Abby Joy Garcia, OMS4
@abbyjoygarcia
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✝︎ | Aspiring #Physiatrist 🦾| @UIWSOM | DIY-er, artist, big⚾️fan, #plantbased 🏊🏼♀️🏋🏽♀️| 💜spasticity, MSK/spine/OMM, outreach | #LatinasInMedicine 🇵🇭
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Hey
#MedTwitter
!!✨
I’m Abby Garcia, applying
#Physiatry
for
#Match2025
!🦾
Interested in everything esp spasticity, IPR, MSK/OMM/spine, lifestyle med, & outreach
Catch me on the weekends DIY-ing, swimming, or rooting for the Astros
Excited for this next phase of the journey🙏🏽
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Last day of third year rotations!!! Holy cannoli!!!
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Hey
#MedTwitter
!! I’m new to the Twitter-sphere so I figured I’d introduce myself. I’m an OMS3 and OMM fellow
@UIWSOM
passionately pursuing
#Physiatry
! Would love to connect and talk about
#gait
,
#spasticity
, baseball, or whole food, plant-based
#nutrition
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I got some new headshots! I'll save my ERAS one for when
#Match2025
comes around. For now, here's an updated fun headshot!
I was going for MSK
#Barbie
✨
I'm a predoctoral fellow & OMS3 at
@UIWSOM
pursuing
#Physiatry
! My interests are spasticity, gait, OMM, and adaptive sports.
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#IPassedCOMLEX
!! & my top subject was MSK!!
All my success is from Jesus🙏🏽 Grateful for my family, friends, and mentors who continue to support me always! Nothing I do is without Jesus and nothing I do is without y’all🩷
We move!!
#Physiatry
, I am COMING!!
#Match2025
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See how I handle clinical, research, studying for a shelf, sub-Is, ERAS, new projects, moving between cities, trying to relax AND work out regularly?
Very mindful, very demure, very gassed😅
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Honored to be nominated and accepted into Gold Humanism yesterday with the queen herself
@DesireeOjo
!!
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AMAZING day well spent at the
@UTHSA_RehabMed
Rehab Research Day learning about the groundbreaking work being done to literally change the world by Dr. Cuccurullo and the folks at UTHSCSA. And always a great time learning from
@MVGutierrezMD
and hanging out with
@LuisValdezMD
!!
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There are not enough characters to express how grateful I am for
@MVGutierrezMD
letting me shadow her this year, for teaching and mentoring me, and for inspiring me in all she does for her patients! 💜
#physiatry
#spasticity
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Gave my first oral presentation at a national conference! I presented a case report on resolution of a lumbar herniated disc with exercise as medicine! So honored to bridge my passion for
#lifestylemedicine
and
#MSK
medicine🙌🏽
#LM2023
Thankful to
@geampat
for his mentorship!
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Thinking of all my MS4 friends out there on this
#Match2024
eve. Remember you're going to be an AMAZING physician regardless of what happens tomorrow or this week💗
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Building my 4th year schedule like:
PM&R elective
PM&R elective
PM&R elective
PM&R elective
PM&R elective
😄
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Y’all!! My first first-authorship paper just got published!!🥳
Herniated intervertebral discs can resorb via an immune mediated mechanism. Exercise as medicine is the best management if there are no signs of neurological damage.
#futurephysiatrist
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Beyond grateful and ecstatic to be selected for an oral presentation at the
@AAPhysiatrists
meeting!! Huuuge thank you to
@MVGutierrezMD
for our collaboration and her endless support!🩷🙌🏽
#Physiatry24
#futurephysiatrist
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By far, THE highlight of
#AAPMR23
was doing the wobble with Dr. G at the superdome!🙌🏽🎉
Her support means the world to me, and I want to be just like her when I grow up💜
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Made some fun
#WomenInPhysiatry
#PMRPrincess
friendship stickers to pass out at
#Physiatry24
!! Come find me if you want one!! The only price is friendship haha🥳✨
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Honored to give a podium lecture to my classmates at
@UIWSOM
on low back pain! Looking forward to future opportunities to present again!
A big thank you to
@geampat
for sharing his knowledge with me
#Physiatry
#FuturePhysiatrist
#BackPain
#DOproud
#MedTwitter
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If you’re at
#AAPMR23
and love
#gait
and
#spasticity
, come and check out my poster (podium?) session tomorrow at 12pm-1:45 at the Research Hub Theater!!
