I nearly pulled my arm out of the socket when I was in my late 30's hurt so damn bad that I didn't want to bend it certain ways. Stayed like that for about 2 months until I saw my doctor and he told me I was babying it too much and I should do certain exercises.

Hurt like a motherfucker to do the exercises each time. After about 1-week it was immensely better, exercising it every morning than at night.

After about a month I forgot it hurt unless I stretched it back really far to put on a jacket or reach behind me. Worked on that for about 4 months and finally it stopped hurting altogether.

Moral of the story, something's just break. But typically if it's meat you got to work on it.

My folks never did exercises their doctor told them to do after hip surgery or other trauma. Eventually they got so weak they could barely stand because they'd just lay in bed for days to "heal". That will bite you in ass much harder if you don't move. Keep pushing yourself, it takes a long time but it will get better, not worse.