Partial peroneal tendon tear
My question: How would a partial peroneal tendon tear affect ability/risk of doing SS movements like squats and deadlifts?
Background: My recent and current diagnosis is a possible partial tear of the longus peroneal tendon. The doctor actually isn’t sure, because he can’t tell from the MRI where/what type of tear. It originally happened 7 months ago, and after three cortisone shots in three different spots hasn’t really gotten any better. If I get surgery, I’d be looking at 1 month in a cast, plus three months of basically doing nothing that requires my legs to do anything, so I’m holding off for now in the hopes that it’ll improve (plus I have things to do this summer which requires me being ambulatory). I’m scheduled for another MRI in two months. I asked my doctor about working out, and what he basically said was that as long as the motion doesn’t involve a lot of acceleration or shocks (i.e. jumps, running etc. ) squats and deadlifts would probably be fine.
I came across this thread which deals with tendonisis/-osis https://startingstrength.com/resourc...lammation.html Would this cover partial tendon tears as well? I’m not exactly an advanced lifter, basically my 5RM for squats is 85kg and 95kg for deadlifts, BW 65kg – would I be delaying healing or courting disaster and making things worse by doing them? (I do bent over rows instead of power cleans.) Any other advice?