I drew all of the pictures myself!😊
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See y’all in San Diegoooo!!
@AAPMR
let’s gooo!! 💚✨
So blessed to know and be mentored by this amazing human being:
@MVGutierrezMD
(also thanks for calling me doctor, AAPMR☺️)
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Book signing with the one and only
@MVGutierrezMD
!! I hope to be just like her when I grow up🥹🩷
Her book is amazing! Such a great reference especially for the muscles involved in common spasticity presentations. And it’s pink!! So it goes with everything like Lizzo says😉
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Highlights from
#AAPMR23
🎉
So grateful for this specialty and community of current and future physiatrists!!
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Caught a patient with a PE today!
Didn’t know what med to give, internally screamed a little bit, but knew to immediately call my attending!
I’d call it a win!!
Critical care is wild you guys 😳
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I feel extra blessed with opportunities lately!! I'm ecstatic to announce I will be presenting my gait research at
@AAPMR
in NOLA!
Here's a sneak preview👀 (and yes, I drew these myself!)
#AAPMR23
#FuturePhysiatrist
#Physiatry
#Gait
#Spasticity
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Check out all those DOs in PM&R!!
Proportion of available positions filled by applicant’s educational background (MD, DO, IMG) in the 2024 NRMP Match.
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I’m sorry, you said 20 days til ERAS submission??😳😵💫🥴
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We love spasticity care!! Very cool VR experience at
#AAPMR23
with the queen of botox herself 👑 💉
@MVGutierrezMD
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6% of docs are Latino/a/x, and only 2.4% are Latina
Greater diversity among physicians is associated with improved access to care for ethnic minority patients, greater patient choice and satisfaction, and better communication.
Necesitamos más! 🇲🇽
#NationalLatinoPhysicianDay
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And so I enter into evidence
My upper cross syndrome at my desk
My VSLO application, board examination
My wishful nap request
The long,
long,
long
40 UWorld questions.
Sincerely,
The Chairman
of the Tortured Med Students Dept
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My resident tried to recruit me to IM/Critical Care today. I'm solidly a PM&R girl, but it's always nice to be flattered☺️
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Took Level 2 yesterday. So my Twitter hiatus is ovaaa!!
I missed y’all🥹
Let OMS-IV begin!!!
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Dragon was out all day today and I still managed to write 19 notes
Sorry if this is not impressive, I have no frame of reference and proud of my own little doctor growth 🤓
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Amazing first day in the Virtual Intro to PM&R! Thank you to the amazing panelists, Dr. Sauter for hosting, and Amy for putting it all together for us! And for patiently answering so many of our questions😊
@AAPhysiatrists
#Physiatry
#FuturePhysiatrist
#MedTwitter
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#Osteopathic
physicians ARE medical doctors. DOs learn exactly what MDs learn, AND we learn osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMT) which is great EBM for musculoskeletal conditions like low back pain
Ignorance breeds stigma. Get some OMT then come back and talk
@TheView
@sunny
Let me be clear about what an Osteopathic Physician (DO) is, as I am an osteopathic physician myself:
@TheView
@sunny
1) 2 degrees lead to the practice of medicine in the US- DO’s and MD’s (
@AmerMedicalAssn
)
2) DO’s are not inferior to MD’s. We work together & train together
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My little PM&R heart is so happy after OMED and doing medical coverage at the Adaptive Crossfit Games this weekend!! 🥹🤩🦾
So blessed to be going into this AMAZING field
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If you're going to
#Physiatry24
, come check out my presentation on Thursday at 3:30 on "Trends in DO, MD, & IMG PM&R Residency Applications and Match Rates Prior to and Following the 2020 ACGME-AOA Merger"!
@MVGutierrezMD
and I teamed up on this one!!
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Feeling the post
#AAPMR23
blues but excited for
#Physiatry24
!! Maybe we could have a Swiftie friendship bracelet making station at the conference?🤔
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Just self advertising!! Come check out my presentation!
I’ll have my PM&R princess stickers🥳
If you're going to
#Physiatry24
, come check out my presentation on Thursday at 3:30 on "Trends in DO, MD, & IMG PM&R Residency Applications and Match Rates Prior to and Following the 2020 ACGME-AOA Merger"!
@MVGutierrezMD
and I teamed up on this one!!
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@TheAndrewWoods
Been on
#MedTwitter
for ☝🏽 month and man, I’m hooked!
