Shoulder Injuries?

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Originally Posted by Jimmyz123

This is Kaisers Standard M.O. My wife was having issues also in her shoulder with similar to what you are talking about and they scheduled her the same way to rule out Nerves. However the process is not fun, you are going to get shocked my friend. They hit you in various parts of your arm, hand, and shoulder area to see what's going on.

I have had an EMG before. I had carpal tunnel in both of my wrists and thats how they determine the extent of the nerve damage. It doesnt hurt really, its like getting electric stimulation after a physical therapy session. It warms up the area and causes your muscles to twitch. It is really nothing, but I also have a pretty decent pain tolerance level.

Originally Posted by StinkyMatt

Your doctor does not work for you!

Seriously, they work on behalf of the insurance company to minimize the company's financial outlay. If you believe otherwise you may be in for a lot of BS.

About 3 years ago I became a "pain in the ass" patient, I always:

Ask that everything my doctor writes down is printed (they hate this one)
What is the idea for doctors writing anyways?

Ask for a copy of your charts every time you go in.

Ask for a couple of alternative medication choices. (even if you do not plan on using them)

After every single thing that is explained to you ask why ?

Insist on services, call (yes this takes lots of time) I pretty much spent 2-3 weeks getting approval from my HMO for an MRI.

Like a previous post says" Thay don't know squat before an MRI" they just have a good guess/ opinion.

Get you moneys worth!


Get well soon or learn to reel with your other hand.

Kaiser does print out everything which is nice. And I know where you are coming from about insisting on services. The only reason I didnt push the MRI issue, is because the last time I had weakness in my hands it was the carpal tunnel and I had no pain. So I see where they are going, but if this shows nothing I am going to push the MRI.