EMG and Nerve Conduction Testing

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Advanced Testing for Nerve, Muscle, Neuropathy, and Radiculopathy Symptoms

Numbness, tingling, burning pain, weakness, muscle cramping, hand symptoms, foot symptoms, and radiating neck or back pain can come from the nerve, nerve root, muscle, spine, or a combination of these.

VerityMD Neurology offers EMG and nerve conduction testing, also called EMG/NCV or EMG/NCS testing, to evaluate nerve and muscle function.

Symptoms We Evaluate

  • Numbness, tingling, burning pain, or pins-and-needles sensations

  • Hand weakness, foot weakness, or foot drop

  • Muscle cramps, twitching, wasting, or atrophy

  • Neck pain radiating into the arm

  • Back pain radiating into the leg or sciatica

  • Carpal tunnel symptoms or hand numbness at night

  • Balance problems with numbness in the feet

Conditions We Help Evaluate or Manage

  • Carpal tunnel syndrome

  • Ulnar, radial, peroneal, or tibial neuropathy

  • Peripheral neuropathy

  • Diabetic neuropathy

  • Cervical or lumbar radiculopathy

  • Sciatica

  • Plexopathy

  • Nerve injury

  • Myopathy evaluation when clinically appropriate

Services and How They Help

Nerve Conduction Study

Nerve conduction studies evaluate how electrical signals travel through selected nerves.

How this helps:

  • Evaluates sensory and motor nerve function

  • Identifies nerve compression or neuropathy

  • Helps determine severity and location

Needle EMG

Needle EMG evaluates muscle electrical activity using a very thin needle electrode placed into selected muscles.

How this helps:

  • Evaluates nerve-to-muscle function

  • Helps identify active or chronic radiculopathy

  • Distinguishes nerve-related weakness from muscle problems

Carpal Tunnel and Hand Nerve Evaluation

Testing can determine whether hand symptoms are due to median nerve compression, ulnar neuropathy, neck-related radiculopathy, or generalized neuropathy.

How this helps:

  • Confirms and grades carpal tunnel syndrome

  • Distinguishes wrist, elbow, neck, and generalized nerve problems

  • Supports treatment and referral decisions

Neuropathy and Diabetic Neuropathy Evaluation

EMG/NCV evaluates large fiber neuropathy and can identify overlapping nerve entrapment or radiculopathy.

How this helps:

  • Assesses large fiber nerve involvement

  • Helps determine pattern and severity

  • Supports lab evaluation and treatment planning

Radiculopathy, Sciatica, and Foot Drop Evaluation

EMG can evaluate pinched nerves in the neck or back and localize causes of weakness or radiating pain.

How this helps:

  • Correlates symptoms with nerve function

  • Helps separate radiculopathy from neuropathy

  • Supports imaging, therapy, pain management, or surgical decision-making when appropriate

When EMG / Nerve Conduction Testing May Be Helpful

  • Hand or foot numbness

  • Burning nerve pain

  • Weakness or foot drop

  • Radiating neck or back pain

  • Suspected carpal tunnel syndrome

  • Suspected neuropathy or diabetic neuropathy

  • Symptoms not fully explained by imaging alone

What to Bring or Have the Referring Office Send

  • Referral from PCP, specialist, or referring provider

  • Medication list, including over-the-counter medications and supplements

  • Relevant office notes, hospital records, imaging reports, labs, and prior neurological testing if available

  • Description of symptoms and affected side

  • MRI, CT, or X-ray reports if available

  • Prior EMG/NCV reports

  • Diabetes history and most recent A1c if available

Important Note

This page is for patient education and does not replace individualized medical advice. Testing and treatment decisions should be based on the patient’s history, examination, records, medications, insurance requirements, and clinical judgment.

Emergency Symptoms

Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department for:

  • Sudden weakness, facial droop, trouble speaking, or new vision loss

  • Severe sudden headache or rapidly worsening neurological symptoms

  • Loss of consciousness, seizure, chest pain, or severe shortness of breath

  • New inability to walk or sudden severe dizziness with stroke-like symptoms

New Patient Referrals

VerityMD Neurology accepts new patient referrals by fax from the patient’s primary care physician, specialist, or referring provider’s office. To ensure accurate triage, insurance verification, and appropriate scheduling, referrals should be sent directly from the referring provider’s office.

Patients who would like to be seen at VerityMD Neurology should contact their PCP, specialist, or referring provider and ask them to fax a neurology referral with relevant clinical notes, insurance information, medication list, imaging reports, lab results, and prior neurology records if available.

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