Braced Not Broken

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>You are not broken. You are just walking different now. </em>Braced Not Broken: A Beginner's Guide to Foot Drop </strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Living with drop foot changes everything. Yes everything from how you move to how you see yourself. </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Braced Not Broken</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> was written for anyone suddenly facing life with an AFO brace cane walker or the emotional rollercoaster that comes with adapting to mobility challenges. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This guide is proudly created by the American Foot Drop Association (AFDA) the national voice for people living with drop foot. AFDA raises awareness equips people with tools and builds community where no one has to walk this road alone. We believe your limp does not erase your worth your cane or brace makes you adaptive not weak and that grief and growth can live in the same body. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This guide is part pep talk part survival kit and part community in book form. It's built from lived experience late night tears awkward stares therapy setbacks and the hard won victories that come from learning to walk a new path.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Inside you'll find:</span></p><ul><li><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Straight talk about what drop foot is and what it isn't</strong></li><li><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Practical advice on braces shoes clothing and daily hacks</strong></li><li><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Energy-saving and safety tips that keep you moving without burning out</strong></li><li><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Stories of resilience from Warrior Queens who prove you are not alone</strong></li><li><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Advocacy tools mindset shifts and a survival toolkit you can actually use</strong></li></ul><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>To keep you moving with confidence the guide also includes a glossary of terms that cut through the medical jargon and a questions to ask section you can take to doctor visits or brace fittings. These simple tools make sure you're never left speechless or unprepared when it matters most. This is not a textbook. It's a lifeline. It's the honest truth about what doctors don't tell you; how grief shows up how identity shifts and how humor faith and friendship can keep you standing.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Braced Not Broken</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> reminds you: you are not broken you are adapting. You still belong. You still matter. And you never have to walk this road alone again.</span></p><p></p>