I'm getting my second opinion this week. Ultrasound showed nothing torn, although that was probably before the sublux, so it is possible that surgery isn't needed. I think it would be pulling rather than cutting anyway -- the type where they knock you out and yank the joint back into place.
I like the idea of a log though. So far I've just been mentally noting how far I can move the joint -- it's already up to 30-40 degrees, from barely 10 on Wednesday/Thursday.
So long as I go back to two-steps forward, one step back, from the two steps back, one step back I had before.
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