Sarcolink Balance Therapy
Therapist-guided movement training enhanced by real-time weight distribution and muscle activation feedback.
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IN-PERSON BEGINNER
Tailored therapy sessions at our clinic with one-to-one therapist support. Builds foundational balance skills, endurance and strength.
HYBRID BEGINNER
Tailored therapy sessions at our clinic and over video conference with one-to-one therapist support. Builds foundational balance skills, endurance and strength.
IN-PERSON ADVANCED
Tailored therapy sessions at our clinic with direct one-to-one therapist support. Adapts to your progress and continues to challenge you as your goals change.
HYBRID ADVANCED
Tailored therapy sessions at our clinic and over video conference with one-to-one therapist support. Adapts to your progress and continues to challenge you as your goals change.
Muscle Activation Feedback
Muscle activation feedback is Sarcolink’s signature balance therapy technique. The feedback user performs movements designed by our therapist to alter the position and orientation of falling puzzle pieces in a block-stacking game.
The person below is training ankle dorsiflexion which is required to clear the toe during gait, and plantarflexion, which needed to generate forward propulsion during gait. To move blocks to the left the client must lift the heel (plantarflexion) on the left, while simultaneously lifting the right forefoot (dorsiflexion). They must do the opposite to move blocks to the right, lift both heels to rotate the block and lift both toes to drop the block and move to the next. Our computer software detects these movements via the blue sensors on the surface of the skin that capture muscle activation patterns.
Our software counts the number of times that each movement has been performed within the therapy session. In a 30-minute session, a user can perform between 100 and 200 repetitions of each movement prescribed by our therapist.
On-Site Location
We are currently located at Gateway Neurophysio, located at 150 Chatham St unit 7, Hamilton, ON L8P 2B6.
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RESEARCH
Muscle activation feedback is an emerging balance therapy method and thus the subject of ongoing scientific research. We maintain an inclusive list of peer-reviewed scholarly manuscripts that are published on the topic.
Publications:
Toepp, S. L., Mohrenschildt, M. V., & Nelson, A. J. (2023). An EMG-based biofeedback system for tailored interventions involving distributed muscles.IEEE Sensors Journal, 23(22), 28095–28109. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2023.3321677
Toepp, S. L., von Mohrenschildt, M., Harris, J. E., Menon, S., & Nelson, A. J. (2025). Application of class-based EMG Biofeedback in Three multiple sclerosis patients. IEEE Sensors Journal, 25(23), 42421–42441. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2025.3622891