>>2538871A few days of rest is not going to be enough bro, when your doc says ''take it easy'' he means for more than a few days. Tendons, ligaments and the cartilagenous structures of the joint have very limited blood supply. This means limited supply of oxygen, nutrients and everything else they need to heal, and that means shit happens slow. You need to be patient, we're talking potentially months.
I would suggest seeing a sports-focused physiotherapist and ideally a sports physician as well. They will be able to give you better advice on what exercises you ought to be doing to aid recovery and reduce the risk of recurrence.
If rehab and exercises don't help then you want to talk to a doctor of some kind about joint injections and potentially surgery down the track. I'd suggest a sports physician if possible - how much a family doctor knows about this topic really depends on how interested they are in it, and while orthopedic surgeons are absolutely the joint experts they can (unsurprisingly) be a bit gung-ho about getting the knives out.
>>2538910>If it's escalated to the point that rest no longer mitigates it, then surgery is typically the next step. I mean sure you can opt for steroid shots, PT, but that's putting a bandaid on the issue. OP come hit me up when I graduate. I would love for you to be my first patient. I've seen a bunch of cases like yours already.What a surprise. An absolute shit-tier take from someone who openly admits he's not even out of med school.
Don't listen to this faggot, and don't listen to any doc who recommends surgery for something that's only been an issue for three months. There are a lot of non-surgical alternatives to explore first, if they don't work then, sure, go for surgery, but any operation has risks and you shouldn't be going down that route unless it's absolutely necessary. Trial least invasive options first.
