Foot giving way

About stroke Physical effects
#1

Hi for last few days my bad foot has been hurting and giving way sometimes. I think I must have used a muscle which is now rebelling. I’m wearing an ankle support and still trying to walk and do my exercises but I don’t know if this is a good thing to do. Has anyone else experienced this and got any pearls of wisdom to share?suzywong

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#2

@Suzywong if what you are experiencing is a new and different kind of pain to the ‘usual’ you have experienced since the stroke, get it checked out by your GP or minor injuries clinic/walk in centre, it could be a strain or sprain, something that you may need to rest for it to repair.

Best wishes, hope you get it sorted soon, take care

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#3

Thanks I’ll do that if it continues. Such a pain when I seemed to be doing reasonable well .

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#4

No pearls of wisdom but in the nicest possible way, it makes me feel better to know other people have problems too!

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#5

That’s why I love being part of this forum! Knowing others are going through strange ailments doesn’t make me so unusual. Thanks

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#6

@Georgie2021 @Suzywong its a great forum isn’t it. :hugs:

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#7

Quoted the above from another post to save repeating :smile:

Maybe physio could do a spot of massage along the sciatic nerve it might help, that runs from the base of spine down outside of leg. I mean that’s where all the brain’s signals comes from and it couldn’t hurt to try. :face_with_diagonal_mouth:

#8

That looks like an instrument of torture!my 6 weeks of support finished about 6 weeks ago but I still have a phone contact number so I’ll try that tomorrow and try to see if a physio can pop round.thanks

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#9

Certainly is! I wish we could all meet in person!

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#10

That’s what I said to my osteopath when he first mentioned it :laughing:
Mind you, the one he was suggesting was more like this:
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It’s hard to reach your back yourself and it’s tiring on the hands too and you can’t get in enough pressure either. The hook is useful for all those reasons :smile:

#11

@Suzywong you can join the zog meetings @Bobbi hosts the meetings, Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays I think.

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#12

How do I join these meetings? I don’t have a computer just an I phone

#13

@Suzywong you can in your I phone download the zoom app. @Bobbi kniws quite a bit about it. Maybe he can help you out. Good luck :crossed_fingers: