RE the ulnar nerve problems...I have pretty severe carpal tunnel syndrome due to having been a medical transcriptionist in a past life. When I say severe, I mean, my right hand is numb right now, and at rest I feel it curling up as if it were atrophying. Riding doesn't cause any more trouble than anything else, so I keep riding.

I have never had it treated, but when my right hand can no longer hold a paintbrush or something like that, I take a couple of B6 tablets. I think the commonly found "recipe" for CTS is a few B6s, some B12s and some other B, but I spoke to a dietician friend about that much B vitamin and I just don't want to tax my liver that much.

However--and this is anecdotal, I know--a couple of B6s is like a MIRACLE cure for me. Makes my hand usable again, in just hours. The first time I needed it (time crunch, painting inside my house with movers arriving with the stuff the next day), I used the "recipe". By the next time I had a serious episode that I couldn't afford, I had done a little more research and found it was the B6 that could be the "active" ingredient. Thinking the "smallest effective dose" was the way to go, I took 1 and then later another. It only takes two for me to see noticeable change. Later I take more, if I'm not getting enough relief. Ibuprofen usually helps with pain, but not the numbness and weakness. B6 helps that.

Maybe it would work for you.

Karen