Your method is how I treated pain and it served me well for many years (including broken ankle, countless elbow/wrist/finger injuries), as soon as I could I started movement again, and for tendon injuries even decent intensity seemed to help trigger healing.
That all changed when I tore my achilles, the pain/recovery/etc. process had me doubting everything I knew about recovery and now 14 months later I still question if it needs more rest or more activity or the whole thing is in my head. Ankle/foot injuries seem to have an entirely different approach because standing and walking are so fundamental that you might overdo it just by deciding to make eggs or something.
That all changed when I tore my achilles, the pain/recovery/etc. process had me doubting everything I knew about recovery and now 14 months later I still question if it needs more rest or more activity or the whole thing is in my head. Ankle/foot injuries seem to have an entirely different approach because standing and walking are so fundamental that you might overdo it just by deciding to make eggs or something.