Foot Drop Test: How to Diagnose Peroneal Nerve Injury at Home in 5 Easy Steps

Wondering if you have a peroneal nerve injury? Commonly called foot drop, this abnormal gait happens when the muscles that help you hold up your foot become weakened or damaged. These 5 easy, at home exercises will help you diagnose your symptoms to test for drop foot fast!

Foot drop, also known as drop foot, refers to difficulty lifting the front part of your foot.

The most common symptoms of foot drop include:
Dragging or scraping of your foot and toes across the ground as you walk.
A high steppage gait, raising your thigh as you walk, to prevent your toes from catching the ground
An inability to raise your foot at the ankle
Numbness along the top of your foot or toes

Foot drop is usually diagnosed during a physical exam. Your doctor will watch you walk and check your leg muscles for weakness. He or she may also check for numbness on your shin and on the top of your foot and toes.

However, there are a few simple tests you can do in the comfort of your own home to check for foot drop.

5 Simple Steps to Test for Foot Drop:
Try walking on your heels.
Ask yourself if you have trouble using the foot pedal while driving.
Run up the stairs as fast as you can.
Stand at the bottom of a staircase. Jump to the next step, landing on both feet at the same time.
Balance on one foot.

If you can perform all of these routines, regardless of clumsiness or fatigue, then foot drop you likely do not have foot drop.

[juancarrrilllo]

I have the foot drop on both my feet from a car accident I have faith I will come back from it I just keep my head up high

[johngoh]

BraceAbility, you are using a young man to demonstrate the 5 exercises. I am 85 years old who suffers a right footdrop for more than 35 years after an operation on the Lumbar L4L5 following a nasty car accident. As a all round sportsman and an army officer I did everything I could even acupuncture and massage but I could not even lift one cm of my footdrop from the front. So how could I follow the 5 exercises like the young man model? Can you advise, thank you.

[timothypulliam]

I didn't realize there was a name for this. I tore my ankle skateboarding and needed surgery. My walking hasn't been the same since. At least I can show this to other people to explain my situation. Thank you.

[jerryp]

could foot drop be cured by medication and therapy?

[meijycakes]

i don’t understand why you’d ask anyone with a potential foot drop to JUMP STAIRS!!!! you will injure yourself, please just see a

[nonamansour]

What exercises are appropriate for those sitting in a chair? And they have a foot fall

[brookemichelle]

This video should be redone due to potential injury especially with the jumping on stairs. Very dangerous.

[YouTube-Troll]

I have foot drop from a stroke is four drop reversible?

[yamaokka]

i tripped yesterday and had no pain, the only thing i have is foot drop, i have every symptom from the vid except the balance thing, i can balance on my injured food pretty easily. I dont understand

[tulsidasbandelkar]

madam i am having foot drop and i can't jump. Please suggest any other exercise for foot drop. i am suffering since 2006. I got spinal cord injury at my d11 and d12 level. I am doing exercise regularly but till date there is no strength in my ankle.

[sanjayshirsat]

Useful information for me.Thanks!!!Sister🙏🙏

[ZeeshanKhan-xmfj]

Hi doctor.
I really need your help .
I had a hemstring injury almost 1 year ago it does not heal yet. My bicep famorius ( hard muscle behind the knee) go in side it does not feel behind my thigh and I have feeling pain when I stretching my leg . problem is that my foot do not feel full force . I m facing problem in my balance .

[Seungmins_smile]

Well I see I'm not the only person living with this I am 35 at 17 I was diagnosed with multiple slcerosis I noticed I would have a flare up every 6 years but after I lost my mother May 13 2021 I now lost my ability to walk I can but barely I think I have drop foot in both feet when I walk they both drag & I feel like I look like a donkey trying to walk this is so embarrassing for me but ive been like this for 8 months now & I realize that maybe this is my new norm

[sanjaykrbora]

I cant bend my knee after surgery n i am suffering from foot drop after skin graft on toe due to that accident . So what should i do ??

[i.m_manojkumar]

Please give me a
There is no pain in my ankle but I can't walk And Not able to WHEN I walk step by step The Heel (BAck feet)🦶 is placed
The TOE (Front part feet)👠 SUDDENLY Suddenly touches the Ground WITHOUT TO Strength HOW to fix The Unbalanced nerves on leg????

[a_n_i_k_e_t_]

I am 27 years old and i have foot drop problem in my left leg, how can i fixed the problem? Please help

[orangedrone]

What the hell was on that brake pedal LOL

[QueenMoon]

Doing these with major foot drop is concussion waiting to happen lol

[agatherobinson]

Who on earth would suggest to anyone with foot drop to run up and jump stair steps? How idiotic is that...smh

[miekegembirasari]

Which muscle is responsible most for foot drop?