Dr. Brian Siegel
Pain Management
Steamboat Springs, CO
30 years experience male
Locations
Sidney Regional Hospital
Sidney, NE
Yampa Valley Pain Management
Steamboat Springs, CO
Phelps Memorial Hospital
Holdrege, NE
About
Bio
Director of Pain Management, Yampa Valley Medical Center
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Pain Management
Licenses
United States: Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
28 Answers
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brian Siegelanswered
Pain Management 30 years experience
Yes: Back pain from psoas muscle spasm is a frequently under diagnosed cause. It can be treated by physical therapy, massage or possibly injection of the... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
A few things: Likely an ulcer, but maybe gastrititis or pancreatitis.
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Botox injections: If you have greater than 15 headaches a month lasting for more than 4 hours, then you may be a candidate for Botox a injections. It is now approved b... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Nerve impingement: At your age, likely a herniated disk, annular tear of one of your lumbar discs, sacroiliitis or possibly piriformis syndrome.
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A female asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Image your neck: This is a common presentation in patients that have degenerative changes in their cervical spine. Simple xray may reveal the problem, but sometime a ... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Yes you can: You are likely experiencing referred pain from the cervical region. This is secondary to arthritis in the facet joints in your neck. Pain from the fa... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Very: There are many different types of headaches, but the majority are either musculoskeletal or vascular in origin. The first type of headache is referre... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Yes: Sle is an autoimmune disorder that can cause mixed neuropathies in a minority of affected patients. Antidepressant and anti-seizure medications are u... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Give it 6 weeks: If the pain persists, then consider an epidural steroid. If after that vertebroplasty may be an option.
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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No: The nerves to the arms arise from the cervical region. The nerves to the legs arise from the lumbar region. I would go see a neurologist for ongoing ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
A lot: 80% of all the narcotics prescribed for pain in the world are prescribed in the United States
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A 40-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brian Siegelanswered
Pain Management 30 years experience
Varies: Since there is altered blood flow regulation, people with crps often have problems with changes in climate. May also be experiencing a raynauds pheno... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brian Siegelanswered
Pain Management 30 years experience
Advil (ibuprofen) 800 mg: Advil (ibuprofen) is an over the counter medication that has been shown to be very effective when taken at the onset of a migraine.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Brian Siegelanswered
Pain Management 30 years experience
Likely not related: Crps is generally a disorder of the sympathetic nervous system and can cause chronic pain in the extremities, face abdomen or pelvis. I am unaware of... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Yes: Epidural anesthesia can reduce surgery related comlpications and enhance post operative pain management.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Very rarely: With the newer inhaled anesthetics, allergic reactions are extremely rare. If reactions do occur, it is likely secondary to other medications given ... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Back and leg pain: The L4 and L5 nerve roots make up part of the sciatic nerve, typically cause low back pain, buttock pain and pain into the calf and foot.
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A 46-year-old female asked:
Dr. Brian Siegelanswered
Pain Management 30 years experience
Try something else: Abortive medications used include oxygen, triptans, ergot alkaloids, and anesthetics
Preventive medications include calcium channel blockers, mood st... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Neck problems: It is likely that you are beginning to feel pain associated with degenerative changes in your cervical spine, just wait til your fifty.
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Variable: In the early stages, there is delayed uptake in the periarticular surfaces of the bones. Later on the study normalizes. The test is only diagnostic ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Arthritis: Degenerative disc disease and facet arthritis are common causes for spine pain. Non steroidal anti- inflammatories, core strengthening and excercise... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Possibly: A very rare cause of meningitis which occurs in people who are likely immunocompromised.
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Likely not: Generally, these procedures are performed under moderate sedation only.
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 30 years experience
Facet injections: you have degenerative changes in your neck, likely accelerated from your accident. A significant pain generator can be the facet joints. These can b... Read More
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A 53-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brian Siegelanswered
Pain Management 30 years experience
Yes: consider a spinal cord stimulation trial or implantable drug delivery system trial if all other conservative interventions have failed
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Siegel is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Siegel is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Used O2, Triptans, capsaicin, pred. On topomax. Haven't tried nerve blocks. Didn't know there are so many. Will ask. Afraid of pred. Thanks for idea
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Thank you, your quick reply made me feel good! mri only shows c5t1 minor disc bulge minorscollosis , stiff neck,
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Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/UAMS College of Medicine, AR
Graduated 1992MD
Residency
UAMS MEDICAL CENTER
Completed 1996
Affiliations
American Academy Of Pain Medicine
American Society Interventional Pain Physicians
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