This week we are going to discuss a diagnostic test which is often ordered to differentiate between diseases of the nerve and muscle, as well as the nerve itself and the myelin sheath of the nerve. A ...

This week we are going to discuss not an injury but a specific test that is performed to diagnose an injury. That test? The nerve conduction velocity test or NCV/EMG. The nerve conduction velocity ...

Occasional leg cramps are considered common and usually harmless, especially after physical exertion, dehydration, or ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a game changer in surgery. UNMH researchers are testing a new drug that makes nerves glow. Dr. Ryan Orosco at UNM Hospital helped co-author the research into the drug.

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A team at the University of Miami and Jackson Memorial Hospital used a new procedure to help repair a young woman's nerve in her upper leg. The team first met the patient, Danielle ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an active, healthy 67-year-old man. Several months ago, I started having a deep tightness and burning sensation in both lower legs. Nothing I do relieves the pain, including ice, ...

The sciatic nerve is the longest nerve in the body that extends from the lower back all the way down the back of the leg, explains Rohan Desai, M.D., an orthopedic spine surgeon with the New York ...