David Abbasi, MD - Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Surgery

David Abbasi, MD - Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Surgery 😷 Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon ⚕️Follow for Medical & Health Content
🌴Delray Beach, FL

05/03/2026

Physician burnout affects over 50% of doctors — and it's a patient safety issue, not just a personal one. Here are 5 evidence-based ways to protect your mental health in medicine. 🧠

Prioritize sleep — fatigue impairs clinical judgment as much as alcohol
Build a support network — isolation accelerates burnout fast
Delegate when possible — you don't have to do everything yourself
Practice mindfulness — even 5 minutes of stillness changes your brain
Take your PTO — rest isn't weakness, it's performance

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05/03/2026

The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in your body — and repairing a rupture requires reconnecting every fiber with precision. This medical illustration shows exactly how surgeons restore function after a complete tear. 🦶🔬
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05/03/2026

The way you remove medical gloves matters just as much as wearing them. Improper removal can contaminate your hands with whatever the gloves were protecting against. Watch closely — this is the step most people skip. 🧤
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05/02/2026

This man jumped a fence… and left his finger behind. 💍 This is called degloving/avulsion amputation — and it happens more than you think. A ring catches on a surface, the body keeps moving, and the finger doesn't. NEVER wear rings while doing physical activity. Your jewelry is not worth your finger. 🚨
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05/02/2026

Your bicep doesn't just bend your arm… it SPINS it. 🌀 Most people think the bicep is just for curling, but its most POWERFUL function is supination — rotating your forearm so your palm faces up. That's why turning a doorknob or opening a jar feels so effortless. Until it's not. 😬
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05/02/2026

Those tiny holes near the inner corner of your eye are called puncta — and they're your tear drainage system. Tears flow through them into small canals, down the nasolacrimal duct, and into your nose. That's why your nose runs when you cry. 👁️💧
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05/01/2026

Ever wonder what Achilles repair surgery actually looks like? 👇 Dr. Abbasi walks you through the full process — from incision to closure. The Achilles tendon connects your calf to your heel and absorbs massive force with every step and explosive movement. When it ruptures, surgical repair requires precisely reattaching the tendon under exact tension to restore full function. This MMA coach is already on his road to recovery. 6–12 months and he'll be back on the mat. 🧠💉
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05/01/2026

He just did WHAT?! 😳 Jumping from elevation with added weight and landing into a squat is one of the fastest ways to end up in an OR. The impact force on your knees, hips, and lumbar spine multiplies dramatically with every foot of drop — add extra load on top of that and you're looking at ACL tears, meniscus destruction, spinal compression fractures, and shattered ankles. This is not training. This is a medical emergency waiting to happen. 🚨🦴
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05/01/2026

This looks fun… until it isn't. 😬 Rolling downhill in a tube might seem harmless — but the forces your body experiences can cause serious cervical spine compression, inner ear trauma, and even traumatic brain injury if impact occurs. The neck wasn't designed to absorb rotational G-forces repeatedly. One bad roll is all it takes. ⚠️
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04/30/2026

Box jump fails aren't just embarrassing. They're a legitimate injury mechanism.
When the platform collapses, the box's hard rim makes direct contact with the tibial crest — the sharpest, least protected bone in your lower leg. The result can be deep lacerations, periosteal damage, or fracture. Outstretched hands hitting the floor on the way down adds wrist injuries to the list.
Inspect plyometric boxes before every session. Equipment failure during explosive movement leaves zero reaction time.
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04/30/2026

That sound you just heard is every orthopedic surgeon wincing simultaneously.
When the spine takes a direct axial load impact like that — full body weight coming down onto a narrow surface at speed — the forces transmitted through the vertebral column are catastrophic. The thoracic and lumbar vertebrae are not designed to absorb that kind of concentrated compression. What you're looking at in real time is a mechanism of injury capable of producing vertebral fractures, herniated discs, spinal cord contusion, and in worst case scenarios, permanent neurological damage.
Gymnasts train for years to prevent exactly this. When it happens anyway, the margin between a bruised back and a life-altering spinal injury is millimeters.
This is why spinal injuries are treated as emergencies until imaging proves otherwise.
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04/30/2026

A sunburn isn't just pain for a few days. It's permanent damage you can't undo.
Every time UV radiation overwhelms your skin's defenses, it directly damages the DNA inside your keratinocytes — the cells that make up the outer layer of your skin. Your body's inflammatory response is what causes the redness, swelling, and blistering. But underneath that visible reaction, something more serious is happening.
Repeated sunburns accelerate photoaging — breaking down collagen and elastin, causing premature wrinkling, hyperpigmentation, and loss of skin elasticity. More critically, each severe burn meaningfully increases your lifetime risk of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. One blistering sunburn before age 18 doubles your risk.
The sun doesn't invoice you immediately. It invoices you 20 years later.
Wear the SPF.
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