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KEOMT Global Congress 2025
Join us in Zaragoza, Spain to share ideas and practice our manual skills together. We encourage all our members and their colleagues to attend and contribute to the ongoing growth and evolution of KEOMT teaching, clinical practice and research worldwide.
Conference Agenda
Our opening day will include several topics related to establishing and maintaining the KEOMT brand in various areas of our practice. The sessions will be interactive, with KEOMT board members moderating the discussions and guiding hands-on practice of related KEOMT skills.
- Welcome from Kaltenborn-Evjenth OMT International and the University of Zaragoza
- Evolving an origin: KEOMT the early years – César Hidalgo-García, John Krauss
- Establishing and maintaining the KEOMT brand in teaching, practice, and research: joint mobilization/manipulation – John Krauss
- Establishing and maintaining the KEOMT brand in teaching, practice, and research: soft tissue mobilization/manipulation – César Hidalgo-García, Orosia Lucha López, José-Miguel Tricas
- Establishing and maintaining the KEOMT brand in teaching, practice, and research: training – John Krauss, César Hidalgo-García
- Past and current practice: geographical, cultural, and legal considerations on KEOMT brand delivery – John Krauss
Friday, June 20, 2025 – Evolution in Motion: KEOMT Current Practice
Our second day together will include topics that reflect current KEOMT practice and research to meet the needs of various patient populations and treatment settings. The sessions will be delivered by KEOMT instructors and practitioners, and will include a mix of lecture and practical/lab format. Our congress dinner will be held on Friday evening. Further details to follow.
- Establishing and maintaining the KEOMT brand in teaching, practice, and research: neuromechanics – César Hidalgo-García
- The role of Kaltenborn-Evjenth techniques for the foot in improving movement control – Kefalas Christos
- The central nervous system needs information for planning locomotion – Heidi Sinz
- Lumbar range of motion: changes across childhood and adolescence – Melodie Kondratek
- Strategies for management of hypermobility spectrum disorders by Kaltenborn-Evjenth practitioners – Lindsay Brandt
- Head-eye movement control tests in patients with chronic neck pain: inter-observer reliability and discriminative validity – Jutta Affolter, Eveline Della Casa
- Designing effective education resources to enhance in-person learning – César Hidalgo-García
- Lightning round research presentations – a series of 8-minute presentations on a variety of topics by established and emerging KEOMT researchers.
- KEOMT Business Meeting
Saturday, June 21, 2025 – Evolution in Motion: Future Practice
9:00 – 19:00
Our final day will emphasize future directions to promote ongoing growth and sustainability of the Kaltenborn-Evjenth concept. This day is co-sponsored with OMT Spain and will be open to members of the local healthcare community in addition to KEOMT members. Our presenters will include KEOMT members, physicians, students and researchers from around the globe.
- Welcome to our public attendees
- Evolving the practice of manual therapy: integrating AI into teaching, practice, and research – John Krauss
- Blending technology and modern surgical techniques – Justin Smith, MD
- Upper cervical evaluation and treatment: from scientific evidence to clinical evidence (includes patient demonstration) – César Hidalgo-García
- Applying the KEOMT approach to restore neuromuscular control (includes patient demonstration and EMG correlation) – John Krauss, Loreto Ferrández
- The science of training: managing training based on healing timeframes – Christie Smith
- Blood flow restriction training – Héctor Tricás
- Complex regional pain syndrome from the perspective of physiotherapy/OMT – Matthias Burkert
- Lightning round research presentations – a series of 8-minute presentations on a variety of topics by established and emerging KEOMT researchers.
- Congress closing remarks and future directions – César Hidalgo-García
Lightning Round Research Presentation Proposals
Please find details and submit your proposal for an 8-minute research presentation or scientific poster here. Rolling reviews will occur on a first come, first served basis.
Conference Price
The registration price includes participation in the 3-day congress (lunch provided daily) and the congress dinner on Friday evening.
Active KEOMT Members (2025 dues paid): 380 Swiss franc
Inactive KEOMT Members, Non-members: 440 Swiss franc
Zaragoza can be reached easily by train from Barcelona or Madrid. If you plan to travel by air, flights into Madrid may be a better choice as it will be peak tourism season in Barcelona. A discounted room rate with breakfast included is available for conference participants at Hotel Reina Petronila, a 5-star Zaragoza hotel. Please reserve your hotel room by May 5 to ensure the discount is available.
June 19, 2025 - June 21, 2025
All Day (UTC+1, Central European Time)
University of Zaragoza Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
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