4 months post injury and Still horrid pain and swelling

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Hi. I fell on January 18th (4 months ago) and that resulted in my foot bending too far forward (toes pointing away from my leg). I had an MRI. It was inconclusive as I have a huge amount of swelling, but it generally indicated that I have 4 ligaments that have been torn, with 3 of them appearing to be severed completely, including 1 on the outside, 1 in the middle and 1 on the inside and the 4th one shows only torn and it is also on the outside. I currently have aggressive physical therapy and see a specialist. My symptoms are still pretty significant. As long as I stay off it, the swelling isn't bad and I can walk ok (I haven't been out of a brace since the incident. I wore a boot cast for 2 months and then a figure 8 brace since then), but after I walk a few blocks the pain can be nearly intolerable sometimes. Anyway, the specialist advised me yesterday to push it as far as I can. He told me to get rid of the brace and go about my normal activites. He said that the only way I can hurt it worse than it's already hurt is if I re-roll it (I didn't roll it in the first place). I'm so concerned about this advise. My primary doctor believes that I need surgery. My physical therapist told me that she has never seen an injury this significant without surgery. This is a workers compensation injury, so I am limited as to which doctors I can see. Does anyone know about this type of injury and can you reassure me that I am getting sound advise from this doctor?