Neck MRI results

[Catrin]

Slushy snow tonight, ugh!

The strain is in the bicep, he said the deltoid/rotator cuff is quite tight. I keep tweaking that shoulder and I'm starting to suspect that my shoulder will be the real root of the problem, with something causing intermittent nerve impingement. The EMG came back normal (no definite signs of cervical radiculopathy or entrapment), which is GREAT! This means no permanent damage. All that numbness has to be coming from somewhere, so hopefully it was a good test and he knew what he was doing. I've read, and have been told, that the EMG test is as much an art as a science as it really matters who does the test and interprets the results as well.

I would much prefer a shoulder root to the problem rather than my jacked neck Did I say the neurosurgeon saw NO sign of the "moderate to severe stenosis with nerve root compression" that the person did who originally read my MRI and only saw arthritis and a couple (mild) bulging discs? While I'm thankful, it's hard to see how one person sees "moderate to severe" stenosis and the second person sees none at all I'm going with the more optimistic of the two :-)