Question: Severe pain when trying to stand on my tip toes

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I stood on my left foot 7 weeks ago and heard a pop on the lateral side behind

the ankle bone(I had sprained it 6 times in the few months before but never had

pain behind the ankle). I iced it and rested it. I couldn't stand on my tip toes

because of severe pain. I went to an orthopedic surgeon. He said that I had

injured my peroneal tendon. I still can't hardly walk 200 feet(but prior to this

I was able to walk a couple miles without difficulty). I haven't been able to

work as I have to be able to be on my feet all day to go back to work. Yesterday

it had been raining and had stopped but the ground was wet and I wanted to take

a pizza box out to the trashcan. I have an aircast brace on and I decided to

tiptoe to keep my brace from getting wet. I took three steps on my tip toes and

couldn't do it anymore because the pain was so bad on the lateral side behind

the ankle. I tried to look online to see if I could figure out what is wrong.

The only thing I saw is that if there is an achilles tendon rupture it would

causes an inability to stand on the tip toe. But I can stand on my tip toes

except that it is very painful. I am wondering what causes severe pain to stand

on the tip toes and if anyone has experienced this? I don't go back to my doctor

for 1 week.

Thanks in advance for any ideas or suggestions. I only have 12 weeks of medical

leave total so I have to get this ankle better enough to go back to work in the

next 5 weeks or I don't know what will happen to my job and medical benefits.