Clinic Personnel

Dr. Mark Frobb

Tim Ong B.Sc.

Mark Frobb MD, CCFP, CAFCI

Professional Credentials and Certifications: Mark Frobb MD, CCFP, CAFCI

Dr. Mark Frobb is a Pain Management physician with a special focus on Orthopedic Medicine Rehabilitation and management of chronic back pain and whiplash associated disorders (WAD). In addition to accreditation in Medical Acupuncture, his academic background includes certification in Family Medicine and Osteopathic training in manual physical therapies; modalities of therapy that he has incorporated into his pain management and rehabilitation practice over the past 30 years.

In conjunction with an active practice in patient care and rehabilitation services, Dr. Frobb provides third party Independent Medical Examinations (IME's) in functional assessment of automobile and work-related injuries for insurance companies and at the request of legal representatives for their individual clients.

In addition to providing client based medical legal services to regional legal advocates, Dr. Frobb has provided expert medical legal opinions to the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), publishes regularly in peer-reviewed literature in his area of expertise and is an active presenter in continuing medical education conferences.

Dr. Frobb has prepared expert medicolegal opinions for both defence and plaintiff counsel; and has been qualified as an expert witness in the Supreme Court of British Columbia on the nonsurgical treatment and management of vertebral spinal column pain syndromes including whiplash-associated disorder (WAD).

Publications and Addresses

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Medical Management and Therapeutics . . .

•	Frobb M. Neural Acupuncture: A Rationale for the Use of Lidocaine Infiltration at Acupuncture Points in the Treatment of Myofascial Pain Syndromes
	Medical Acupuncture; A Journal for Physicians by Physicians, Journal of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture.Volume 15, 3, Sept-2003
•	Frobb M. Carpal Tunnel syndrome
	Perspectives on Pain, Parkhurst Exchange MD Forum, volume 11, number 9, Sept. 2003.
•	Frobb M. Stress management; Strategies for the Challenged Professional
	Parkhurst Exchange MD Forum, volume 11, number 11, November 2003
•	Frobb M. Using Qi Meridian Theory and Taijiquan for Postural Rehabilitation
	Medical Acupuncture; A Journal for Physicians by Physicians, Journal of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture.Volume, winter –2004
•	Frobb M. Neural Acupuncture and the Treatment of Myofascial Pain Syndromes
	Acupuncture Canada, Acupuncture Foundation of Canada (AFCI), Spring 2005, Scarborough, Ontario

Medical History . . .

•	Frobb M. William Osler; Modern Medicine Man
	Doctors Review, June 2003

Medicine and The Law . . .

•	Frobb M. Litigating Whiplash in 2008: What's New
	The Verdict Issue 118 September 2008

Dive Medicine . . .

•	Frobb M. Cold Water Shock; The Peril of Sudden Death
	Alert Diver, Divers Alert Network DAN, page 46 – 47, July / August 2004
•	"Swimming with the sea lions"
	National Review of Medicine ... Elizabeth Wasserman April 15, 2004

Issues in Medicine Today . . .

•	"What to do When it Hurts"
	National Review of Medicine . . . Wendy Banks ...March 15, 2004
•	"Doctors as gatekeepers on health care costs"
	National Review of Medicine ... Joshua Karpati ... June 15, 2004
•	“Should Recertification Be Mandatory in Medical Practice”
	National Review of Medicine ... Julia Cyboran ... September 15, 2004

Presentations & Addresses . . .

•	Stress and Mental Illness
	Canadian Mental Health Association, Delta, British Columbia, February, 2003
•	Neural Acupuncture in Treatment of Myofascial Pain Syndromes
	Canadian Association of Orthopedic Medicine, Annual Meeting, October, 2004
•	Neural Acupuncture in Treatment of Myofascial Pain Syndromes
	American Academy of Medical Acupuncture Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2005, ACCEPTED: Abstract Poster Presentation
•	Pathophysiology of Whiplash
	Canadian Association of Orthopedic Medicine, Annual Meeting, November, 2009
•	Whiplash-associated disorder (WAD). — Treatment and Management Strategies;
	Grand Rounds, Surrey Memorial Hospital, December 2010
•	Understanding the Injuries and Consequences of Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD)
	Medical Legal Conference IX, Trial Lawyers Association of BC, UBC Department of Practice, Varadero Cuba January 2011
•	Understanding Pain Generators in Chronic Back Pain
	Grand Rounds, Surrey Memorial Hospital, April 2011
•	Chronic Back Pain and the Medicolegal Expert
	Canadian Association of Orthopedic Medicine, Annual Meeting, Vancouver BC, October 2011

Book Publications . . .

•	Frobb M. Healing Chronic Back Pain: 7 Steps to Perfect Posture,
	OrthoWellness Publications, Canada, 2006
•	Frobb M. Surviving Whiplash: Saving Your Neck without Losing Your Mind,
	OrthoWellness Publications, Canada, 2006

Tim Ong B.Sc. (Kinesiology)

A graduate in kinesiology from Simon Fraser University, Tim has been actively involved and trained in rehabilitation therapy in physiotherapy clinics as well as in the treatment and educational programming of elite athletes for the prevention of injury. In addition to supervising the spinal conditioning programming at the Chronic Back Pain Clinic, Tim is actively involved in volunteering in hospitals and membership on medical teams for community athletic programs including preparatory boot camps for RCMP auxiliaries.

Tim's role at the Chronic Back Pain Clinic Kinesiology services is to provide a wide variety of exercise rehabilitation therapeutic programs to assist in posture reconditioning and recovery of spinal muscular imbalance and spinal column movement He brings to this job an energetic and practical approach to exercise programming that is personalized for every individual — and a desire to see you take back control of your life!