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Foot Drop Causes. Generally speaking, the causes of foot drop are weakness or paralysis of the muscles needed to lift the foot. More specifically, the condition is most often caused by compression of the peroneal nerve that controls the anterior tibialis, or the muscles that lift the foot.
Regardless of the foot drop cause for the specific patient, the fact remains that a dropped foot can produce many difficulties, including the inability to: 1  Raise the foot at the ankle. 2  Point the toes upward at the body (this movement is known as dorsiflexion). 3  Walk normally in the heel-to-toe fashion.