Rehab is now the best practice for a lot of injuries that would have been rest and/or surgery before. A large part of this is due to the recognition now that ce

Rehab is now the best practice for a lot of injuries that would have been rest and/or surgery before. A large part of this is due to the recognition now that certain injuries, particularly tendons, require exercise to heal properly. Particularly in the area of tendons; much rehab is now centered around eccentric exercises to load the tendon and encourage healing. Shoulders, elbows, knees, ankles, and etc. Avoiding all pain is also pretty much out the window now. Rehab will typically start as soon as acute injury symptoms have dissipated and pain is not avoided during rehab; just moderated. For anyone who wants to dig into this more lookup "tendinosis" and also eccentric exercises for [insert knee, elbow, etc injury here]. There will be medical studies you can read about the effectiveness.