Having had this badly in my 20s, my understanding is that ITB isn’t that serious, much better than a soft tissue injury. It’s basically a tight muscle pulling the knee cap laterally. The inside of the knee cap hurts like a ■■■■ up and down stairs.
Not sure what the ‘proceedure’ is, but I’d be confident it’s nothing to intense and woyld be confident he’ll be good in a few weeks.
Sounds like you were suffering kneecap pain as a result of a tight ITB. When they use the word ‘friction’ it’s generally some pain above and outside of the knee due to rubbing over the bony prominence. For those saying why not surgery straight away? 9 tines out of 10 if not more these would be managed successfully conservatively- if you had your way everyone would have surgery immediately for every issue.
And did nothing for weeks on end, got passed by begley towards the back end and again proved he is injury prone this week pre season. I personally think he’s miles off it. A injury free run would be a good start