Milan Italy Headache Symposium 4th & 5th May 2018
For Physiotherapists, Chiropractors, Osteopaths and Manual Therapy Doctors who have a special interest in treating Primary Headache
After the success of our 2016 Inaugural Headache Symposium & 2017 Headache Symposium embracing contemporary research and the role of cervical afferents, we invite you to join us ...
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Symposium + 1 course of 2 days; Symposium + 2 courses of 2 days; Symposium + 1 course of 3 days; Symposium + 1 course of 2 days + 1 course of 3 days; Pre Symposium Course of 2 days; Post Symposium Course of 2 0r 3 days.
Please Note: You are required to be a manual therapist to attend Dr D Watson's Level 1 or Level 2 Courses. Level 1 Foundation Course Fully Subcribed, Level 2 Consolidation Course Fully Subscribed. You are not required to be a manual therapist to attend Professor Dr F Benedetti or Dr D Sopler's courses.
Symposium at a Glance
Title: Turning Primary Headache Upside Down
Duration: Two Days
Dates: 4th & 5th May 2018
Registration: Fri (8.30am - 9.00am)
Times: Fri (9.00am - 5.00pm) and Sat (9.00a.m - 5.00pm)
Venue: MELIÁ Hotel, Via Masaccio 19 Milano
Location: Milan, Italy
Airports: Malpensa International Airport & Linate Airport
Registrant Places: Limited
Registration: Open
Scientific Program: Watson Headache® Institute
Orgnaisation: ManualMENTE
Pre & Post Courses: See Below
Symposium Dinner: See Below
** PLEASE NOTE: You will be directed to ManualMENTE, the Symposium Organiser's site, to register and make payment. If you have not registered for a course or program via the ManualMENTE site previously you will need to create an account first and you will then be able to login and register by just indicating on the buttons your options e.g. Symposium plus Pre Symposium Level 2 Consolidation Course. You can only register one person at a time. **
Scientific Program by Watson Headache® Institute and Organised by ManualMENTE
Watson Headache® Institute
- Watson Headache® Institute, an international educational body based in Adelaide, South Australia. Through this organisation, Dr Dean Watson (PhD) has been educating the pubic and health professionals for 25 years (see more below). On this occasion, the Institute is promoting the Inaugural International Headache Symposium, 'Turning Headache Upside Down' in Milan Italy May 2018. This has included Dean bringing together the Scientific Program along with Platform and Workshop presenters.
- Watson Headache® Institute educating the public and health professionals in the causative role of upper cervical disorders in headache and migraine.
- Watson Headache® Institute advocating that a skilled and specific manual therapy approach (Watson Headache® Approach) to examination of the upper cervical spine becomes routine when investigating primary headache conditions.
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ManualMENTE
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- ManualMENTE, after more than 10 years of experience in the organization of residential training courses for physiotherapists in manual therapy and neuromusculoskeletal rehabilitation, Simone Scaglioni, physiotherapist and teacher in manual therapy, has created this new organization and is expanding with the help of a committed team. All this with the conviction that the best possible investment for a real success in serving their patients is valuable training. Wanting to continue in the direction of contributing to the improvement of the profession, offering colleagues the best training experiences from the international scene. With exceptional experience and a base in Italy (whilst reaching out internationally), the ManualMENTE team are a perfect choice to organise the Symposium.
- ManualMENTE has offered advanced training courses in neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy for years, proposing the best from international research.
- ManualMENTE courses are not simple events, but real experiences giving emotions to leave in a family environment. Always with the utmost professionalism.
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Platform Presenters
Symposium official language is English
During the plenary sessions, there will be simultaneous translation.
It is with great pleasure to announce that Prof Dr Fabrizio Benedetti (MD), the world’s most foremost authority on placebo/nocebo will be presenting at our symposium. Learn More...
The combination of Jo’s clinical experience coupled with his impressive research experience is unique and guarantees a relevant and cutting-edge contribution to our symposium. Learn more...
Whilst many patients feel their neurologist is only there to suggest a medication approach to headache and migraine, Dr Cherubino Di Lorenzo focesses on a migraine diet. Learn more...
Trina will share how she could have been easily hijacked by ‘Yellow Flags’, potentially leading to even more disastrous consequences... deepening the crisis her patient was in. Learn more...
Didrik’s presentation will negotiate the myriad of possibilities, enabling effective, up-to-date nutrition advice to help patients minimise the impact of the headache and migraine process. Learn more...
Kerstin’s presentation will lead to discussion around how best to educate the medical model on the potential role of upper cervical manual therapy in primary headache. Learn more...
Dean suggests that cervical afferents are not only responsible for ‘cervicogenic headache’ but a peripheral source of central sensitisation in primary headache conditions. Learn more...
Having presented on many occasions on a range of topics involving diagnosis, treatment and prevention of musculoskeletal problems Alessandro is suitably qualified as a platform presenter. Learn more...
We are looking forward to this presentation by neurologist, Dr Gianluca Coppola, discussing Brain (supra-spinal), descending mechanisms in primary headache. Learn more...
Workshop Presenters
Symposium official language is English
During the parallel workshop, there will be consecutive/simultaneous translation available.
