon-toed and wore corrective shoes for a number of years. Now I wear orthotics because of very high arches combined with plantar fasciitis. One of my feet is pronated, too. The orthotic helps that from being worse than it is. Suzanne Hill ACM I Decompressed 1998 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 Suzanne, thanks for mentioning this. I'd swear my back (and to a lesser degree my legs too) got put together from spare parts in the dark. I have a foot that drags SOMETIMES - but not always. I've mentioned it to my pain doc and my GP but I keep forgetting to mention it to my neuro. Guess I'd better. Especially now that I've also got what my GP's office is presuming a pinched nerve causing numbness in my left leg (the one where the foot sometimes drags). I've worn orthotics off and on for years too. Whether or not I do depends on insurance more than anything mostly. Like you I was pigeon toed at one time, but I over pronate with both feet, have flat feet, and depending who measures one leg is a bit shorter than the other. Going back to the foot, whichever doc gave me an answer thinks I'm probably just over-tired and with all that's wrong from the base of my skull to the tips of my toes my walking gets " sloppy " . Um, yeah. Always the same foot? Whatever doc. But since I'm seeing the neuro and know I have a small syringomyelia, along with all my other troubles, might as well ask HER. At least she doesn't blow me off. Dee On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Suzanne Hill wrote: > > > I do a fair amount of walking. If you have a foot that drags, perhaps you > have syringomyelia causing it or perhaps you need orthotics. I was once > pigeon-toed and wore corrective shoes for a number of years. Now I wear > orthotics because of very high arches combined with plantar fasciitis. One > of my feet is pronated, too. The orthotic helps that from being worse than > it is. > > Suzanne Hill > > ACM I > > Decompressed 1998 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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