has anyone ever had a EMG nerve conductivity study **********UPDATE*********

has anyone ever had a EMG nerve conductivity study **********UPDATE*********

i'm having one tomorrow and i'm not a fan of needles.
is it painful?
they are doing my right leg to figure out why in the heck i'm getting so much pain in my back and leg.
we already know i have a disk pushing on a nerve in my spine but the MRI but apparently it isn't bad enough for the pain i get

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I'm sorry, I have to say I never even heard of this. I'm sorry that you are in so much pain. Good luck tom.!

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We do EMG's in my office and ppl tell me that they are mildly to moderately uncomfortable. They use accupuncture needles. It's in your leg, so, it shouldn't be THAT bad. Don't hold me to that though.

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Posted by squeekietoy

We do EMG's in my office and ppl tell me that they are mildly to moderately uncomfortable. They use accupuncture needles. It's in your leg, so, it shouldn't be THAT bad. Don't hold me to that though.

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i hope your right i hate needles and pain

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Let us know how you are doing!!

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I got it done... I hurt myself playing soccer a few years back and have 3 herniated discs and clearly alot of pain! They did it in my back and that really wasn't bad at all.. the needles are tiny.

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is that the test to see if you have any pinched nerves??? if it is it isnt the worst...i had it in my arms and neck....its just really uncomfortabe and just shakes you up a bit.....but i dont really want to say painful. And the needle is really small.

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I had an EMG done last week to see if I have nerve damage... It starts our uncomfortable, but as they go up and the intensity increases it can start to hurt a bit, i'm not going to lie... I couldn't wait until it was over. But FH says I have a low tolerance for pain

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no sorry, but good luck and feel better

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I had one done because I was in an accident and have nerve damage to my shoulder and neck. I will be honest with you, I have a very high pain tolerance and while some parts of the test were uncomfortable a few parts hurt pretty bad. I don't know if its because I had damage or not but when he tested certain nerves it was bad. Take a few advil before you go to help with the discomfort. I was uncomfortable for a bout a day afterwards but it was probably because the test aggrevated my injury.

I think everyones experience will be different depending on what is injured, wehre and the extent of it.

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ok so i'm back from the EMG
it wasn't too bad except for the needle in the uper thigh muscle and he stuck one in my back muscle and they want you to relax i wanted to say you let me sick a needle in your muscles and see if you don't tense up.

he did say it looks like there is a problem with a nerve
we already knew this grrrrrr
i just loveeeeeeeee 50000000000000000000 different test to confirm the same things

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As long as the whole process went ok for you

And yea...aren't doc great!! LOL

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Ugh...I know!! But at least the needle part is over!

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