I would suggest an MRI too, just to be sure had bad your pull is. I had a complete rupture while doing judo. It had been bothering me a little but didn't pay too much attention to it. It started while doing throws with some other 300 pounders and was at the base of my left pelvis/butt check area. While doing hard randori one night it blew completely from where it attaches at the top. I tell you all this because had I stopped completely for a while and then started back SLOW, I probably would not be in the situation I am in now. Also, I unfortunately had no idea it was my hamstring where it was hurting. I just thought my glute was bothering me for some reason.
You are at least in a position to get it checked and if need be lay off for a while (you can still train other thing like upper body or whatever). Trust me, the lay off will not hurt you at all. Being an old man now I look back and think of all the times I kind of "knew" I should back off and didn't and ended up with torn muscles. Well, that just amounted to waaaay more time off and compromised body parts than I like to admit.
As for my diagnosis, My surgeon flat told me, if my career/income depended on it, we wouldn't be having this conversation, we would be in surgery. His recommendation was that at my age (45) that my knee (left knee he previously repaired from judo/grappling) would hinder me more than my hamstring. He said it would basically adhere itself to the surrounding tissue. He said I would be able to deadlift and squat, but jumping and running were out. Lol... I told him I'm a powerlifter doc, we don't jump or run. Since then I have only been up to a 565 deadlift and 365 front squat (still a little afraid to back squat much. I "believe" I would be farther along if it weren't for the bicep pull from atlas stones and then the tricep I had reattached about 7 months ago. Those layoff hindered my training. More mentally than physically.
I'm telling you all this so hopefully you will get it checked and if needed take time off to recover. I compete in powerlifting and not sure if you compete, but if you do you probably don't know when to stop either. I think my judo competition days are over. If I ever get this tricep completely rehabbed I might move into grappling (bjj) for my cardio.
As for more to your question about gear, EQ was good to me with my other tricep reattachment. I took things pretty slow and was several years younger at that time which helped.
Think about it. If it's taking forever right now and you are still training, you're probably causing more micro tears and keeping it inflamed. Give it a break, trust me. Don't be as stubborn as I am. I'd hate to check back in here i2 months or something and hear you torn it doing deads or squats or whatever.....
Best of luck,
Peace,
Mad_dawg