Emg & Nerve Conduction Study Results Posted: 06-02-07 21:38pm
I've been dealing with a sport-related
injury since December 2006. Was training
for a marathon when my left thigh went
numb (about a month before the marathon).
After a long road of doctors and wrong
diagnoses, I was referred to a Neurologist
who did an EMG and Nerve Conduction Study.
After those results, my sports doc got me
a Nerve Root Steroid Injection in my L5
area. I got 4 days of relief and now my
problem is back to where it was before I
got the injection. When I try to run, my
thigh (mostly the lower hamstring area by
the knee) feels like it's heavy and
uncontrolable, pressure-like. I feel like
I really have to drag that leg to get it
going. I'm good for about a mile and then
the problem starts. The doc thought it
was inflammatory-related and thought the
shot would help. Anti-inflammatories
don't help. Had a back MRI and it showed
no disc or vertebra problems so I wonder
if there is a pinching somewhere else
along that nerve? I also have a heel spur
in a weird place (the inner side of my
heel (big toe side) as opposed to the
bottom of my heel). Was thinking maybe
there's a connection since I got the heel
spur about 2 months before the numbness of
my thigh. The results of the EMG/NCS are
below. Any thoughts based on this what
could be going on?
NCS of the bilateral lower extremety
showed a low amp of the peroneal nerve.
EMG showed mild evidence of acute
denervation in the anterior tibialis and
the paraspinal muscles.
Thanks for any help. I'm at my wits end
and have just about had it with doctors.
Maybe I'm not going to the right type of
doctor?
