Antwerp Headache Day: practical, evidence-based practice - Saturday Nov 29th 2025
Hour | Topic | Speaker |
08.15 – 08.45 | Registration | |
08.45 – 09.00 | Welcome & Opening | Prof. Willem De Hertogh |
09.00 - 09.25 | How does the musculoskeletal system connect to the trigeminal nervous system? | Prof. Kerstin Luedtke |
09.25 - 09.50 | Musculoskeletal dysfunction in migraine | Prof. Debora Bevilaqua – Grossi |
09.50 – 10.15 | Headache Attributed to TMD | Dr. Hedwig van der Meer |
10.15 – 10.30 | Questions | |
10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee Break | |
11.00 - 11.25 | Clinical reasoning for physical treatment in Tension-Type Headache | Dr. René Castien |
11.25 – 11.50 | Cervicogenic Headache: The simplest headache (?) | Dr. Sarah Mingels |
11.50 - 12.15 | Differential diagnosis in headache for Physical Therapists | Prof. Gabriela Carvalho |
12.15 - 12.30 | Questions | |
12.30 – 13.30 | LUNCH | |
13.30 – 15.00 | Workshop* | |
15.00 - 15.15 | Coffee break | |
15.15 – 16.45 | Workshop* | |
16.45 – 17.00 | Closure | Prof. Willem De Hertogh |
* Workshops: attendants can select two workshops out of the following list
1. How to outline the education and exercise plan for patients with headaches? An individualized approach - prof. Lidiane Lima Florencio & Dra. Amanda Rodrigues
2. Myofascial treatment in headache patients - Dra. Indra De Greef
3. Physical assessment in tension-type headache: is it useful? - dr. René Castien
4. Headache attributed to TMD, assessment and treatment - dr. Hedwig van der Meer
5. A clinical reasoning framework to manage individuals with cervicogenic headache - dr. Sarah Mingels
The programme may be modified if necessary.