I would ask the physician who wrote the profile.

He knows your case, we do not.

TR

Roger.

Just to update. I am running again fairly regularly and pain free. I cannot say how much of my improvement is due to surgery, and how much of it is due to not running at all for a very long time (>18 mos.) and performing the exercises shown on the website I linked to.

All of the numbness is gone and pain is gone now, I can run as frequently as I did before I was first injured. YMMV.