A nerve conduction velocity test can take between 15 minutes and an hour.
You may also find you need to make more changes if the nerve is/is also trapped at the neck if you really do want to avoid surgery.Īs another said, appreciate you're doing whatever possible to avoid surgery but it is the best way forward to stop symptoms & avoid long term nerve damage.The duration of an EMG may range from 30 to 60 minutes.
If your doctor thinks the nerve could be trapped at the neck - it's better to find out sooner rather than later, as you may need more tests/scans before you find out where it's being pinched. All the EMGs I've had have been painless and haven't taken long, I personally wouldn't say they were unpleasant. Fairly sure even if you did have needles, they wouldn't be sticking them all the way up your arm & in your neck. Personally the worst bit was when they send the signals through and your hand jerks & couldn't control it (meant to happen), not painful but just a weird feeling! I'm pretty sure I've had 4 EMGs over the years now and only one of those used needles, so don't be put off as they may not use needles. The EMG honestly isn't bad, I've had few now and never felt any pain. Your doctor will have ordered an EMG because, although it has got better, your symptoms indicate CTS and won't get better/go away on its own. I'm almost wondering if the symptoms continue to decline and don't plateau or get worse, I maybe could delay the EMG if it's really unpleasant? I'm sort of surprised the doctor ordered the EMG when I said I'm slowly getting better but again, the point is to do whatever I need to do to minimize the chance of needing surgery in the future. I read the EMG they stick needles in you! Ouch! So how bad is the EMG? I assume they are going to probably do my neck down to my wrist. He also said because I get the tingling when I move my head to one side it looks like I've got some possible separate issue with my neck muscle and the neck and wrist are sort of combining to mutually aggravate the whole situation (I can feel the moderate pain when I tilt my neck and stretch my arm out go all the way down through my arm to my wrist and make my two fingers tingle.) I'm 54, started coding when I was 11 years old so I've spent quite a few hours at the computer the past 43 years but never had issues as I researched workspace ergonomics, but appears it's finally catching up to me. Went to see orthopedic surgeon just to make sure I'm doing all I can to avoid surgery. Switched my track pad to left hand and got a wrist pad. Wearing a brace at night, symptoms have very gradually lessened a little over 3 weeks. Started getting symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome, occasional tingling in my thumb and pointer and some mild wrist and elbow pain.
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