HeartSpace Blog

A thoughtful commentary on issues in Physical Therapy for children, adolescents and adults experiencing challenges with movement


Where is Superman?

  How many times have you tested prone extension/superman during an assessment?  I’ve done it more often than I can count.  But it wasn’t until I began thinking about the typical development of the inner and outer core muscles that I fully understood why so many of my clients have difficulty with this. First let’s

Dynamic Core for Kids at the APTA CSM

Well Dynamic Core for Kids has completed it’s debut at the APTA CSM.  We had a great time and enjoyed meeting some really great people.  We’ve had lots of interest in our poster so here it is!  I hope you enjoy it and if you have any questions or comments, I’d love to hear them.

Round and round the garden…….

This is a classic – professionals recommend that children who have poor core strength do wheelbarrows and planks as exercise but children can’t complete these activities unless they have good core strength.  I immediately begin to feel dizzy trying to sort my way out of this circular argument (not a good thing for my vestibular

Practical Tips for Promoting Motor Skills

We used to believe that motor skills developed in a very linear fashion and that motor skills developed in a very linear fashion and that most movements were pre-programmed in the brain. Now we know that the brain constantly shapes our movements, before, during and after they occur, so that we can be successful in

Dynamic Core Goes to the APTA CSM

Our poster entitled “Dynamic Core Intervention on Posture and Function in a Child with Cerebral Palsy” has been accepted to the APTA Combined Section Meeting in February 2012.  If you are attending the conference, please come and visit us!