Chronic Pain Assessment
Physicians Cooperative has paired with PainCare America, S.C. to offer assessments of chronic pain at our physician’s offices.
Using electrodiagnostics such as electromyogram (EMG) where electrodes are placed on the skin to assess the health of muscles and the nerves controlling those muscles, and nerve conduction velocity (NCV) where the same electrodes measure nerve impulses, many conditions such as the following can be diagnosed:
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/carpal_tunnel/carpal_tunnel.htm) Back pain Heel Pain Fibromyalgia (http://www.fmnetnews.com/) Herniated disc injuries Muscle weakness Numbness Repetitive stress injuries (http://eeshop.unl.edu/rsi.html) Others To schedule an appointment with a Physicians Cooperative doctor for evaluation of your chronic pain or numbness, please call 708.798.8112