Well the good news is that this test is much more sensitive, so it has picked up on damage that a regular EMG might not have otherwise. This gives you some amunition (and confidence?) to perhaps pursue this further with the doctor.

The bad news is that it might not be replicated with the other tests that we would normally undergo with MS.

It is probably worth mentioning to your doc though, once you find out what the "severe nerve damage" is. To explain it clearly to the doc, you would need to know how the tester came to the conclusion that he did, i.e. did he say that no messages were getting through at all, or

Cherie

I read that this test wasn't used as a DX tool but it might be down the road. Well I see the chiropractor on Tuesday and based on what he says I'll see about following up with a new Dr.

No they (the tester) didn't explain much to me at the time, just that most of the points (than she showed me on the computer screen) was showing severe never damage. She did say it could really be a number of things and it might not be an awful thing at all, after all the spine and brain MRI was clear. One of the testers that was there was telling us about some thing that mimics MS a lot (I don't remember the name) and that they see it a lot after someone has been to a neuro and they ended up ruling out MS.

So I'll let everyone know what the Dr says on Tuesday.

Well I saw the chiro and they did x-rays and I have to go back tomorrow to see what the x-rays look like and get an adjustment and see what the chiro thinks is going on with me.

Good luck, Julie. I hope they can figure out what the problem is and possibly help you.

I've had a nerve conduction study done at least twice. Once was at the local mall, where some chiro had set up a booth and was trying to get new clients. I didnt go for it.

The other time was when my car insurance paid for me to go to a chiropractor after a car accident in 1999 when I hurt my back. He did the xrays, the nerve conduction study and then said I had to have a lot of adjustments to fix it.

I stupidly went ahead and let him do 8 or 9 adjustments. Found out later that this guy was a complete quack. He'd actually injured one of my cousins about a year before to the point that she had to go to a real doctor for surgery to fix her back injury that the chiro made worse. (he's out of business now. He got sued by someone else in a case that made the papers and he lost his chiropractor license)

My back has hurt ever since that car accident. I dont know of the chiro made it worse or not like he did to my cousin, but I dont trust chiropractors at all now. My neuro cant tell me if the back pain is from the car accident or if it's some kind of spasticity from the MS. He thinks it might be a combination of the original injury and spasticity. I do stretching exercises now to try to help it, but some days I cant even do the stretching exercises. I dont take pain meds for it. I do occasionally take small amounts of baclofen or flexeril for it, but mostly I try to ignore it as much as I can.

I think it's mostly the injury from the car accident that caused it, because putting a heating pad on it doesnt make me numb, and doesnt make the pain worse (helps it actually), so I guess if it's being caused by the MS, it's not to the point where I'd get a Uhthoff's phenomenon from it yet by putting heat on it.

Julie, there are good and bad chiropractors just as there are good and bad "real doctors". You just have to do your homework and know who you're letting treat you.

You may have a condition that is easily treated by a Chiroprator and then again you may not. If it were me I would talk to my PCP and get their opinion on whether or not they think a chiropractor can help you. If they have done all they know to do and you're not getting any relief they may feel that a chiropractor may help.

Good luck to you!

Well I saw the chiro again and I have mild scoliosis of the lower back and my neck vertebras are being pulled apart (I don't remember the right term for this).

I go back Saturday to talk about treatment, how long it should take to get my spine straight and how he will do that.

I did get my 1st adjustment today, it didn't hurt at the time but I'm in pain now, I think it's mostly because I'm trying to stand and set up straight.

Anyway most of my problems just might be my back after all. Well except the slurred speech and memory problems and everything else going on in my head.