78 yo. When walking the right foot pushes off to hard causing ball of foot pain and eventually ankle pain.?

Question

Foot raises involuntarily when sitting or leaning forward. Duration: ten years. Rt meniscectomy 30 years ago. Residual lack of 5 degrees extension. Lt leg 1/2 degrees shorter. A shoe lift is no help for pushoff. I would like to know reason for pushoff. Has anyone out there had such a problem?

Answer 1

Could be a number of factors:

1. Right gastrocnemius contracture
2. Weakened right sided hip flexors (if patient is unable to clear right LE), resulting in vaulting or circumduction during gait
3. If the individual is an amputee, particularly a BKA, the socket may be too far backward, resulting in marked plantar flexion.


Just a few ideas . . .

Answer 2

I badly sprained my ankle about 3 weeks ago. I was in a hurry going down the stairs, lost my balance and landed on a bad side of my left foot, causing my left ankle to be stretched going on the inside. The first 48 hours were excruciating and the pain was un-believable. I've never had a serious ankle injury before.

So I immediately treated it using the RICE method. The following day, the bruising and swelling were so horrible. I found out that I got a second degree sprain and immediately panicked after that. I had a football game on that week and it been looking forward to it because I've been training for rt. I had teammates that had similar injuries and it took them months to fully recover, some of them stopped playing altogether. So I kinda had a short-term depression because I can't imagine myself not being able to run and play sports anymore.

Because I was so desperate to recover again, I contacted a lot of people that I know who do sports and asked them if they had similar injuries. One friend of mine, from the boy's football team in my university, told me about H.E.M. Ankle Rehab. I got a copy 4 days after I got injured. I immediately read and followed what was instructed and felt improvement on the first day. I was able to walk a bit, but I was in pain.

A couple of days after that, the swelling and bruising were subsid-ing significantly and on the fourth day, I was walking comfortably again. Although I've had felt a bit of stiffness, I continued doing what was instructed. My sister was surprised that I have recovered this fast. I told her about this book and was shocked on how effective the procedures were. I'm just so happy that this book was shared to me and how effective it is.

Heal your ankle fully & fast?

Answer 3

sorry, but in my opinion it's just nervous tension.