He said: It's never a good feeling when you can't play and you have to watch. You feel helpless. I want to get back into the side as soon as possible, but there's no point rushing back. I'm lacking the fitness I need to play in the Premiership but after a week's training I should be okay. It's just a case of gradually building up.
"I've had a calcification just above my ankle. It's an inflammation on the bone. The problem started about 12 weeks ago but I could play through it. Then it just started getting more and more painful until I felt I couldn't play at all.
"I've had treatment in Germany but the only way to get rid of it is to have an operation. I will have that at the end of the season."