Yes, it would definitely be better than the processed foods! Mediterranean is probably my favorite baseline diet but I add more protein. I eat lots of haddock and salmon but it's getting harder to find clean, wild caught fish. Smoked trout is also pretty amazing. It's tough to bounce back from those injuries. I injured both rotator cuffs about a year ago lifting my wife's wheelchair in and out of the truck but, thankfully, those are mostly healed now. It takes time.