I used arnica & stuff but finally gave in to surgery after I drove myself to the ER & begged them to cut my left arm off. Above the elbow. The pain was excruciating & back feeding from hand to elbow. There are two options with the surgery. Option 1 is the broad path & the one I choose as it’s more easily to recover from, which as it turns out, is the one where you NEVER regain function of your hands like it was originally. Basically the easy option (as I understand it), slices the tendon above entrance to the bone the nerve passes thru, to alleviate pressure…but have you heard of hamstringing a horse?…because that in a manner of speaking is what is done with this method.
Option 2 is the narrow path and requires more recovery time. Hope I rem correctly…they excavate the opening where the nerve is passing thru the bone to give it more room which doesn’t damage to the tendon, but as a much larger incision is required, so is the lay up time.
My advise…qigong, massage or change jobs.