Nerve Conduction:Nerves control your muscles and allow you to move and feel sensations. Your brain sends signals through your nerves to make muscles work and carry messages such as feeling (hot, cold, smooth, etc.). When your nerves are healthy, they carry the signals quickly and efficiently. If there is pressure on a nerve or when a nerve is sick or injured, the signals travel slower and with less power. A Nerve Conduction Study tells us how well your nerve signals travel. The tests can locate where there is pressure on the nerve and determine how severe it may be.
Electromyography: Nerves control muscles. When the muscle contracts, it generates tiny electrical charges. When there is a problem with your nerves or muscles, changes occur in the physiology, or the way they function, and the electrical charges generated by the muscle are altered. The EMG test provides important information about how muscle is functioning that otherwise could not be detected. EMG requires the insertion of a thin pin (about the size of an acupuncture needle) to ‘record’ the muscle’s electrical activity