Has anyone tried the F.A.I.R. Test?
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:21 am
My pain doc is of the opinion that, since the nerve block he did where I was pain free was away from the spine, that the source of pain was PROBABLY further away from the spine than the injection point. He said he has always wondered if enough of the numbing agent was able to seep back toward the spine, if that would be enough to numb pain from the spine area. My L5-S1 disc has a bulge, butI have decided that my pain must be further away from the spine than where the nerve block injection was done.
I went to DiagnosisPro.com, a very interesting website that provides differential diagnosis techniques for single or multiple symptoms. I came up with two potential causes for sciatica and unilateral testicle pain: (1) Piriformis Syndrome, and (2) Ischial Tunnel Syndrome.
Both are diagnosed by EMG using something called the FAIR Test - Delay of H-reflexes in flexion. adduction and internal rotation.
Apparently, 15% of all people have their sciatic nerve pass through the piriformis muscle. (I've already tried botox in my left piriformis muscle but got no relief.)
Ischial Tunnel Syndrome involves entrapment of the sciatic nerve as it passes by the ischium. "The pudendal nerve may be separately involved". Reference http://www.sciatica.org.
I am going to see an osteopathic doctor next week.
Has anyone heard of the FAIR test? Had it done?
Is EMG just a nerve-conduction study? I don't have much faith in those. I almost tried the PNMLT, but then read that the test was inconclusive (and painful).
I went to DiagnosisPro.com, a very interesting website that provides differential diagnosis techniques for single or multiple symptoms. I came up with two potential causes for sciatica and unilateral testicle pain: (1) Piriformis Syndrome, and (2) Ischial Tunnel Syndrome.
Both are diagnosed by EMG using something called the FAIR Test - Delay of H-reflexes in flexion. adduction and internal rotation.
Apparently, 15% of all people have their sciatic nerve pass through the piriformis muscle. (I've already tried botox in my left piriformis muscle but got no relief.)
Ischial Tunnel Syndrome involves entrapment of the sciatic nerve as it passes by the ischium. "The pudendal nerve may be separately involved". Reference http://www.sciatica.org.
I am going to see an osteopathic doctor next week.
Has anyone heard of the FAIR test? Had it done?
Is EMG just a nerve-conduction study? I don't have much faith in those. I almost tried the PNMLT, but then read that the test was inconclusive (and painful).