Do you have pain or numbness in your hands or arms? Is it a pinched nerve, or something more serious? How can you tell? Dr. Joseph Carfi, a doctor of physical medicine and rehabilitation in Long Island, explains how an EMG can be used to test nerve function. Interview conducted by Panetta Physical Therapy.
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Is Your Back Pain Caused By Herniated Disc? Single Test Can’t Tell
While lower back pain ranks as a common cause of disability in the United States, determining what causes a person’s back pain is often challenging. A new Cochrane review on diagnosing back pain finds that no single diagnostic test is good at discriminating between patients who have a herniated disc and patients who do not, according to lead author Danielle van der Windt…
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