Knee injury

I know I’ll probably get a bunch of “go see a dr” responses maybe.. but it’s just a question out of curiosity because I will obviously talk to my dr at my next appointment.. looking for experiences only..

I had a knee injury about 2 years ago, I fell straight into one knee, all my weight. It was a pretty painful thing & it was bruised pretty badly but I didn’t feel it was serious enough for a trip to emerge. I never got it check cause it did pretty well heal & back the normal for a while but I do get pretty bad pains if I over use it. Since getting pregnant last year & gaining weight it hurt a lot more.. now again I am pregnant & it is flaring up a bit worst. Broke my toe so I feel like my limp & the way I’m walking on it is flaring it up even more. I’m not at all a medication kind of person. I rather just deal with pain or whatever & only take meds when absolutely need them. I’ve taken some Tylenol for it a couple times now but doesn’t really help much, just a bit... anyyyyywaaaaays, sorry for the huge explanation, question is; is there anything a dr can even do? Like I don’t see there anything they can really do besides pain meds? Has anyone had not that extreme pain but ended up needing surgery? Maybe that’s a bit much but I’m curious to see 🤷🏼‍♀️