Afraid so. Five weeks is still very early days, I had varying levels of pain for probably three months after each of my ops. Some days were OK, others it was pretty bad, and even now a couple of years on I'll still have a bit of pain some days, but nothing close to the level it was pre-op. Take painkillers as needed, keep doing the physio and, most importantly, keep icing. Also talk to your physio, if certain exercises are making it worse they may suggest reducing the intensity for a bit or replacing the exercise with a different one. The most important thing to remember is that the failure rate of the operation is very low and that things will improve in time, so stay positive, that's the best thing you can do to help manage the pain.
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