Your primary physician or another health care professional can recommend an EMG test if you experience symptoms common to nerve or muscle disorders such as muscle or joint pain, back pain, tingling or numbness in the extremities, weakness, or cramping. When combined with information from a patient's history and a physical exam, EMG tests help us to diagnose and evaluate disorders including: We also check for active nerve damage within the muscles.
We use this study to stimulate and measure electrical impulses in the patient's body to detect any nerve dysfunction. Effective treatment is preceded by an effective diagnosis, which is why we offer electromyography, or EMG, as one of our available services.Įlectromyography is actually a two part study we use to study the nerves and muscles to diagnose the possible sources of pain and other symptoms. At Salt Lake Spine & Sports Medicine, we work to give our patients the absolute best solutions for their health concerns.
