Add a bit of weight to your 20 if you can. Eight ounces or more in the magazine will help with such a light gun. You want to reduce recoil as much as you can. Friends have tried the limb saver pads. Most dont keep them long. But you are only trying to get past the next few months so if it helps you at all how can you be wrong to try it? Good luck.
If you end up needing surgery do as much presurgery physical therapy as you can. Those muscular groups get weak if you dont use them much and building them back up after surgery is much easier if you get them into a little better shape before. Or if you dont the after Sx PT is a real [censored].
