Radiculopathy Specialist in Las Vegas

Distribution. Radiculopathy produces a band of symptoms following one nerve root, from the neck into the arm or the low back into the leg. Peripheral neuropathy is symmetrical and toes-first. The pattern rather than the severity separates them. Which fingers, or which part of the foot, are involved narrows it to a specific root.

Not necessarily. Asymptomatic imaging abnormalities are extremely common, particularly with age, so a bulging disc on a scan does not establish that it is producing your symptoms. An electrodiagnostic study shows whether that root is actually conducting abnormally. That distinction matters most when surgery is being considered, because operating on an incidental finding achieves nothing.

Because they answer different questions. Imaging shows structure; the study shows function and severity. Together they establish whether the structural finding is the thing causing the symptoms, which neither answers alone. It also establishes severity, which is what informs whether waiting is reasonable or whether a surgical opinion is due.

Numbness in the saddle area with difficulty passing urine or loss of bowel control needs an emergency department immediately. So does progressive weakness. Pain alone, however severe, is generally not an emergency. New weakness of the foot or the hand developing over days also warrants urgent rather than routine assessment.

Most radiculopathy improves without it, and time is a legitimate part of management. Where symptoms persist or weakness progresses, surgical assessment becomes relevant, and a graded study informs that referral. Physical therapy is coordinated externally and is a legitimate part of that management rather than a holding measure while waiting.

Epidural and other spinal injections are not, since there is no interventional pain programme. Nerve blocks where clinically appropriate are performed. Surgery is referred to spinal surgical services. Where interventional pain treatment is appropriate, the referral is made with the electrodiagnostic findings attached, so the target is chosen from objective data rather than from symptoms alone.

7751 W. Flamingo Road, Suite A-100, Las Vegas NV 89147, in Sunrise Medical Plaza on the west side of the valley, with parking on site. All six in-office studies are performed and interpreted there, so nothing is referred across to the Henderson office. Summerlin, Spring Valley and Enterprise are generally closer to it than to Horizon Ridge Parkway.

Whichever is the shorter drive, since both are fully equipped and hold the same records. West Flamingo Road generally suits the west and southwest of the valley; West Horizon Ridge Parkway suits Green Valley, Anthem and Boulder City. If you can attend either, say so when booking, because availability differs between the two week to week.

Most radiculopathy improves with time, so a few weeks of ordinary conservative measures is reasonable where there is no weakness. Assessment becomes useful when pain persists, when weakness appears, or when imaging has found something and nobody has established whether it explains your symptoms. Saddle numbness or bladder change is an emergency.

Epidural and other spinal injections are not, because there is no interventional pain programme. Where interventional treatment is appropriate the referral goes out with the electrodiagnostic findings attached, so the target is chosen from objective data. Targeted nerve blocks are performed in-office where clinically appropriate. Confirm what is currently offered when you book.