When there has been an injury to the body as in a car accident, one of our natural defense mechanisms is to tense up the muscles in order to "protect" the injured area. The MyoVision SEMG measures the actual amount of this muscle tension and helps the doctor determine if it is normal or not.

Studies in prestigious medical and chiropractic journals have show the surface EMG (SEMG) to be very helpful in determining if you muscles are tensing in an abnormal manner. This can help verify the severity of your condition and help track your treatment process.

As levels of tension in your spine increase, the bars "shoot out" away from the spine. Abnormal readings are in red, or above the small hasg marks close to the spine, while normal readings are in green, or within the hash marks,

In the actual history below, you can see a marked difference in the amount of "tension" in the spine before and after chiropractic treatment. The chiropractic adjustment has many positive benefits to your nervious system which in turn reduces the level of muscle tension in your back.

With dynamic evaluations, SEMG electrodes are attached to your skin and measurements are taken while you move into various positions. This allows your doctor to see how your muscles act when you move instead of when you are stationary as with static scanning SEMG (shown above). In normal individuals, muscles in your back should relax when bent forward while those in pain experience an increase in muscle tension.

Not at all. There is no piercing of the skin, and there is no electrical shock generated. It feels about the same as a stethoscope on your skin.