Popping a Joint

Patrizia had this experience where after tearing her peoneus tertius tendon, she was in pain for almost a year. No physio or RMT had really been able to help her. Then after a year, her physio tried something new. She attached a 5lb weight to Patrizia's ankle and put her in plantar flexion hanging off a table. After 20mins Patrizia heard a pop and her ankle gave way and her ROM increased by about 4 inches. The pain was also gone. Her physio said that she wanted to wait to do this because of the inflammation that was there before.