I don’t know what the more common treatment paths are but im fairly sure that the first line treatment path from modern medicine is working with a physical therapist, not surgery.
Depends where you are located. First line for me was pain killers. Then injections of pain killers, then chymopapain. Then surgery.
My doctors did not 'believe in' physical therapy by non-doctors.
Modern medicine; you realize that just means it's new, right? From personal experience I can almost guarantee that the physical therapist would be just as clue-less as the rest of the white-coats. Their main task isn't to solve problems, it's to generate profits; and you don't generate maximum profits by solving problems.