Electrodiagnostic (EMG) Testing

Identify the source of your muscle or nerve pain with our advanced Electrodiagnostic (EMG/NCS) Testing approach. Our team uses cutting-edge technology to measure the electrical activity in your muscles and nerves, to provide precise data that helps to guide your treatment journey. We know that this can seem intimidating, so we prioritize creating a welcoming and supportive, but professional environment to put you at ease. Rely on us for accurate results and compassionate care, leading you toward relief and recovery.

Electromyography

Electromyography looks at the electrical signals in specific muscles and allows the examiner to determine if there are pathological findings coming from specific nerve roots (e.g Sciatica, L5 lumbar radiculopathy, or C6 cervical radiculopathy).

It also allows the examiner to identify disorders that specifically affect the anterior horn cells like Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or disorders like Myopathies that affect specifically affect the muscle fibers in the body.

Electrophysiology, Electromyography (EMG), and Nerve Conduction Testing (NCS). What do these terms mean and how are the tests used?

Any client with subjective complaints of weakness, numbness, burning or tingling is a good candidate for electrophysiology, often referred to as an “EMG or Nerve Conduction Test.”

We use EMG and Nerve Conduction testing to help identify the location and severity of conditions that affect either the nervous system, or the muscular system. These conditions can cause feelings of pain, numbness, burning or weakness. EMG and Nerve Conduction Testing can also be used to look at the junction or interface between the nerves and muscles in the body, and can help to determine if there is a problem at the neuromuscular junction itself.

Testing consists of two parts:

Nerve Conduction (NCS): The nerve conduction study measures both the speed and the size of the electrical signals that are being transmitted by specific nerves in our body.
Electromyography (EMG): The electromyogram or EMG study measures the electrical activity within the muscles that those specific nerves supply signals to.

Common conditions that electrophysiologic testing is appropriate for include:

• Work related nerve injuries
• Traumatic injuries caused by auto accidents
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow
• Cervical Radiculopathy
• Lumbar Radiculopathy
• Diabetic polyneuropathy
• Toxic, Idiopathic and Other Polyneuropathies
• Motor neuron diseases such as ALS
• Myopathy
• Neuromuscular junction disorders such as Guillane-Barre Syndrome

Referrals for electrophysiologic testing are typically received from Workers’ Compensation case managers, attorney clients and our physician colleagues in the global community such as: orthopedic surgeons, hand specialists, family practice and internal medicine specialists, neurologists and pain medicine specialists. These providers use the results of our EMG/NCS tests to help determine their medical diagnoses and ultimately guide their clinical decision making…the goal being to make sound clinical decisions and obtaining favorable treatment outcomes.