Why? There was nothing wrong. Would you have been happier if they diagnosed cancer? I find the (mostly American) obsession with pills very very strange. I hate seeing this getting imported to Canada, but more and more this seems to be the case.
I've been dealing w/ a knee injury for a year+ and recently decided to bite the bullet (it's expensive!) and have it checked out. (Being an bootstrapping entrepreneur tends to have the side effect of having less-than-comprehensive health insurance) When the results of the MRI and X-Ray came in I found myself rather disappointed that there were no tears or fractures. I guess I just wanted a definite answer to why my knee was messed up so I could put a rehab plan into place and get back into running and mixed martial arts. Hearing "Don't know what's wrong. Rest it" was rather frustrating.
Care you expand on that?
It seems to me that most of them regarded this as simply a stop gap or "treatment" and not a cure. Those that thought they would not have any more issues with their knees were not happy. Many who got it earlier on suggested that they would have chosen to go as long as possible without the post surgery rehab if they could.
I've been fortunate enough not to have any knee or foot issues myself, so I'm certainly not claiming to be an authority here.