An overview of the current body of literature on physiotherapy management of migraine will be provided, with emphasis on neck treatments and mechanisms relating to neck pain and migraine. Current evidence indicates that patients with neck pain and migraine have different underlying mechanisms. Subgroups with different treatment directions are present. Therefore, this session will discuss on an individualised approach to assessment and management of patients with migraine and neck pain. A case scenario will be discussed to illustrate these concepts.

Learning objectives: 

• To understand and identify the potential sources of neck pain in migraine
• To understand and identify neck pain sensitisation in migraine
• To apply the above in clinical reasoning of different patient presentations in physiotherapy management of migraine

The Speaker:

Dr. Zhiqi Liang is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists) and Lecturer in Physiotherapy at The University of Queensland. Her research is on neck pain and headaches, especially migraine, for which she has recently received IFOMPT’s David Lamb Memorial Award. She was a guest editor for the journal Musculoskeletal Science and Practice Special Issue on Headache and Neck pain, and is part of an international group currently proposing a special interest group for physiotherapists within the International Headache Society. Zhiqi also maintains a clinical role in managing patients with headache at the university’s physiotherapy headache clinic. 

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