Paresis of the foot is a secondary syndrome, in which there is difficulty in raising the front of the foot due to damage to the motor pathway of the nervous system. Such a problem can occur at any age, with the paresis can be observed at both one and both feet. The causes of this are neurological, muscle or anatomical pathologies.
Symptoms of the foot paresis
In patients with such a syndrome, while walking, the foot hangs, and therefore one has to raise the leg high so that it does not drag along the floor. When the feet are parsed, you can not stand and walk on your heels, your legs are often turned inside, which can lead to a fall.
Other symptoms may include:
- tingling, numbness in the foot (which often indicates problems in the lumbar region);
- Complexities when performing actions with load on the forefoot;
- atrophy of leg muscular tissue (develops with intervertebral hernias, spinal cord dysfunction).
How to treat a paresis of the foot?
Be sure to establish the cause of this syndrome, tk. without this, the treatment of the paresis of the foot will not produce any effect. Exact diagnosis can be carried out through magnetic resonance imaging .
In most cases, the most effective treatment is to perform a neurosurgical operation that allows you to repair damaged nerve roots, resume nerve impulses and improve tissue trophism. A conservative treatment, on the contrary, is often unsuccessful, makes us waste time. After the operation, to restore the lost functions of the foot after the paresis, it is necessary to perform special gymnastics during the operation, massage, physiotherapeutic procedures can also be prescribed. The length of rehabilitation in this case is quite long, it can be several months.