"I just put the boots on and I can drive, I can do the gym I can go hill-walking," says Jeanette.
"I can walk over terrain that is really rough and can walk normally down the street with confidence and strides, when before I had a rolling gait which gave me a really sore back.
"I haven't had any falls since I've been wearing the shoes."
Foot drop, which is also known as drop foot, affects many people who have conditions affecting the nervous system, like MS or cerebral palsy, or people who have had a stroke.
They struggle to keep their toes lifted, making walking difficult and tiring. As a result, they are more likely to fall.
Now researchers at Queen Margaret University (QMU) in Edinburgh have invented a shoe which they hope will tackle this problem by providing the right kind of support to the foot, keeping the wearer upright and safer.
Prof Derek Santos is one of the QMU researchers who designed the shoe.
He says the concept is quite simple but very effective. The use of adjustable Velcro straps helps the shoe to fit each user and support at the ankle.
"You can adjust the elastic depending on your disability," he said.
"If you have a weaker muscle or a totally paralysed muscle you can actually activate the elastic to compensate for these things.
"You can also tighten the elastic more on one side than the other.
"If you have a foot that inverts, sometimes people tend to trip over, so the boot will actually put your foot in a much better position by simply adjusting the tension in the elastics."
The research team believe the new footwear could improve the wearer's walking and prevent hundreds of thousands of falls in the UK.
But as it is a global problem, Dr Kavi Jagadamma, senior lecturer at QMU, says they want to help people around the world and adapt the shoe to individual needs.
