need suggestions

[deepika90]

I fall from my balcony due to imbalance from 2nd floor at home on 8th April 2007 at 10.30 p.m. because of which i got my spine injured at L1 level and other fractures for which surgery was done. So my lower limbs was effected because of injury which is recovering but very slowly but the problem which dissapointed me the most is the foot drop in my left feet as my left lower limb is more weaker than right and sensation loss in foots and some other region. I am doing physiotherapy daily as a treatment suggested by my doctors but please suggest me something for the sensation loss and foot drop.

[ggreg]

Could be you can get a brace for that foot, so it won't hinder your normal walking gait.  As for loss of sensation, could be a nerve was damaged when you had your accident, or possibly a blood vessel, or might be a nerve is being impinged on now by some other abnormal process.  You could have a new scan of your old operation site, to see if anything can be done about the nerve at the site of injury causing peripheral numbness, or to see if you're getting enough circulation from any damaged vessels.  That's for a neuro doc to determine.  If you feel a lot of swelling either in your back or in your legs, that needs to be addressed for sure by perhaps your regular doc, it's possible that it is still going on all these years later, and it shouldn't be, so they can do things to get the swelling down.  

[Dr. A. Srivastava]

Hi, Thank you for your question. The pain originates due to disc prolapse is usually treated with heat compression, rest, rehabilitative exercises and pain killer medications. In addition, surgical treatment like discectomy, spinal fusion, and spinal laminectomy may be the last resort in most of the non-resolving cases. . I would recommend you to see a neurologist who can evaluate the details of your case and could better determine the insight of your situation. Hope this helps.