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5/14/2015

How to Grade your injury from auto accident injury...

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This shows three ways to grade you sprain and strain injury from auto accident injury, sports injury, whiplash injury, spine injury or others.

Grade I sprain and strain has sings and symptoms as follows:
  • Some or slight pain in the injured area
  • Minimal functional loss of involved muscle or ligament
  • No abnormal function
  • Mild tenderness in the involved muscles
  • Some stretching or minor tearing of a ligament or muscle.
  • Heal quickly with rest, ice, compression, and elevation
  • Therapeutic exercise can also help restore strength and flexibility.

Grade II sprain and strain has sings and symptoms as follows:
  • moderate pain in the injured area
  • Moderate functional loss of involved muscle and ligament
  • Swelling in the injured area
  • Instability of joints movement
  • Partially torn but still intact
  • may require immobilization of the injured area to permit healing. 

Grade III sprain and strain has sings and symptoms as follows:
  • Severe pain in the injured area
  • Inevitable functional loss of involved joints, tendon, muscle and ligaments
  • Swelling in the injured area
  • Completely torn, resulting in joint instability
  • Require immobilization and possibly surgery 

Please call your health care professional to evaluate your spine or joint injuries as soon as possible for the best recovery. A treatment plan for your injury can be developed after a initial evaluation. With professional care, your sprain and strain in your spine or joints will heal without permanent impairment.

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5/9/2015

 What Patients wear for NCV/EMG?

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    • Patient need to wear T-short/short pant or exam gown for doctor to access nerves or muscles on the extremities.

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5/9/2015

 Who Can Perform NCV Studies and EMG Test?

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  • Electrodiagnostic studies (NCV studies and EMG Test) should be performed only by a license physician qualified by reason of education, training and experience in these procedures.
  • Typically, these studies are performed by board-certified neurologists and physical medicine (AMA, Guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment, 6th edition)

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5/9/2015

 Does NCV Studies and EMG Test Hurt?

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  • Yes, there is some discomfort at the time the needle electrodes are inserted. They feel like shots (intramuscular injections), although nothing is injected during an EMG. After studies, the muscle may feel a little sore for up to a few days.
  • The test is not invasive, but can be a little painful due to the electrical shocks. The shocks are associated with a low amount of electrical current so they are not dangerous to any patient.

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5/9/2015

What is EMG Test?

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  • An electromyogram (EMG) is a test that is used to record the electrical activity of muscles. When muscles are active, they produce an electrical current. This current is usually proportional to the level of the muscle activity.
  • EMGs can be used to detect abnormal electrical activity of muscle that can occur in many diseases and conditions, including muscular dystrophy, inflammation of muscles, pinched nerves, peripheral nerve damage (damage to nerves in the arms and legs), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), myasthenia gravis, disc herniation, and others.

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