Rehab, Injection, or Surgery? A Framework for Deciding
At some point in a shoulder problem, you’ll be offered a choice — or worse, you’ll be given one option and left wondering about the others.
The difficulty is that each option gets advocated by people who deliver it, the timelines and trade-offs are rarely laid out side by side, and the decision arrives when you’re tired of hurting and inclined to take whatever promises the fastest relief.
This isn’t an argument for any one path. It’s a framework for making the choice deliberately: what each option actually does, what it costs you, and the questions worth asking before you commit.