From what I can understand the tendon has been ultra sound scanned and reviewed structually and functionally. The feeling is a tendon that is so short is affecting the biomechanics of the foot and the fear is that firstly it will rupture if they try to "chemically" break down the fibrous tissues and secondly it is compromising the bursae/synovial tissue.

In all honnesty I feel the pain cycle has to be broken and so far manual techniques have not done this. I always think very carefully before surgical intervention but may be in this case with a good surgeon and proactive rehab post op we will see a change. The jury for me is out on this one. I hope the procedure correlates with a reduction in pain. I will update the forum with the outcome.