I dealt with this back in 2006 and was very painful, first I thought I had just pinched a nerve or something until I went to the Dr. and they ran there test. They tried to fix it by just shooting me up with a couple of shots at the bottom of my hand but was so damaged they eventually had to perform surgery. The surgery is not that bad they only make about a one inch incision at the bottom of your hand. Recovery was about 4 to 6 weeks but took me a little longer because of my job which was delivering with a hand truck all day long. This was the cause of why my hand was so bad because of the years of delivering and the constant motion of the hand back and fourth. My hand did still feel kinda fuzzy for about 6 months or so but today I am pain free and am glad I can compete in competitive shooting.