hey !!!!!!great news to anyone cinsidering a tendon transfer.  i  had back surgery 3 years ago. as a result i have foot drop. tried electrical stimulation,physical therapy,and bought braces that cost up to 800 bucks. i fell down every day. my gate was wearing on my hip and back and with braces my muscles diminished to the point of not very hidable. finnaly after lots of research i decided tendon transfer ,and then i started  the search for my new doctor. i am 42 and have 7 kids. i needed to be as functioning as possible . depression already thought it owned me. after multiple differant ideasfrom docs on how they would this , it became obviouse i would be taking a big chance. finally a found an orthopedics office that had a staff of five specialist. they all took into consideration within there own specialty whaat would work best for me.  well i had the surgery.  it haas only been two weeks. my foot naturally looks the same as the other one and i smile when i look at it functioning like it used to. goshsh my future does look good. santa barbara , ca has the dr. you need. i look forward to tomorrow!!!!!!!