If you work with adults post-stroke, you already know how frustrating and limiting foot drop can be.

It slows gait.
It disrupts swing.
It increases fall risk.
It chips away at confidence.

And yet - foot drop is also one of the most treatable impairments when you understand the right combination of interventions, clinical reasoning, and device selection.

But here’s the problem…

Even experienced clinicians often feel unsure about:

• When to choose AFO vs FES
• How to interpret the CPG recommendations in real-life scenarios
• What to do when foot drop is paired with knee control issues, ankle instability, or impaired loading response
• How to combine strengthening, taping, adjunct tools, and gait-training techniques into a cohesive plan
• Which interventions work best at different stages of recovery

If any of this sounds familiar… you’re exactly who we built this for!

Lesson 1: Understanding Foot Drop: Causes, Clinical Patterns & Interventions That Work

A practical look at real-world foot drop solutions including kinesiotaping variations, targeted strengthening, wedge work, rocker board activities, weighted foot drills, mirror therapy, theraband wraps, and more.

You'll see how to combine these interventions to improve ankle strategy, tibialis anterior activation, dynamic control, and gait mechanics.

Lesson 2: The CPG You Must Know: AFO vs FES Post-Stroke

A therapist-friendly breakdown of the 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for AFO and FES. You’ll learn the eight core action statements, the evidence behind gait speed, endurance, balance, and muscle activation improvements, plus how to apply each recommendation clinically—without memorizing the entire 84-page document.

Lesson 3: Real Cases, Real Decisions: Applying the CPG in the Clinic

Through guided case examples (acute, subacute, and chronic), you’ll walk through how to choose between flexible vs rigid AFOs, stance-phase stabilizing devices, or FES—based on gait characteristics, impairments, endurance, kinematics, and patient goals.

You’ll see how device choice changes gait outcomes, and how to layer therapeutic interventions on top of device prescription.

✔ Select and apply evidence-based interventions for foot drop, including kinesiotaping, strengthening, FES, compensatory strategies, and gait-training techniques.

✔ Interpret the AFO/FES CPG with confidence - knowing which action statements matter most and how they translate into clinical decision-making.

✔ Decide when AFO vs FES is more appropriate based on impairments, gait deviations, walking speed, and stage of stroke recovery.

✔ Apply device-specific insights

✔ Build comprehensive plans of care that integrate devices, strengthening, adjunct techniques, reactive training, and motor learning principles.

This is more than a “foot drop overview”- it’s a complete, evidence-based system you can immediately translate into clinical results.

If you’ve ever thought…

“Should I give this person an AFO or FES?”

“What if they have knee collapse and foot drop?”

“How do I fix swing when stance is the real problem?”

“What’s the best choice if they’re a slow walker?”

…this course will finally give you clarity.