When patients are in pain from an injury, the first thing they want to know is: “how long will the pain last?” and “will it ever get better?” I always tell them that recovery time depends on how severe the injury is and how long they’ve had it for. As a general rule of thumb, injuries can take the same amount of time to heal (undevelop) as they did to develop. So if you succumbed to an injury 3-4 days ago, then it could take 3-4 days to fully recover if you get the right treatment. But if you’ve had an injury that has been lingering around for years, or even decades, then we have to shift gears to control and maintain the issue. In fact, those are our two goals: first, we need to control it, then, we need to maintain it. To achieve our first […]
