Clayton357 :
sorry to hear about your story.
Foot drops is due to peroneal nerve palsy. As a result you have foot drops and numbness between your big toe and 2nd digit.
Peroneal nerve is a branch of sciatic nerve and sciatic nerve comes from l5-s2 nerve roots. Any stimulation to pain fibers (alpha, delta and c fibers) in local area and result in local pain and/or remote site pain which is nerve related. So that's why you have low back pain. Also you might have low back problems at the same time, ie, chronic muscle strain, disc degeneration, scoliosis, lordosis, spinal befida and other problems which can be diagnosed by radiograph exam. But you'd better consult your doctors.
Treatments:
1. Vit. B12 injection.
2. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators (tens)- for pain management.
3. Acupuncture works great for pain management and it also help for both peripherial and central nerve damage. It might help your condition, at least it is another choice in addition to conventional treatments.
You can contact Dr. Zhu, a national renown neuro-acupuncture doctor with over 40 yrs clinical experiences. You may visit his web at edit
maybe Dr. Zhu can refer you to some doctors in your hometown cuz he has a lot of students in different cities.
Jun song, lac
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