Most frequently your hip flexor (brings your knee up). Weakness in thigh or hip leg or foot muscles.Low Back Pain, burning, aching or sharp/jabbing that refers to your gluteal region, if worse is now shooting down your leg.Chronic Low Back Pain that has been present for many months/years.Your doctor will feel your spine, note its curvature and alignment, and feel for muscle spasm, test your reflexes, muscle strength, and other nerve changes. In the physical exam, and neurological exam your doctor will observe your posture, range of motion, and physical condition, noting any movement that causes you pain. The test should be ordered after 1 month of symptoms of numbness, tingling, weakness in the leg or foot, persistent referred pain from the back to the hip or leg or overall history of leg and or back pain for over 3 months with no relief from other therapies.

Often this test is ordered very late in the patients condition and symptom history, this a mistake. Using this information, he or she will be able to make the best, accurate diagnosis of the underlying cause of your sciatica. Together, all these various exams and tests, with the EMG Testing the most specific and accurate test, will give your doctor a more complete picture of your sciatic nerve pain or “pinched nerve”. If your doctor thinks it's possible you have a herniated disc or spinal stenosis that's causing your sciatica, your doctor may order a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test. You may have an x-ray or a computed tomography (CT or CAT) scan. MRI/CT scan can show disc bulges or herniations but may not always correspond to your pain pattern. To diagnose sciatica correctly and develop a list of possible causes, an EMG/NCV (Electromyography/Nerve Conduction Velocity Study) is required. How Your Doctor Properly Diagnoses Sciatic Nerve Pain

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