Peroneus Longus (lower outside leg) Tendonitis

johnnyBuz

johnnyBuz

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Holy shit ... I didn't even know you had muscles on the sides of your legs that could burn like this. So Wednesday I spent the whole day hiking a pretty steep slope to practice various tricks on jumps. Nothing really bothered me that day and I went back today to get a great day of Spring skiing in.

Putting on my boots I first noticed my legs felt a little tight. The Peroneus Longus is basically the muscle that runs down the side of your lower leg, think in between your calf and your shin. If you point your toes downwards you can fill this thin tendon-y muscle.

Needless to say, my first run I tried a Lincoln Loop, brought it to my feet and my legs immediately buckled under this ridiculous burning sensation. I knew immediately my day was over and I skiied down the rest of the slope and just said fuck it and drove home. Luckily it was $5 pass day if you updated your Facebook status to check in at the mountain so I didn't feel too bad.

I've hiked rails/jumps in the past but I guess I never spent a full day doing this. The slope was steep so I really had to dig my toes in and I guess that is how the muscle gets inflamed, excessive use on incline-slopes.

Has anyone experienced this before and what is the normal healing time frame? I imagine it's not bad, probably a couple days to a week but with my season winding down I'm trying to get another 3-4 days in before everything shuts down.
 
I had tendinitis in my pectoralis minor and it took months of physical therapy, but I'd rest a couple of days at least then try again, if it still hurts, go to a doc
 
This is why parks need to start putting tow ropes in!! Pisses me off at my home hill cause there's no point in taking the lift which takes 7minutes for 1:45 down.
 
Yah I agree. The whole time I was hiking I was just thinking to myself "this would be so much better if there was a rope tow." Kids were asking me why I was hiking instead of just taking the lift -- I was just like are you serious?
 
Are you certain that is the issue? I thought I was in the same boat, but may case ended up being different.

I had a conditions where the peroneus tendon has a nerve ending that protrudes through the muscle fascia just above the ankle. And the muscle was actually impinging on the nerve. This caused swelling, and pain any time I did anything that involved lateral ankle movement. Like hiking and skiing.

My body actually started to build up fatty deposits to protect the nerve. And the worst part is that I could only ski for about 3 hours until the pain was unbearable. By the time I got my boots off in the parking lot most days I was almost in tears. And I dealt with this for 3 years.

Last year I finally went to the doctor who referred me to an orthopoedic surgeon who ended up doing full fasciotomy on both legs. I spent all summer on the couch, but years of pain was resolved after 2 surgeries.
 
Sounds like you may want to stop in a shop and get your upper cuff adjustment checked out too. You may not notice it much while just skiing, but if your lower leg is shaped so that it bows out slightly, pressure can be created (and certainly aggravated while hiking) in the area of the leg that you are describing. I've had issues with this in the past and getting the upper cuff of my boot adjusted to match the shape/curve of my legs relieved any pressure and inflammation that I had previously.

In the meantime, I would invest in a foam roller to help loosen up, realign and flush out the inflamed muscles/tendons. Also some icing never hurts.
 
I messed up my peroneal tendon during xc this season. It just got worse and worse until i couldn't even run because if the pain. Physical therapy didn't really do much to help the recovery. It took me about two months of putting barely any stress on it for it to fully recover. And it still feels a little tender every now and then.
 
Wow are you serious man? No, I am not positive that is the issue. My diagnosis basically consisted of "bro science" - I googled "muscles in the lower leg," picked out the muscle on a diagram where I was feeling pain and did some research on it. But I'm pretty sure it is the right muscle as the symptoms came from the same actions (ie: climbing steep slopes, pointing toes downward, etc).

I doubt it as as serious as yours, I think it was just overusing some muscles my body isn't used to using which led to inflammation. Did you have some kind of serious injury or freak accident that made yours start happening? I can't imagine that would happen on its own just from hiking rails?
 


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But on a serious note I got tendonitis on my big toe, the whole tendon was sore right up along my foot. Took about 3 or so weeks to fully heal but I didn't really properly rest it so I'm sure if you take it easy for the next couple weeks you'll be fine.
 
Thanks OD. There's a ski shop right down the road from me so I'm gonna take my boots there tomorrow since it doesn't feel like my legs are gonna allow for me to ski tomorrow. Damnit tomorrow is supposed to be a great day too.
 
I get that lower leg pain from time to time, seems to come from bad landings (forward/backseat) and replaces what would be shin bang. at least thats the case for me, soft FT boots and stretching calves before skiing stopped my shinbang but i cant ever seem to stretch the peronus longus and a backseat landing will pull it and cause next day pain.
 
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