I trust you will not have any sort of carpal, median or ulnar "release" unless you have had a nerve conduction study that demonstrates where the problem (s) is. Years back, I could have sworn that my neck had gone south again but Pain Man insisted on doing the study before sending me for a surgical consult. It turned out that I had a badly compressed ulnar nerve. I had him set me up with his surgeon of choice and had it repaired. It's been almost eight years ago and I can say it was a total success. To this day, I may have some occassional light tingling in my little finger if I push the envelope relative to my hand/arm. I would repeat that in a heartbeat. I can't say that about most of my spinal surgery. Best wishes.