2007-02-06 05:16:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
m8 in work has flat feet so we call him 'flipper'
2007-02-06 05:35:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if this is the same thing, but I have a problem called Drop foot, which is caused by (in my case, from a dislocated knee while playing sports) traumatic nerve damage or sometimes in older people who have had strokes. The nerve to the foot doesn't respond, so the person cannot lift the foot and it kind of "slaps" down onto the ground instead of looking like a normal walking gait. Most people who have this condition wear an AFO, or Ankle Foot Orthosis, which is basically a brace that keeps the foot in place. Normally, if a person wears this brace and wore long pants, you wouldn't be able to tell him or her from a person without an injury.
2007-02-06 20:00:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the other answer...it could be a drop foot which i suffer from due to an operation for a prolapse disk in my back. The drop foot is due to the nerve feeding the foot being damaged. Tell your friend to go to his doctor and he will give him exersices which might get rid of it, if it is a drop foot.
2007-02-07 01:10:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slappyfoot disease is a rare disease.
Have their doctor order them extra large suppositories... their slappyfoot will be cured, however, other complications may erupt... hehehe
P.S. Slappyfoot has a great baseline per the www
2007-02-06 05:26:30 · answer #4 · answered by James N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont call it anything I dont know your friends foot
2007-02-06 05:29:59 · answer #5 · answered by frankturk50 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can anyone tell you what it is when all you tell us about it is that you call it slappyfoot???
2007-02-06 05:19:27 · answer #6 · answered by barefoot_yank 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