Prof Dr Fabrizio Benedetti
Workshop 1
Theory & Practical
Bringing placebo/nocebo ‘to life': ‘How to make pain a rewarding experience’
Mr Alessandro Aina
Workshop 3
Retraction: Theory & Practical
Retraction Refined: 'The Art of performing Retraction Optimally’
Ms Trina Morris
Workshop 2
Theory & Practical
‘Face’ of the C2-3 Segment: 'The Art (& Science) of Assessing the Position of C2'
Dr Dean Watson
Workshop 4
An Excercise in Clinical Reasoning
Un-united Odontoid Fracture: 'Is Passive Mobilisation Contra indicated?'
Pre-Symposium Courses
Symposium official language is English
The pre-symposium courses will be presented in English.
Pre-Symposium Course Presenters
Prof Dr Fabrizio Benedetti
Language: English
Placebo, Nocebo and Therapist/Patient Relationship:
New Perspective from Recent Neuroscience Findings
Registration Open
Prof Dr Fabrizio Benedetti is a Medical Doctor, Clinician and Researcher
Dr Dean Watson
Language: English
Role of Cervical Afferents in Primary Headache - OK ... What Next?
Level 2 Consolidation Course (Pre-Requisite Level 1 Foundation)
Maximum: 12 Participants Fully Subscribed
Dr Dean Watson PhD is a Clinician and Educationalist
Post-Symposium Courses
Symposium official language is English
The post-symposium courses will be presented in English.
Post-Symposium Course Presenters
Dr Didrik Sopler
Language: English with Italian translation
Nutrition & Inflammation
Inflammation is not simply a hot swollen joint
Registration Open
Dr Didrik Sopler PhD, a Clinician specialising in nutrition to prevent disease
Dr Dean Watson
Language: English
Role of Cervical Afferents in Primary Headache
Level 1 Foundation Course
Maximum: 15 Participants Fully Subscribed
Dr Dean Watson PhD is a Clinician and Educationalist
Provisional Symposium Scientific Program Milan Italy
Friday 4th May and Saturday 5th May 2018
‘Turning Primary Headache Upside Down’
(the Watson Headache® Institute’s inaugural international headache symposium)
Registration Friday 4th May 8.30 – 9.00 Presentations 9.00 – 13.00
9.00 Dr Dean H Watson - Opening Address
9.15 Prof Dr Fabrizio Benedetti - ‘Placebo and nocebo: different contexts, different pains'
10.00 Ms Trina Morris - ‘The patient is disadvantaged if their practitioner is hijacked by Yellow Flags.’
10.30 Questions
10.45 Morning Refreshment
11.15 Dr Dean H Watson - ‘Alternating Headache - C2-3 guilty or not?’
12.00 Dr Jo Nijs - ‘Balancing hands-on and hands-off interventions in the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain’
12.45 Questions
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Concurrent Workshops 14.00 – 17.30
(Delegates attend all Workshop Sessions – 45 minutes each)
14.00 - 14.45 and 14.45 - 15.30 15.30
Afternoon Refreshments
16.00 – 16.45 and 16.45 – 17.30
Workshop 1
Dr Fabrizio Benedetti - ‘How to Make Pain a Rewarding Experience’ (Theory/Practical)
Workshop 2
Ms Trina Morris assisted by Level 3 Watson Headache® Practitioners ‘C2… the ‘axis’ of headache’. C2 is literally the centre of the (headache) universe. Interpreting and managing C2 correctly is the difference between successful and unsuccessful outcomes.
Workshop 3
Mr Alessandro Aina assisted by Level 3 Watson Headache® Practitioners ‘Retraction Refined: the Art of performing Retraction Optimally’ (Theory/Practical).
Workshop 4
Dr Dean Watson Traumatic Cervical Pain and Headache (in the elderly) ‘Hands on… or, Hands off? ’.
17.30 Friday Close
Symposium Dinner
Saturday Presentations 9.00 – 17.00
9.00 Dr Didrik Sopler - ‘The Relevance of Neurotransmitters and Nutrition in Headache’
9.45 Mr Alessandro Aina - 'Effects of Repeated Cervical Retraction Movements on Sitting Posture and Cervical Range of Movement'
10.30 Questions
10.45 Morning Refreshment
11.15 Dr Dean H Watson - ‘Brainstem Sensitisation in Primary Headache - Cervical Afferents Guilty or Not?’
12.00 Dr Gianluca Coppola - 'Current Neurological Perspectives on Supra-spinal Mechanisms in Migraine'
12.45 Questions
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Dr Cherubino Di Lorenzo - ‘A Neurologists Approach to a Migraine Diet’
14.45 Dr Kerstin Luedtke - ‘Treating the Upper Cervical Spine in Primary Headache - an Option or Not?’
15.30 Afternoon Refreshment
16.00 Panel Discussion: Dr Kerstin Luedtke, Dr Gianluca Coppola, Dr Cherubino Di Lorenzo, Dr Didrik Sopler, Dr Jo Nijs, Prof Dr Fabrizio Benedetti, Ms Trina Morris, Ms Pam Reynolds, Dr Dean H Watson
16.45 Dr Dean H Watson - Closing Address
17.00 Close
Please note that our scientific program may be subject to change without prior notice.