7 weeks out of surgery , they haven't suggested any therapy yet?
Or no mention at all of therapy?
There is therapy for pain relief , low level laser, ultra sound, massage TENS or other electrical stimulation.
NO vigorous stretching & NO strengthening until pain is very very low. IMO

Did they give you any gentle ROM movements to do?

I would contact the surgeon and make sure he knows how things are going, maybe even make appt so he can check things..

might be best to make a list of the symptoms starting with the worst ones, it is so easy to get flustered when seeing the doctor and forget to mention something.

I don't know what to say about the pressures and bending - that would be a good one for the doc to answer.
But maybe some of the others that had surgery will be able to chime in on it.