#035 ALL You Want to Know About Electromyography (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Test

I had an EMG done by a neurologist and I was practically jumping off the table with pain. The doctor said I was overly sensitive to pain. A month later I had another EMG done by a second neurologist and I had no pain at all. I wish I had told the first neurologist to stop the procedure. Eventually he did stop after one final jolt of electricity.

I hope this comment will help others! I just had a nerve conduction test done this afternoon. NOT what I expected at all, IT WAS FAR WORSE! The arms and legs were tolerable, but I had to have the "sitckies" on my nose and the ground on my forehead. The probe was on my face in front of my right ear. The PAIN was UNBEARABLE! IT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS! AS DID THE STIMULATION OF THE TRAPAZIOD MUSCLE! Had I known how painful these 2 areas would be, i would have made arrangements for super strength pain killers in advance! 2 1/2 hours I still have a screaming headache and my left arm feels like a lead weight! ASK YOUR NEUROLIGIST IN ADVANCE WHAT AREAS O THE BODY ARE BEING TESTED, AND ASK FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT IN ADVANCE!

Thank you for providing this video. I am a Veteran Service Officer and work with veterans daily who are asking for a rating due to nerve damage. This is a great help to show what type of test they should use to show the level of damage.

Thank you so much Doctor; for both this video and the video on cervical spine radiculopathy. When you’re not able to use your hands. Life feels like it’s on hold and you feel handicapped because you are unable to do anything. Anything at all. This gives me hope so thank you for making these videos.

You are awesome your explanation is so easy to understand. Thank you

thank you for your explanation about nerve conduction test and the EMG exam for nerve conduction study.

Awesome explanation-

Thank you for explaining everything I had questions about, you did an excellent job.

Merci beaucoup pour ces explications . Vidéo très instructive 😍😘

WOW! What great information, and so effectively communicated. Many thanks!

Excellent video - clear explanation of the procedure.

Very informative video and educational for new patients.

Thank you very much. I learned a lot about emg and now I am mentally prepared. Thanks again

Great explanation of the test.

Thanks for sharing. Love to hear it.

This is wonderful!! Thank you so much for this informative video. Very nice!

I had a nerve conduction study done yesterday and I have severe carpool tunnel syndrome in both hands 😞. Thank you for sharing this

thank you for providing this information!

Post radiation therapy following breast cancer knocked out several of my axillary nerves. I did not find the EMG particularly painful, but just as I thought we were done, he shoved a needle into my thenar eminence. Now that hurt! The EMG basically validated what we already knew: the nerves to my infraspinatus & supraspinatus nerves were not at all being innervate; I still cannot abduct my arm. It's been a while, & now I have pain in that arm constantly & in addition to not being able to abduct, I periodically get muscle spasms in that arm. I was warned about the chemotherapy, but was not at all for nerve damage from radiation.

Thank you for this information 🙏🏻