One video had a man confidently explaining that what I needed was to release my peroneus longus using a lacrosse ball, a frozen towel, and something called ‘co-contraction’. I became obsessed.

The operation was to repair four torn tendons, including a severely ruptured peroneal brevis — a part of my body I'd never heard of — which suffered a rare kind of longitudinal split.

In the ankle, there are two tendons that are often strained. These are the peroneal tendons, and they stabilize and protect the ankle. They can become inflamed as a result of overuse or trauma.

One patient had carpal tunnel release 8 months later, 1 had fusion of the thumb metacarpophalangeal joint 8 years later, 1 had tenosynovectomy of the flexor and extensor tendons 1 1/2 years later ...

Department of Microsurgery and Reconstruction, Fuyang people’s Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Fuyang, Anhui Province, China Objective: This study aims to retrospectively analyze the ...

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