Foot drop

[Bobbi]

@Janis @Mrs5K

My foot isn’t sorted, my walking isn’t great but I wonder if those sit to stand exercises recommended by @EmeraldEyes would be a help.

I promised before to try them but I’m not much of a one for circuit training. Maybe I’ll give it another go.

Here’s a link to Lorraine’s post, for any interested:

How to exercise when you’re struggling to walk

It was about a year after my stroke that I started doing sit to stands at strength & balance class. And after a couple weeks of doing them daily, the first thing I started noticing was the little spring in the backs of my knees when I stood up or climbed stairs. It was almost like being propelled to stand. Thats when I knew this was the exercise for me and spurred me on It made it so much easier to climb stairs when you’ve that muscle propulsion behind you…literally. Getting up from s…