What's New

The Institute of Integrative Pain Management (IIPM)

Dr. Tick has taken the position of Executive Director of the IIPM, a non-profit organization that will help develop and define the growing field of integrative pain management.

The website is in its infancy and will eventually have resources for patients, the public, and clinicians. We are non-profit (registered in the US and pending registration in Canada).

Ways to support IIPM
If you would like to make a donation, please leave a message with your number at 416-944-9008 and we will call you back.

If you know of a foundation with an interest in integrative health or pain please pass along the information.

The IIPM is registered with  iGive.com, which will donate to us if you use their site to browse or shop online.

New Chapter on Integrative Pain Management by Dr. Tick

Dr Tick has authored a chapter in Comprehensive Pain Medicine and Interventional Pain Management Board Review by Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD.

The chapter is called "Integrative Pain Management: Alternative Medical Systems" and marks the first time there is a chapter on integrative medicine included within a study guide for the fellowship in interventional pain management. 

Pain Management Task Force Report

The office of the Army Surgeon General has released a landmark report by its Pain Management Task Force (PDF).

This reports mandates Integrative Pain Management for the Warriors, the Veterans and their families and highlights the problems with the current system of pain-care in North America. 

This document is being implemented currently and the results are very exciting. 

Dr Tick is a founding member of Myofascial International, an international group of doctors and educators teaching IMS and other useful myofascial techniques. 

American Academy of Pain Management Annual Meeting

The American Academy of Pain Management will have its annual meeting in September 2011.  

Dr Tick and Dr Gunn are due to  present an IMS overview. Dr Tick is on the education committee (chaired by Debra Nelson-Hogan), which planned this event, and the speakers are a very knowledgeable and influential group of clinicians and scientists.

This should be a very exciting meeting, at a pivotal time for the evolution of pain care.