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Tripping on my own feet
help! I keep tripping, I finished chemo at the end of 2017 with some hand and feet neuropathy. Does this happen to anyone else? And does anyone have any tips to help with this problem?
Yep. I fell over all the time. I looked like a 5 year old with scabby knees and gravel rash on my hands for quite a while. Most of these things improve with time, but I took a hiking pole with me on most walks in the early days and still take one if I'm going anywhere that I know there will be rough ground.
The other thing I have found really helps is the simple exercise of standing on one foot. For as long as you can, as often as you can. I mean every time you think of it--it's OK to hang onto something to balance if you need to. One you feel a bit stable, try raising you heels--you don't have to go right up onto your toes, just enough to get all those little muscles in your feet and ankles working. I don't think it helps with the nerve damage, apart form the obvious benefit of improving circulation, but it does give you extra strength that can help you recover if you have a bit of a stumble..
The other thing I have found really helps is the simple exercise of standing on one foot. For as long as you can, as often as you can. I mean every time you think of it--it's OK to hang onto something to balance if you need to. One you feel a bit stable, try raising you heels--you don't have to go right up onto your toes, just enough to get all those little muscles in your feet and ankles working. I don't think it helps with the nerve damage, apart form the obvious benefit of improving circulation, but it does give you extra strength that can help you recover if you have a bit of a stumble..