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In short

Dr. Sheikh is board certified in anesthesiology and pain management and performs and interprets EMG and nerve conduction studies himself. Your client is treated, the findings are objective, and the report states the mechanism, the diagnosis, the causal opinion and the work restrictions in plain language.

We are the treating physician on the file, and we keep that role distinct from an examination performed for a carrier or a defense firm. What follows is what you can count on receiving, and how to get it.

What you get

The parts of the file that matter.

Objective findings, not just complaints of painDr. Sheikh is board certified in anesthesiology and pain management and performs and interprets EMG and nerve conduction studies himself. Electrodiagnostic testing documents whether a nerve is injured, which root or nerve is involved, how severe it is, and whether the injury is acute or chronic. That is the difference between a subjective complaint and a finding a defense expert has to address.→
Reports written to be read by an adjuster and a judgeEvery report states the mechanism of injury, the examination findings, the diagnostic results, the diagnosis, a causal relationship opinion, the treatment plan and work restrictions, in plain language. No template padding, no missing dates.→
Records without the chaseSend a records request or a narrative request to the office by fax at (888) 250-6364 or by email to contact@sheikhpain.com. We confirm receipt and give you a turnaround date rather than leaving the request in a queue.→
Treatment your client can actually get toThree offices, in Clifton, Jersey City and Edison, cover Passaic, Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Union and Middlesex counties. A client who can reach the office is a client who completes the treatment plan, and a completed plan is a documented one.→
A full interventional range under one roofEpidural steroid injections, facet joint injections and medial branch blocks, radiofrequency ablation, joint injections, trigger point injections, sympathetic blocks, spinal cord stimulation and minimally invasive discectomy. Conservative care is documented before anything invasive is recommended, which is the sequence a carrier expects to see.→
Permanency and return to work opinionsWhen the patient reaches maximum medical improvement we say so and explain what function was and was not recovered, with restrictions stated specifically rather than as a general limitation.→
Talk to us before the depositionIf you need the treating physician's findings explained before testimony, call the office and schedule time. It is a better use of everyone's hour than discovering a gap in the chart on the record.→

Objective evidence

EMG is what turns a complaint into a finding.

An MRI shows structure. Electrodiagnostic testing shows whether a nerve is actually injured, which one, how badly, and whether it is recent or long standing.

There are two parts, done in one sitting. The nerve conduction study places small electrode stickers on the skin and sends a brief pulse along a nerve, timing how fast the signal travels and how strong it arrives. A slow or weak signal shows where the nerve is being compressed or damaged. The needle EMG then places a very thin needle electrode into specific muscles and records their electrical activity at rest and while you contract them, because a muscle that has lost its nerve supply has a distinct electrical signature. Dr. Sheikh is board certified in pain management and performs and reads these studies himself. He is known locally as The Nerve Doc for that reason. An MRI shows anatomy, including findings that are not causing anything. An EMG shows function, which is what tells us whether the finding on the MRI is the one making your arm go numb.

Commonly documented on injury files

  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Cubital tunnel syndrome, meaning ulnar nerve compression at the elbow
  • Cervical and lumbar radiculopathy, a pinched nerve root in the neck or low back
  • Tarsal tunnel syndrome
  • Sciatica, when the source of the leg pain is not clear
  • Diabetic peripheral neuropathy
  • Alcoholic neuropathy
  • Chemotherapy induced neuropathy

How the study is done

Turnaround

Records and narrative requests.

Send the request to the office and we confirm receipt and give you a date, rather than leaving it in a queue. Include the patient name, date of birth, date of loss, claim or docket number and a signed authorization.

Reports are interpreted the same day the study is performed, so the diagnostic findings are in the chart before the follow up visit. If you need the treating physician's findings explained before a deposition or a hearing, call the office and schedule time.

Where

Offices your client can get to.

Clifton1037 US-46, Suite 103, Clifton, NJ 07013Monday, Tuesday, FridayJersey City377 Jersey Ave, Suite 250, Jersey City, NJ 07302WednesdayEdison2 Lincoln Highway, Suite 405, Edison, NJ 08820Thursday

Between them the three offices cover Passaic, Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Union and Middlesex counties.

Send the referral, we will take it from there.

Injured clients are scheduled within the same week, with reports routed to your office as they are produced.

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