Peroneal tendonitis treatment usually involves a variety of treatment modalities. Peroneal tendonitis can be a result of ankles sprains, repetitive strain (ballet dancing, jumping, running), people with high stiff arches in their feet, and from compensation due to other injuries (plantar fasciitis).

Peroneal tendonitis treatment may start with Graston technique to the peroneal muscles (The peroneous longus, peroneous brevis, and peroneous tertius) to help loosen up the muscles while promoting blood flow to the area. Active release technique for peroneal tendonitis may be helpful to break down adhesions and trigger points within the peroneal muscles. Most importantly, loading the peroneal muscles with proper strength training exercises will help stimulate the injured areas of the tendon while providing strengthening to avoid future reaggravation. Peroneal tendonitis rehab exercises are crucial to help the tendons heal properly.

In treating peroneal tendonitis, it is important to discover the root cause. For example, if a patient has very stiff, high arches, this will place more of the body weight on the outer half of the foot which will overly stimulate the peroneal muscles. Another example is peroneal tendonitis due to hallux limitus (when the big toe has limited extension), patients will have a hard time shifting their weight towards their big toe during gait which keeps their weight on the outer half of the foot, loading the peroneal muscles too much.

Other conditions such as plantar fasciitis can lead to peroneal tendonitis due to compensation. When the bottom of the inner heel is painful, patients unknowingly keep the weight of their body on the outer half of the foot to avoid pressing into the painful part of the heel; peroneal muscles again become strained resulting in peroneal tendonitis. Many of these patients experience outer heel pain while walking or outer heel pain while running. Another condition called cuboid syndrome causes peroneal tendonitis as the peroneal tendons run across a portion of the cuboid bone. When the cuboid bone is stiff and not moving well with cuboid syndrome, the peroneal tendons also become stiff resulting in pain.

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