Back Pain – What Are Your Options

A back muscle strain or ligament strain is one of the most common causes of acute lower back pain.

Lifting a heavy object, twisting, or a sudden movement can cause muscles or ligaments stretch or develop microscopic tears.

While lower back pain is extremely common, the symptoms and severity of lower back pain vary greatly.

Dr. Azadeh Farin is here today to discuss back pain, the main causes of back pain, when you should see a doctor and the most common types of surgeries performed for back pain.

Featured Speaker:

Azadeh “Azzie” Farin, MD

Dr. Azadeh Farin is a fellowship-trained and Board-certified neurosurgeon with experience in a wide range of neurosurgical procedures. She is proud to be among only 200 female neurosurgeons in the US. Dr. Farin earned her Medical Degree from UC San Diego, where she won the Whipple Memorial Endowed Scholarship and presented her research nationally. She completed her internship in General Surgery and residency in Neurosurgery at USC. She then completed a fellowship in complex spine surgery and spinal deformity/tumors at UCSF, receiving the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Spine Research Award, granted to only one fellow in the US. In 2010, Dr. Farin won the Avicenna Award of Excellence. She has guest reviewed for the journal Neurosurgery and consulted for Grey’s Anatomy. She was recently granted a full patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office for her spinal device invention. Dr. Farin has published several dozen manuscripts, articles, and book chapters and is on staff at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Outside the hospital, she enjoys spending time with her husband and their three children all under age 3.

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