Advertising Console

    Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction (PTTD) and Drop Foot - R


    by webpowervideo

    Dr. Ernest Isaacson discusses how he treats patients with posterior tibial tendon dysfunction (PTTD) and drop foot using the Richie Brace Ankle Foot Orthoses (AFO).
    Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction (PTTD)
    is a painful flatfoot condition which affects adults, primarily over the age of 50. Also known as Adult Acquired Flatfoot, this pathology affects women more than men and is linked to obesity, hypertension and diabetes. Most people with PTTD have had flat feet all of their lives. Then, for reasons not fully understood, one foot starts to become painful and more deformed.