When I was getting ready to do my DM I saw an orthopedic doctor since I have a rotator cuff issue. His response was "lets not take any pictures. I am a surgeon and if I see a small tear I get excited and want to cut so lets not look." But then the most interesting part was he told me to take ibuprofen before I exercise not after. He said if you take it before then it helps keep down the onset of inflamation. If you wait to after then it is already irritated and inflamed and you are behind the curve. So I took ibuprofen before my swim workouts and got through it all. Might be good advice for some of the other posters.