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Introducing Body Awareness In Training

Introducing Body Awareness In Training In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients demonstrating a lateral and anterior/lateral lunge whilst holding a stick along their spine (touching head, back and bottom) and then bending forward.  The...

Pallof Press Variations

Pallof Press Variations The Pallof Press exercise involves the individual moving a band with resistance pulling across the body out in front of them, holding it and then returning.  There are many variations that you will see on this with regards to movement...

FreeForm Board Push Up To Single Leg Knee Tuck

FreeForm Board Push Up To Single Leg Knee Tuck In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy perform a FreeForm board push up to single leg knee tuck at Pilates on Bourke in Melbourne Docklands.  This is a great exercise that...

Push Up To Scorpion

Push Up To Scorpion In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams demonstrating a push up and then moving into a scorpion like move (bringing one leg over the top and rotating through the leg first in the high plank).  This is just another nice little...

Kettlebell L Sit Progression

Kettlebell L Sit Progressions Recently I have started working more on developing both my movement and strength against gravity and using some simple tools because 1.  it is fun to learn new things 2.  it is bloody hard and requires a great deal of both strength and...

SMART GOALS REVISITED

SMART GOALS REVISITED I was first introduced to the SMART GOAL concept by my good mate Danny when he was studying his MBA.  In the corporate world they are constantly adopting many great strategies to drive outcomes and I only wish I had of been introduced to this...

Adopting The Decisional Balance Strategy

Adopting The Decisional Balance Strategy I was first introduced to the concept of decisional balance whilst on the Level 1 Wellness Coaching Course that was run by Wellness Coaching Australia.  The decisional balance table has you create a table split into 4...

The Importance and Confidence Ruler

The Importance and Confidence Ruler The importance and confidence ruler is a simple scoring system that gets us or our clients scoring 0 (not important) to 10 (very important) on the following two questions: On a scale of 1 - 10, how important is it that you (YOUR...

Barriers To Change

Barriers To Change At Principle Four Osteopathy we see many clients who are looking to change something in their life, often relating to pain or health and wellbeing.  Often clients are very good at identifying what it is they want to change, but there is a lack of...

Working Towards Wellbeing

Working Towards Wellbeing I recently undertook the Level 1 and 2 Wellness Coaching Course that was ran by Wellness Coaching Australia as part of both my own self development (personally and professionally), but also to improve my skills as a practitioner.  Wellbeing...

Stages of change – Where are you or your clients at?

Stages of change - