I wonder what was different in my EMG testing for Carpel Tunnel because it didn’t hurt me at all.
Did they stick needles into the nerves and then turn on the electricity to the needles causing a vibration in the nerve? When I had the first 2, they were checking the nerves at the L5/S1 levels especially, but also other locations that I am not sure what they were. They put the needles in my lower leg, at the shin where the bone is close to the surface...then at the knee, and then in the thigh and on the outside and inside of the leg. There is another portion of the test that uses what looks like a stun gun. It has 2 prongs that come out of it and they put that against different areas of your skin and it gives a little shock that makes your reflexes jump like you got smacked by the hammer. That’s not as bad as the needles...but they both don’t feel all that great!