HeartSpace Blog

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


Pondering Postural Control: Neuromuscular Synergies

I have long been fascinated by the concept of synergies.  “As a biological phenomenon, a commonly accepted general definition of muscle synergy is simply a stable spatiotemporal pattern of activity across muscles simultaneously involved in the performance of a movement.”(McMorland AJ). In my PT education, I remember learning about synergies as a strategy the brain

Pondering Postural Control

Happy New Year everyone! Sorry for the long silence – turns out getting the new HeartSpace clinic up and running smoothly took longer than I thought. Recently I have had time to return to pondering different facets of postural control, one of my favourite pursuits. I still consider Motor Control. Translating Research Into Clinical Research  a foundational