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Table 4 Treatments undertaken prior to self-referral to private podiatry clinic

From: “I need somebody who knows about feet” a qualitative study investigating the lived experiences of conservative treatment for patients with posterior tibial tendon dysfunction

Participant (pseudonym)

Orthoses

Braces

Exercises

Steroid injection

Lifestyle changes

Mark

No

No

Yes

No

No

Faye

OTS

No

No

No

No

Mila

No

No

Yes

No

No

Stanley

No

No

Yes

No

No

Christopher

OTS

Airlift

No

Yes

Yes

  1. Abbreviation: Off the shelf (OTS)