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Originally Posted by Doug1961
I guess my first post to this site will be adding my 2 cents worth to this topic.
Like others, I had heard horror stories about the amount of pain to be expected. As it turned out, the Dr. had already inserted the needle 2-3 times before I realized what he was doing. When I did, I asked him if that the needle I had heard so much about. He kinda laughed a little and said "Yeah...How much was it supposed to hurt?"
The worst part was getting 1 artificially induced "charlie horse", but that didn't last long either.
All that being said, I'll give the standard disclaimer.... This was how MY experience was and I can't guarantee anyone else will have a visit as uneventful as mine.
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Hi Doug,
Welcome aboard. Glad to have you here. My experience was much like yours. The EMG was completely painless. I, too, did not even feel the needle insertions, except the one that I mentioned in my prior post that was VERY deep. And it really wasn't the "needle" that hurt but all the pushing he was doing to get it deep enough. The needles are so tiny (tiny gauge) that it really is difficult to feel them. I did not see the length of the needle but I think it was too short for the ONE insertion that I felt. I may not have felt that one either if the needle had been longer and he hadn't had to push so hard to get it into a deep muscle.
Now, the NCS, is a little bit different in my opinion because I don't like being zapped, not even the little static electricity zaps trying to close the car door in winter. I found a few of the zaps during the NCS uncomfortable when they increased the intensity and duration when they did not like the response from a lower intensity and shorter duration.
I also don't like the electrical zaps my own body gives me. My own body zaps me worse than the neuro during an NCS.