Physiatrist
Dr. Ricardo A. Nieves, MD, Fort Collins, CO, 80524

"Spine Care of tomorrow Today; Keeping patients moving in the right direction."


Colorado Spine, Pain & Sports
1301 Riverside Ave Suite 2
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 United States

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Dr. Ricardo A. Nieves, MD, Fort Collins, CO, 80524

Dr. Nieves is Fellowship trained in Spine Interventions and Pain Management. He is a Board Certified Physician with over 14 years of experience and the only Physician currently in Northern Colorado Certified in the McKenzie Method (Mechanical Diagnosis and Treatment of The Spine). He uses State of the Art Non-Surgical Spine, Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine and he makes it his goal to not only reduce your pain, but to restore your function.

Type of Spine Care Professional

Physiatrist

Areas Served

Northern Colorado and Wyoming

Contact

Languages

English and Spanish

Conditions and Treatments

Conditions

  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Arm pain
  • Arthritis
  • Back pain
  • Baker's Cyst
  • Bursitis
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Coccydynia
  • Complex regional pain syndrome
  • Degenerative disc disease
  • Foot drop
  • Foot pain
  • Headache / migraine
  • Herniated disc / bulging disc
  • Hip pain
  • Joint pain
  • Knee pain
  • Kyphosis
  • Leg pain
  • Lower back pain
  • Lumbar spine disorders
  • Muscle pain / muscle strain
  • Neck disorders
  • Neck pain
  • Nerve pain / neuralgia
  • Osteoporosis
  • Pediatric spine disorders
  • Piriformis syndrome
  • Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
  • Sciatica / radiculopathy
  • Scoliosis and deformity
  • Shoulder pain
  • Spinal stenosis
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Sports injuries
  • Upper back pain
  • Whiplash

Treatments

  • Acupuncture
  • Botulinum toxin injections, e.g., BOTOX
  • Caudal injections
  • Discography
  • EMG/Nerve conduction studies
  • Epidural steroid injection - cervical
  • Epidural steroid injection - lumbar
  • Ergonomics and posture
  • Exercise
  • Facet joint injections / blocks
  • Facet rhizotomy injection
  • Hip joint injections
  • Injections
  • Knee injections
  • McKenzie Method
  • Medial branch nerve blocks
  • Nerve blocks
  • Nerve testing
  • Osteoporosis testing / treatments
  • Pain management
  • Pediatric spine treatments - non-surgical
  • Peripheral joint and muscular injections
  • Physiatry
  • Physical medicine & rehabilitation
  • Radiofrequency procedures
  • Sacrococcygeal injections
  • Sacroiliac joint injections / blocks
  • Scoliosis treatment - non-surgical
  • Shoulder injections
  • Soft tissue injections
  • Sports medicine
  • Sympathetic ganglion blocks
  • Transforaminal injections
  • Trigger point injections

Professional Affiliations

  • AAPMR
  • AANEM
  • AADEP: ACSM
  • ASIPP
  • Mayo Alumni Association
  • McKenzie Institute USA
  • NSCA
  • PASSOR

Certifications

  • American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Subspecialty Board Certifications in Pain Medicine and Sports Medicine
  • Diplomate American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
  • Diplomate American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians
  • Fellow of the Interventional Pain Practice (World Institute of Pain)

Professional Distinctions

  • Interventional Spine, Musculoskeletal and Pain Management Procedures under Fluoroscopic Guidance
  • Certified Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy of Spine, McKenzie Institute, USA
  • Level II Certification, Colorado Department of Labor - Division of Worker's Compensation
  • Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (National Strength and Conditioning Association)
  • USA Judo Team Physician
  • Volunteer Physician USA Olympics Training Center
  • Level II Russian Kettlebell Certified Instructor