Dr. Ricardo A Nieves MD
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
1437 Riverside Ave Fort Collins CO, 80524About
Dr. Ricardo Nieves practices Pain Medicine in Fort Collins, CO. Pain medicine is concerned with the prevention of pain, and the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients experiencing pain. Pain medicine physicians use a broad-based approach to treat all pain disorders, ranging from pain as a symptom of disease to pain as the primary disease. Dr. Nieves serves as a consultant to other physicians but is often the principal treating physician, providing care at various levels; such as treating the patient directly, prescribing medication, prescribing rehabilitative services, performing pain relieving procedures, counseling patients and families, directing a multidisciplinary team, coordinating care with other healthcare providers, and providing consultative services.
Education and Training
Universidad Central Del Caribe School Of Medicine 1991
Board Certification
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR
Provider Details
Treatments
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Neuropathy
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. George Edward Girardi M.D.3744 S. Timberline Rd Fort Collins CO 80525
- Mrs. Jan Gillespie-wagner MD1175 58th Ave Greeley CO 80634
- Dr. Russell Alan Parker D.O.5285 Mcwhinney Blvd Loveland CO 80538
- Dr. Bruce Raymond Belleville M.D.2831 Skimmerhorn St Fort Collins CO 80526
- Dr. Orrie G Clemens MD2001 S Shields St Fort Collins CO 80526
- Dr. James Alan Derrisaw M.D.1236 E Elizabeth St Fort Collins CO 80524