ABOUT US
At the Innovate Pain Clinic we help pain sufferers manage their pain effectively, without drugs or surgery.
We work with chronic pain using current pain science and our own technology.
Chronic pain affects thousands of Australians, many of whom have tried numerous surgical and chemical options unsuccessfully.
One in five Australians (of all ages) suffers from pain One in three Australians over the age of 65 suffers from pain.
mission statement
Affordable Pain Management
We made our treatment program affordable for everyone.
Medication free pain management
No medication, no drugs side effect, no addiction.
Surgery Free Pain Management
No invasive surgery and physical harm.
QUESTIONS WE HEAR MOST
Isn’t this just virtual reality to distract me from the pain?
No. Distraction takes your attention off pain for as long as it lasts, then the pain returns unchanged. We use immersive technology as a treatment, not a distraction — a structured experience designed to work on the nervous-system patterns that generate pain in the first place.
I’ve seen a psychologist about my pain. Is this psychology?
It is led by clinical expertise in how the brain and nervous system produce pain, but it is not talk therapy. Psychological support focuses on coping, stress, and your relationship with pain. Our aim is different: to work on the pain-producing pattern itself, rather than on how you cope with it.
Why would this work when nothing else has?
We cannot promise a result, and we will not — anyone who claims they can fix long-standing pain should be treated with caution. Most of what you have likely tried asked you to change your understanding, your thinking, your movement or your coping, in the hope your nervous system would follow. If that has not worked, it may be because the change needs to happen at the level of the nervous system directly. The free assessment is where we work out honestly whether it is likely to help you.
OUR SCIENTIFIC JOURNEY
We use the latest research in our pain model CognitiVR™.
Our white paper, patents and certifications can be found here.
White Paper
Patent
TGA Certificate
Research
A controlled pilot study of the utility of mirror visual feedback in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (type 1)
2003
A Virtual Reality Intervention for the Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain: Development and Feasibility Results
2019
Brain Resting State is Disrupted in chronic Back Pain Patients
2011
Central Sensitization in Knee Osteoarthritis: Relating Pre-surgical Brainstem Neuroimaging and Pain Detect-Based Patient Stratification to Arthroplasty Outcome
2009
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Novel Brain-Computer Interface Neuromodulative Intervention to Relieve Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for a Single-Case Experimental Design With Multiple Baselines
2020
Central Sensitization: A Generator of Pain Hypersensitivity by Central Neural Plasticity
2018
Combination of Pain Location and Pain Duration is Associated with Central Sensitization-Related Symptoms in Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study
2021
Effect of Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients With Chronic Back Pain A Randomized Clinical Trial
2000
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Novel Brain-Computer Interface Neuromodulative Intervention to Relieve Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for a Single-Case Experimental Design With Multiple Baselines
2020
Feasibility And Acceptability of Virtual Reality for Cancer Pain in People Receiving Palliative Care: A Randomised Cross-Over Study
2020
Illusory resizing of the painful knee is analgesic in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis
2020
Neurophysiologic Evidence for a Central Sensitization in Patients With Fibromyalgia
2020
The short-term effects of head-mounted virtual-reality on neuropathic pain intensity in people with spinal cord injury pain: a randomised cross-over pilot study
2020
Virtual reality and chronic low back pain
2021
Virtual reality and pain management: current trends and future directions
2021
Virtual reality as an analgesic for acute and chronic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
2021
Immersive interactive virtual walking reduces neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury: findings from a preliminary investigation of feasibility and clinical efficacy
2021
The Founder
Wilfred M Lax C.Psychol
B.A B.A.(hons) psychology M.A clinical psychology MAPS AfBPsS
A Clinical Psychologist with over 40 years of experience, Wilfred has practised in Sydney as the CEO of the Centre of Applied Psychology since 1992 and the founder and CEO of Uplift Psychological Services since 2007. The Tranceducer and CognitiVR are borne out of his deep experience in pain management and the systemic interaction between body and mind.
Neurotechnology
Neurotechnology Pty Ltd designs and builds the Tranceducer™ and CognitiVR™ systems used at the clinic. The Tranceducer is included in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods as a Class I medical device (ARTG 343741).