I tore my Spring Ligament falling whilst running in a race 18 months ago. After a long period of trying to to resolve the problem through non- invasive means (several rounds of steroid injections) I finally went into surgery eight weeks ago. They found that the ligament had completely detached. They reattached the ligament, took some tendons from toes to augment the ligament and whilst they had me in there they also went ahead and did a calcaneal osteotomy at the same time.

I was six weeks in plaster, NWB and have been in a boot for the last two weeks, slowly putting more weight through the foot. Applying weight has been rather painful and I spend most evenings, icing to get the swelling down.

My concern is this: the main pain that I feel in my foot is exactly the same pain and in exactly the same place as before the operation, leading me to worry that the operation hasn't worked. I wondered if anyone has had a ligament repair similar to this and could give a clue as to whether this is normal? Does anyone know the details of the operation that would explain why I still have the pain in the same place? What is the recovery time when I can expect the pain to go away please?

I know I'm probably worrying over nothing, but it's been a very long journey for me so would welcome a bit of reassurance.

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