Ankle injury: small split tear of the peroneal brevis tendon. Is surgery needed?
10 months ago I started having pain in my ankle where I couldn’t even walk for five minutes. I got an MRI done and it showed that I had tendinosis and flattening of the peroneus brevis tendon in the retromalleolar groove with a small longitudinal split.
The dr told me to try PT and see if that helps. Then we can explore surgery options if it doesn’t get better. I was in a boot for about a month then did some PT. I wasn’t very consistent with it though. My ankle has improved but I still feel pain when walking. The pain sets in pretty fast and I need to take constant breaks when I do walk. The pain is just less intense than it was before. The max number of steps I can do is 5k but I am in pain and need to take breaks.
My ankle feels pretty stable and I don’t have issues with rolling it. I am just not sure if this is enough progress in 10 months and if I should consider surgery. It has improved but is this enough improvement for me to continue doing PT or am I delaying the inevitable of getting surgery?