The Power Band is a great tool that can be used for corrective exercise and rehabilitation exercises for the knee, hip, foot & ankle. Many individuals who suffer from hip, knee or foot & ankle injuries often find themselves having dysfunctional movement patterns. They are often found to be quite weak in certain muscles of  Continue Reading »

Jump on our site and check out the recent videos uploaded by Osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy. We have a range of videos for the client, personal trainer, osteopath and physiotherapist that looks at movement assessment, exercise prescription & rehabilitation. Please click here to check them out. Principle Four Osteopathy is one of  Continue Reading »

Here is an example of a closed chain exercise for the client with a left foot/ankle instability and plantarfasciitis and achilles issues. The left foot is kept on ground at all stages and the right foot is used to help drive proprioception into the left foot/ankle without needing to react to ground reaction force (if  Continue Reading »

Looking to find out more about movement assessment, rehabilitation and exercise prescription? Then check out the webpage by Mike Reinold http://www.mikereinold.com/. He has regularly contributed to the Sports Rehab Expert Webpage and has some great stuff to say. Principle Four Osteopathy is located in the heart of the Melbourne City CBD 3000 at 29 Somerset  Continue Reading »

We now have Kinesiocapture at Principle Four Osteopathy. This program allows us to assess ones movement patterns so that we can better assess and provide our clients (be it injured or those wanting to seek out better conditioning). The program is simply run via the Ipad and we can record, measure and email out videos  Continue Reading »

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) is a system that sends radial shockwaves through the surface of the skin and spread radially into the body. The body responds with increased metabolic activity around the site of the pain which stimulates and accelerates the healing process. The process involves the practitioner to locate through palpation or ultrasound  Continue Reading »

Recently I have seen an influx of ITB syndrome and Patellar Maltracking issues in the clinic. These have typically resulted from an increase in training load (increasing running km too much too soon, increasing the training frequency too much too soon, running on hard surfaces, wearing poorly fitted shoes and generally poor biomechanics). Individuals have  Continue Reading »

The ankle sprain is one of the more common lower limb injuries incurred by the individual who exercises and for those who don’t. The cause of injury can be as simple as rolling over the ankle whilst walking or during a sporting event. The most common ankle sprain occurs on the lateral (outside) of the  Continue Reading »

I have had quite a few clients present to the clinic recently with both acute and chronic lower back pain. Traditional assessment and orthopedic testing has suggested that there has been some underlying facet joint restriction in the lumbar spine with associated tightness/spasm/guarding of the surrounding musculature that is somewhat related to their reason for  Continue Reading »

The exercise world seems to go around in circles, firstly with many individuals traditionally keeping fit by carrying out manual activities and playing sports. The popularity of bodybuilding then transformed training in the gym environment by creating a lot of isolated exercise machines i.e. Leg extension, Hamstring curls etc. Now we are seeing a change  Continue Reading »