Everyone knows the importance of having a good doctor. If you want to optimize your medical experience, however, it’s important to also be a good patient. 1. Identifying your symptoms To help a doctor properly diagnose you, it’s important to be thorough in the description of your symptoms. The more details, usually the better. A […]
The most common causes of back pain are self-treatable, self-diagnosable problems. For adults, back pain is usually a temporary infliction that becomes more common with age. However, there are also several more serious causes of back pain that require medical intervention. Injury to a Muscle Injury to a muscle, or a strain, is the most […]
Dr. Gaurav Abbi grew up in the Bay Area and attended UC San Diego for medical school. He trained at UC Davis in Orthopedic surgery and did a fellowship in spine surgery at NYU-Hospital for Joint Disease. From 2012-2016, he worked at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center as the Chief of Spine surgery in the Orthopedic department and as an associate Professor at Stanford.