Anyone know tricep exercises which involve the ulnar nerve as little as possible?

hatrickpatrick

Firstly, not looking for medical advice although it might look like that if you don't read the whole post, so easy on the banhammer mods

Basically I've been doing my tricep extensions in the gym using a pulley machine which involved resting your upper arm on a pad in front of you and pulling the handles downwards in an arc, the pulleys attached to as much weight as you like. My triceps have got very big and I find it's an exercise I'm quite good at and have been progressing very well on.
However, I've recently been having some funnybone pain whenever I do this exercise, like the nerve is clicking each time I do it, in my left arm. Having talked to a few med and physio student friends of mine (proper GP appointment next week) it seems to be a condition in which the nerve is popping out of its "groove" on each lift, and the most likely cause of this is the fact that when I do the lifts on this machine, my elbow is being pushed into the pad with a lot of force, which will obviously irritate joints, nerves etc in it. The machine itself isn't dangerous or anything but apparently it's not designed for people who lift as heavy as I've been lifting recently

So with all that in mind, I'm probably going to have to give that exercise up at least in the short term to avoid doing any more damage to my ulnar nerve. What I'm therefore looking for is any tricep exercise which involves as little pressure on the elbow as possible. Right now any downward pressure (pushing down) hurts it a little, but I can do exercises like bench pressing and shoulder/military pressing with pretty much no issue as far as this joint / nerve is concerned - I know the triceps get some stimulation from both of these exercises but I'm guessing it's not nearly enough to induce hypertrophy in the same way that extension does.

So essentially, two questions: Firstly does anyone know of such tricep exercises which don't involve too much elbow pressure, and secondly, exactly how much do secondary muscles count in the bench and shoulder press? If I drop tricep extension completely pending the outcome of my investigations into this issue, will they still be getting enough stimulation for some muscle growth, even at a slower pace, purely from shoulder and bench pressing?

Any advice would be appreciated. And as I say, no medical advice is being asked for - my doc & physio will sort my elbow for me, this is merely looking for alternative movements while it's out of commission.