Interesting article on how they went about repairing the Cub's star third basemen's completely dislocated left shoulder in two months.

The article is much more interesting than the quote I'm sharing...

Ramirez underwent a specific program to accelerate his return.

"The first thing you have to do is reduce pain and inflammation," O'Neal said. "Until those are gone, you can't do any strengthening program because it hurts too much to do anything. So the first two or three weeks of his injury were pain and inflammation reduction."

To do that, intially lots of ice and rest and some pain meds. Anti-inflammatories were also prescribed.