Featured Media & Appearances

Dr. Heather Tick frequently appears and contributes to the media to help educate the public and professionals about RSI, including treatments and therapies, as well as her research.

Articles

The Toronto Star - April 15, 1995, Silent Crippler, An Epidemic in the Workplace

The Toronto Sun - March 8, 1995, A computer survival guide

Workplace News -November, 1995, RSI in the Workplace

The Globe and Mail - November 22, 1999, Report on Business, Ergonomics

Radio & Television Appearances

The Women's Television Network - April 1,1996, Take 3 Documentary, Computer Injury at the Workplace

CITY TV - October 17, 1996, CITYLINE

CFRB 1010 - Radio, December 16, 1996, The Motts

CBC Radio - May 1998, Sunday Morning, Changes in WCB legislation as it affects soft tissue injuries

Speaking Engagements

•           University of Toronto, Department of Physiatry and Rehabilitation Medicine Rounds, “Innovative use of Surface EMG techniques in the diagnosis of myofascial disorders,” May 1994.

•           Human Resource Association of Ontario, annual meeting, 1995: keynote speaker on “RSI: its prevention and treatment”, Sheraton Hotel, Toronto, Ontario.

•           Proctor and Gamble, Inc. Occupational Health Physicians and Nurses, Sheraton Hotel, Hamilton, Ontario, November, 1995:  “The Treatment of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders”
•           Society for Technical Communication, January 14, 1997, “RSI – What is it and how to deal with it at the Workplace”. North York Community Centre.

•           University of Toronto Occupational Physicians Rounds, “Repetitive Strain Injuries: A practical approach to diagnosis and treatment.”  November 1997.

•           University of Toronto Occupational Physicians Rounds, “Repetitive Strain Injuries: A practical approach to prevention.”  May 1998.

•           “Diagnosis and Treatment of Repetitive Strain Injuries.” Workshop at the 36th Annual Scientific and Business Meeting, Ontario College of Family Physicians, Canada Toronto, November 19-21, 1998.
•           “Work Injuries in Computer Users.” CASCON, 98; Sponsored by National Research Council of Canada and IBM; Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 1998;

•           Co-Chair of Workshop on Computer Related Injuries, CASCON 99 and CASCON 2000 Sponsored by IBM and The National Research Council of Canada November 1999, and 2000.
•           “Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Repetitive Strain Injuries.” International RSI Awareness Day, Feb 2000, 2001.

•           “Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders,” Schedule 2 WSIB Employers’ Conference, Ministry of Consumer and Social Services in Sept 2001.

•           “Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Myofascial Pain Disorders”,  Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators April 2003.

•           “Repetitive Strain Injury and Myofascial Pain Disorders: Prevention and Rehabilitation” Canadian Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (CARP), April 2003.

•           “Repetitive Strain Injury and Myofascial Pain Disorders: Rehabilitation and Reintegration into the Workplace,” National Health Partners, June 2003.

•           “RSI and Ergonomics in the Workplace,” A paper tabled before the Ergonomics Advisory Panel of the Ministry of Labour, August 2005.

•           Presentation to  Ontario Hospital Association Conference, Health Achieve 2006; Health and Safety Professional Session, “Work Related MSD’s and Managing Pain”, November 6, 2006.