I love
#swimming
🏊🏼♀️,
#crafting
macrame rugs 🧶,
#StarWars
, and finding
#plantbased
restaurants!🌿
❤️
#Physiatry
because it involves anatomy & physics and its humanistic focus
@LillyGowenMed
@MikeBejaranoMed
@_daniel_valdes_
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Hola from Denver!!❄️🥶🥑🍊
#LM2023
I’m excited for all the positive veggie vibes and enthusiasm for
#lifestylemedicine
!!
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Y'all! I finally have like a really good draft of a personal statement!!
If y'all knew how much I've been overthinking this
Rewriting this
Brainstorming this
(Procrastinating this oops)
It feels good, feels like me☺️
Hope my fellow fourth years are doing ok in this process🩷
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IM Chronicles: suggested outpatient PM&R consult for a patient during rounds. My attending agreed, but the city I’m rotating in is considered medically underserved and doesn’t have one…
….Yet (I’m coming!!)
I see such a huge need, and I can’t wait to serve
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SO EXCITED FOR MY 4TH YEAR FRIENDS TODAY!!!! Happy
#MatchDay2024
!!!
Today is all about y'all! I hope you celebrate all your hard work today with loved ones, friends, and cake!!
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Good luck to all the
#Match2024
applicants!! Praying for you all to get the residency spots better than you ever dreamed!
Rooting for y’all!!✊🏽
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Today was my last day as a OMM fellow at
@UIWSOM
! I’m so incredibly thankful to my professors who believed in me and graciously shared their knowledge and wisdom with me. I’ve grown so much in the past year in OMM, anatomy, PM&R, and in how to be the best doctor I can be.
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Referred a patient to PM&R today👍🏽
I can’t wait for PM&R residency you guyssss
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What an enlightening presentation by
@MVGutierrezMD
@TalyaFlemingMD
&
@JulieSilverMD
on Disparities in
#Rehab
Medicine
Equality ≠
#HealthEquity
, so we must strive for justice and inclusion to get our patients of color the best of care. Love this graphic from Dr. Fleming!🙌🏽
#DEI
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Y’all. Baby AFOs are the cutest. EVER!!!
These are for a doll or plushie so kiddos who need AFOs have a friend who matches them.
They’re so little and adorable!!!🥹
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It’s official! Hufflepuff won the PM&R House Cup!!💛🖤🦡
Thank you all for participating in this Hogwarts experiment (and sharing in my fellow nerdiness🤓)
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Secret to
#success
: Go up and talk to people!
That resident who you want to be like. That program director at the residency you want to match into. That professor who inspired you. That classmate sitting by themself.
Connections will help you go far.
#MedTwitter
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I’d LOVE to see a sorting hat breakdown of PM&R! Anyone down for Hogwarts journal club?!🙋🏽♀️🪄
more surgeons are Slytherins and more Ob/Gyns are Ravenclaws - this is science 😤🪄🧙🏼♀️
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I'm giving a big presentation on low back pain today! Wish me luck!😬
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To all my fellow fresh medical trainees, if you notice something off about a patient, don’t be afraid to speak up. Don’t assume that others saw it bc they have more training or a higher title. You are a worthy and capable part of the team, and what you see is significant too.
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Helloo PM&R friends!! I bought this clipboard for rotations, and I want to make some stickers for the back that have reference info relevant to PM&R.
Do you all have any recommendations for things I should add??
So far, I’m thinking spinal levels, and a neuro bowel checklist?
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Made a fun impulse buy for my peds rotation! It can be used for adults too, right? Also keeping Pedi PM&R in my back pocket🐣🍼
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It just hit me I’m applying to residency this year😳
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First day of weight training today! Because I have to be a knowledgable example to my future patients
My legs are on fire🥵
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Spent an amazing Sunday morning volunteering at the
@GOTRBC
@GOTRI
Spring 5K!! Need a first aid crew? We gotchu🩹
#GirlsOnTheRun
is a nonprofit org that inspires young girls to build confidence, kindness, and physical fitness. Way to go, girls!!👊🏽
#Physiatry
#FuturePhysiatrist
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Rest👏🏽is👏🏽productive👏🏽
Take it easy on yourself this Christmas break
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My new personal record is 9 notes in 1.5 hours😤
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I’m SO excited for my very first oral presentation at the
@ACLifeMed
conference!!
