Pt Sex Short Leg Long leg Levatorani tenderness Right Left 1 M L R Before After Before After 2 M L R - - + (+) 3 F R L - - +* - 4 M R L - - + - 5 F L R - - +* - 6 M L R + - - - 7 F L R +* - + - 8 M L R (+) + + (+) 9 F L R - - + -

Table 1: Tenderness of the levator ani muscle before and after treatment of chronic proctalgia with an insole, M: Male, F: Female, R: Right leg, L: Left leg, + : Tenderness of the right or left levator ani muscle, - : No tenderness , (+) : Residual tenderness , *: Tenderness of the anococcygeal raphe posteriorly.