Radial Collateral Ligament injury -- Looking for a good source or forum to resea!

Radial Collateral Ligament injury -- Looking for a good source or forum to research and discuss this matter?

About 6 weeks ago I had a partial tear of my Radial Collateral Ligament. I was told that this wasn't a big deal and put into a cast for 5 weeks without surgery. After getting the cast off and a week of physical therapy it turns out that my ligament is fine but my metacapophalangeal joint is frozen. There is no motion at all within it. Worse -- my surgeon has stopped his rhetoric about complete recovery and started attempting to set my expectations considerably lower. I still have many more weeks of therapy but a 1000% improvement on 0 range of motion is still 0. i.e. I'm losing faith in my surgeon and his team.

I'm in my early 30's and sports such as golf and softball make up a big chunk of my social life. If he had told me this is what to expect I would've gone to another expert while the injury was still in the acute phase.

I'm looking to change doctors but would like more data on this topic so I can more fully understand. Any good sites on this topic?

Thanks!

My suggestion is to see a hand specialist as a doctor/surgeon and a certified hand specialist (CHT) therapist. Often CHT therapists are occupational therapists but occasionally they are physical therapists. Often hand specialist doctors know of CHT's that they trust. The hand/wrist is an extremely intricate and complicated area of the body and I have seen regular orthopedic docs get in over their head dealing with hand/wrist injuries.