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Having electromyography (EMG) isn't so much fun. First they zap various parts of you with electrical current, and then they stick needles in you and make you strain your muscles.

This was the second time I've had it so it wasn't as bad, because I knew what to suspect and that it wasn't going to kill me. But yecch.

Fortunately, it seems that the nerve conductivity in both of my arms is fine. And to be fair, the only time anyone HAS an EMG is when there's something sufficiently nasty going on that you're willing to have 45 minutes of discomfort.

The interesting part was listening to my muscle electricity as noise, rather like the static on a short wave radio. When I strained against pressure as instructed, I made VERY LOUD static.

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[judgefudge.livejournal.com]

The funny thing is that it did me no good for finding out my problem. I've got ulnar tunnel syndrome, which apparently is very obvious given my symptoms - the first doctor I didn't see had no clue when I described them, and then made me ouchy with the EMG, and said my nerve conductivity was 'fine' - the second and third opinions I had said "Ulnar Tunnel" with some basic squeezing type tests.

[judgefudge.livejournal.com]

so unless the test is hard wired to check for carpal tunnel or something, I think the first doctor was a tool.