I am not a doctor and will not claim to be.. I do know I had a knee scoped last Feb. and it went pretty good I feel. I have had some problems with it but nothing compaired to what it was like before hand. He also gave me some pain meds but I only took them the dayI got home from surgery. I was hooked on them years ago and refuse to go back down that road. Now my other knee is bothering me worse but I will get by with it as long as I can. He did check out my knee that was scoped out and said I would probally need a replacement in about a year. ( I hope he is wrong ) I also know that by putting a heating pad on it a couple times a day if posable can help out by keeping any swelling down. My doctor doesn't go along with all that physical therapy stuff. He said try and do this and that while at home and you will be fine.. Good Luck to you..