To raise awareness about foot drop, Blatchford cohosted an event with PhysioFunction, a neurological physiotherapy provider, on September 22, National Foot Drop Awareness Day. PhysioFunction and Blatchford, both headquartered in the United Kingdom, offered foot drop assessments, and attendees tried out orthoses and functional electrical stimulation devices. Blatchford donated a Turbomed foot brace.
The awareness day ended with a webinar that attracted a national and international audience of over 100 clinicians. Presentations were delivered by experts in physiotherapy, orthotic provision, and exercise prescription for the nonsurgical management of foot drop. The webinar was recorded and uploaded to the National Foot Drop Awareness Day YouTube channel.
“It was a unique opportunity for individuals to have joint access to both a highly specialist orthotist and physiotherapist to determine and try out an optimal solution for their foot drop,” said Jon Graham, clinical director at PhysioFunction.
