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Originally Posted by St George 2013
Oh Bless Your Heart....it's ok.....I've had one done and my peeps didn't tell me about the needle part but I made it through and I can tell you...I'm a big old baby 
The electric shocks and needles are 2 separate things. I had no issues with the shocks.....most were not a big deal and the ones I could feel pretty good didn't hurt...just annoying mostly. They are brief shocks. They only stuck me 2 times with the needles.....once in my arm and once in the leg. It was uncomfortable but not like I needed to scream or anything.
And I've never heard of any type of damage coming from this test. Are you sure you're not thinking of another test ?
Anyhow....each person is different and everyone I've ever talked to about it were just sick about having to get it done. They all come back and said it was not nearly as bad as they thought it would be.
Hope this info helps and please let me know how it goes for you.
Take care,
Debi from Georgia
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It is an EMG with NCS - EMG being the procedure of putting fine needles into the muscle to view activity on their screen. NCS being the procedure of putting flat electrodes on the skin & than placing a device that sends quick electric shocks to view on their screen the activity of my nerves. The doctor requested to perform this test is a Physiatrist who does maybe 1 or 2 of these tests a month, so the doctor is not all that experienced in performing the test.