My 13 year old had the surgery 3 years ago. It took him about 4 weeks and he was back with no problems and none since. From what I know you have two optionsne, play thru the pain and have surgery once season is over (Pedroia did this thru playoffs one year) or two: have surgery and push the recovery. Our Ortho did a college kid and he played conference tourney in a week but he was a senior I believe and this was his last playing time