Facial nerve paralysis describes weakness in the muscles on one or both sides of your face that causes an inability to smile, blink, or control other facial movements. It happens when the facial nerve ...

Your brainstem hosts multiple cranial nerves. The facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve. It controls your facial movements and expressions. The nerve fibers controlled by your facial nerve also ...

Facial nerve disorders can significantly impact your quality of life, affecting how you speak, eat, drink, and express emotion.A facial nerve disorder results from damage to the nerves controlling ...

Imagine waking up unable to smile, blink, or raise one eyebrow. Your face feels heavy, lopsided, perhaps even numb. Water dribbles from the corner of your mouth when you drink. This alarming ...

This week we are going to discuss not an injury but a specific test that is performed to diagnose an injury. That test? The nerve conduction velocity test or NCV/EMG. The nerve conduction velocity ...