I’m combining my passions for
#physiatry
and
#lifestylemedicine
in my presentation and hopefully for the rest of my career
See y’all in Denver!!✈️
#MedTwitter
#FuturePhysiatrist
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Had a great time volunteering at the Texas Regional Games
#ParaSwimming
Event last night!! These kids & wounded warriors swim fast, and they could totally smoke me!!💨🌊
#ParaSport
#AdaptiveSports
#FuturePhysiatrist
#Physiatry
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Recently I got to be a part of this amazing team who went to Del Rio, TX to
#serve
kids from Mexico by building them custom
#wheelchairs
! Their pure joy was the best part! My heart is still so full from this. This is the kind of service I want to keep doing as a physician🩷🦽
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For all my
#medstudent
friends going to
#conferences
! There’s this free app that I love for
#networking
called Popl that lets you create a digital business card! It lets you share a QR code to your profile with all your SM, phone#, and email too:
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Two firsts happened yesterday! I got to give my first plenary presentation and first poster presentation at the
@AnatomyOrg
Regional Meeting!
My plenary was about our novel OMT study for TMJ dysfunction, and my poster was on Hemiplegic Gait Analyses with my hand drawn images
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Osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) can help with pain from performing surgery. We see a CT surgeon for his chronic neck pain at the free OMM clinic I volunteer at, and he’s felt relief and improved ROM each time!
We’d love to help more surgeons keep doing great things!
The operating room is a hostile environment for surgeons.
38% of surgeons are in pain.
87% if you use an endoscope.
THREAD - How I Cured My Shoulder and Leg Pain
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I LOVE this idea of sharing a phrase of the week!! Great way to practice medical Spanish 🙌🏽
✨ PHRASE OF THE WEEK ✨
Neurogenic Bladder is very common sequela in spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury patients. 🚨To learn more about Neurogenic Bladder (complete with beginner Spanish), join our speaker event this Friday 10/06 at 4pm EST with Dr. Escalon 😊🚨
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Seeing some PM&R relevant patients on my IM rotation is kinda exciting!!👀 Yay for learning haha
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It's conference szn!! Am I the only one who likes packing?🙋🏽♀️😅
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Scheduled some professional headshots for next month, and I'm excited to make a whole girly day out of it:
-shopping for the perfect outfit
-get hair did
-get makeup did
-photoshoot
-shadow at the PM&R spasticity clinic
You know, just
#physiatry
things
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Running staight to the
@AbilityLab
booth at
#Physiatry24
to get one of those SUPER cool physiatrist cups that I missed out on at AAPMR23
(Hopefully y’all are bringing them?🥺)
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Today, I was researching the history of wheelchairs, and I discovered the gem that is Marilyn Hamilton!
In 1978, she had a
#SCI
after a hang gliding accident. Only a year later, she INVENTED the Quickie
#wheelchair
which was the world's first ultra light performance wheelchair🦽
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Just another reason I love
#physiatry
💜
#DOproud
We are excited to announce that PM&R has come out in support of eliminating bias in residency applications, specifically for DO applicants, and of the equivalent use of COMLEX-USA qualifications.
@NationalSOMA
@COSGP
@AAPMR
@AAPhysiatrists
@aocpmr
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Also, I’m SO HAPPY for all the new interns starting!! Especially my PM&R friends!!! Y’all are literally the dream coming true🥹❤️👏🏽👏🏽
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Even ERAS reminds me I'm overthinking for too long
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Dream team today at this super collaboration, can’t-miss event!!🙌🏽 Can’t wait to listen in to get hyped before swim practice!🙌🏽🏊🏼♀️
📢🌟We are excited to announce our “Addressing Disparities in Rehabilitation Medicine” event in collaboration with
@RepresentRehab
@PmrScholars
and
@AAPhysiatry_MSC
🌟📢 Join us October 10th to hear Dr. Silver, Dr. Verduzco-Gutierrez, and Dr. Fleming. Sign up with the 🔗 in bio!
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Using only food, where did you grow up?
Here’s mine! I moved around a lot bc my dad’s retired US Army, but weirdly, just in this one state🧐 (bonus points if you guess the cities!)
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Last day of peds at Amistad Community Clinic in CCTX!! Grateful for the opportunity, encouragement, and sooo much learning that happened here! And I’m honored to learn from great preceptors while also serving our underserved community 🐣🍼
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Flying under the radar for dedicated board study
See y'all in a bit🫡
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So humbled by the VAST knowledge of the internal med docs I'm rotating with right now! Just wow, I gotta study
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