Dislocation, how long until I should be able to extend my elbow completely?

It's been almost 4 weeks since I dislocated my elbow. I went to the hospital where an x-ray and analysis told me that the bone reset itself and that there are no complications. I haven't had a follow up though because of a combination of factors, but I am getting a little nervous because I hear a lot of stories of people losing their range of motion, and hearing that it's common to expect loss of range in this type of dislocation. However, reiterating that it's been almost 4 weeks, I would say I would about 170 degrees of extension, and complete flexion, but there is still a lot of pain and stiffness, more so than when I broke my leg. Do you think I can afford not to follow up and continue to stretch/strengthen? Even though range is very important to me, for some reason I can't drag myself to schedule an appointment with orthopedics, amazing.

I dislocated and broke a bone in my elbow as a teen and I have almost a full range of motion. The "almost" is because if I want to extend my arm fully, my elbow pops without any pain. I had a stint on for a week, then a cast for a few weeks, and then I had the ugliest bionic looking black and tan brace for my entire arm for a few months. I was supposed to go in for physical therapy (because I had a 10% chance of having any strength and movement in my arm), but I never did. I was told to just change the angles on my brace when I felt I "mastered" a specific angle. It was a lot of pain and stiffness for me too, especially when I pushed to a new angle. I would just remember to use my arm like I normally would and then do a few reps of light weightlifting with that arm. This weightlifting alone caused even more stiffness, so I did it before bed so it wouldn't tire out my arm for the whole day.

Long story short...I dislocated my elbow and I have full range of motion in my arm and it took a lot longer than 4 weeks (for me at least) to gain this full range...just keep working at it!