37th ONCE Physiotherapy Congress & 7th CRAFTA Conference. Headache, Orofacial Pain, Muscle Function and Motor Control
March 5-6, 2027 | Madrid
Friday, 5 March 2027
08:00
Registration.
08:30
Opening Ceremony.
SESSION I: Bruxism: Disorder, Behaviour, or Risk Indicator? Consensus for Assessment and Management.
09:00
Bruxism Reframed: From Definition to Phenotypes and Consensus-Based Assessment, what Clinicians Should do Today. Prof. Dr. Peter Wetselaar.
09:45
Awake Bruxism in the Real World: Assessment and Management Strategies and Links to Orofacial Pain and Motor Control. Dr. Anna Colona.
10:30
Bruxism as a Biobehavioral Disorder: Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches in Orofacial Pain and TMD. Dr. Xabier Soto Goñi.
11:00
Coffee Break
11:45
Bruxism Today: An Update on Assessment & Management in Orofacial Physical Therapy. Prof. Dr. Harry von Piekartz
12:15
Panel Discussion & Questions.
SESSION II: Migraine-Headache and Orofacial Pain Overlap: Definitions, Neuromusculoskeletal Drivers, and Clinical Assessment.
12:45
Primary Headaches Today: Definitions, Phenotypes, and Current State of the Art. Dr. Stefan Leis.
13:30
Lunch.
15:00
Musculoskeletal Contributors in Migraine: from Mechanisms to Clinical Implications. Dr. Matteo Castaldo.
15:30
Clinical Assessment Across Headache and Orofacial Pain: A Physiotherapy Framework to Identify Shared and Distinct Drivers. Dr. Hedwig van der Meer.
SESSION III: Intervention of Headache, Orofacial Pain.
16:00
Dentist´s Clinical Framework for Headache-Orofacial Differential Diagnosis and Treatment. Dr. José Luis de la Hoz.
16:30
Myofascial Contributions to Headache, Migraine, and Orofacial Pain: Similarities, Clinical Assessment and Treatment. Dr. Jan Dommerholt.
17:00
Trigger Points, Sensitization, and Motor Control in Primary Headaches: What the Evidence Really Supports and What does it Mean for the Daily Practice. Prof. Dr. Cesar Fernández de las Peñas
17:30
Exercise Prescription for Migraine and TMD-Associated Headache: Therapeutic + Aerobic Training, Education, and Home Programs. Prof. Dr. Suzanne Armijo Olivio
18:00
Panel Discussion & Reflection.
Saturday, 6 March 2027
WORKSHOPS I (Choose one of the following workshops. For online attendees, only one of them will be streamed).
09:15
A
Orofacial Somatosensory Body Distortion. What can we do about it? Prof. Dr. Harry von Piekartz & Dr. Bernard Taxer. (+online)
B
Exercise and Therapeutic Training for Orofacial Pain and Headaches: a Clinical Perspective. Prof. Dr. Suzanne Armijo Olivio.
C
When Head–Neck–Face Pain Won’t Settle: Myofascial Drivers, Assessment & Treatment Strategies. Dr. Jan Dommerholt.
10:45
Coffee Break.
WORKSHOPS II (Choose one of the following workshops. For online attendees, only one of them will be streamed).
11:15
A
Primary Migraine vs Secondary MSK Components: A Practical Clinical Decision Framework. Dr. Stefan Leis. (+online)
B
Orofacial Somatosensory Distortion: How to Recognize, Assess and Manage It? Prof. Dr. Harry von Piekartz & Dr. Bernard Taxer.
C
When Head–Neck–Face Pain Won’t Settle: Myofascial Drivers, Assessment & Treatment Strategies. Dr. Jan Dommerholt.
WORKSHOPS III (Choose one of the following workshops. For online attendees, only one of them will be streamed).
13:00
A
Headache and Orofacial Pain: Clinical Reasoning and Differential Diagnosis Through Patient Cases. Marisa Hofmann, MSc, PT. (+online)
B
Exercise and Therapeutic Training for Orofacial Pain and Headaches: A Clinical Perspective. Prof. Dr. Suzanne Armijo Olivio.
C
The Influence of the Maxillofacial Region on Headache and Orofacial Dysfunction and Pain. Daan Bredewout, MSc, PT
14:30
Lunch.
16:00
TMD, Headache, and Risk Factors: A Clinical Challenge. Dr. Hedwig van der Meer.
16:45
Reflection & Scientific Communications Awards. Prof. Dr. Harry von Piekartz.
