Complete Recovery From Acute Peroneal Nerve Palsy With Neurapraxia After Prolonged Cross-Legged Sitting: Successful Conservative Management of a Foot Drop and a Brief Review of the Literature.

Peroneal nerve palsy is the most common entrapment neuropathy of the lower extremity, often presenting with foot drop and sensory deficits. While trauma and space-occupying lesions are well-documented causes, prolonged static postures, such as cross-legged sitting, can lead to neurapraxia, a mere myelin injury, and a reversible conduction block caused by nerve compression. This case report aims to present the clinical course and successful conservative management of peroneal nerve palsy with foot drop in a 26-year-old male following prolonged cross-legged sitting, highlighting the unusual symptom presentation where typical nerve compression signs such as tingling, neuropathic pain, heaviness, or numbness were absent until the patient stood up.