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"I don't know exactly how to thank Dr. Nieves and his wonderful staff for bringing quality and hope back into my life. I can attest that they do care and they will help you." - EP, Iowa
For spine and musculoskeletal pain, like many other types of pain, your nerves are often involved. And sometimes they aren’t. In either case (and for the very reason that both are possible), getting appropriate and effective treatment starts with a thorough understanding of what’s causing — and what is intertwined with — your pain. And this includes understanding how the nerves are or are not involved.
Ricardo A. Nieves, MD, at Colorado Spine, Pain & Sports Medicine, offers today’s state-of-the-art electrodiagnostic tests — electromyography (EMG studies) and nerve conduction velocity tests (NCV studies) — to help determine the nature and cause of your problem. Your care starts with a complete health history, a physical examination and discussion of your symptoms. Along with other tests, Dr. Nieves then performs EMG and NCV tests himself. EMG tests the electrical activity of muscles, while NCV evaluates for damage, disease and impingement of nerves by measuring the speed and strength of the electrical signal.
Conducting and interpreting electrodiagnostic studies are complex matters that require skill, know-how and capability. At Colorado Spine, Pain & Sports Medicine, we have leading-edge NCV and EMG capabilities in our own in-house electrodiagnostic suite. Also, along with his other board certifications and advanced credentials, Dr. Nieves is board-certified in Electrodiagnostic Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. In addition, with more than 15 years’ experience and thousands of EMG and NCV studies to his credit, he performs your tests himself with specialized, highly trained expertise and maximum accuracy.
To get to the bottom of your spine or musculoskeletal pain using leading-edge neuromuscular testing, trust the experienced, highly credentialed and capable care of Dr. Nieves. Call us today.
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