The only pain I experienced from the EMG test was needle poking through my skin. My pain threshold is very low though and I don't like needles so I tend to be very sensitive to it. Afterward I had several bruises on the skin where the needles were inserted but they went away after a few weeks.

I’ve had EMG’s done 2 times and at different places and they were both painful. I wish I had a higher pain tolerance.

@bazzinga1234
I had the EMG test yesterday. I was dreading it because of so many comments about pain. I had no pain at all. My test was a bilateral on legs. Today I met up with someone who had the test recently. He too did not experience pain.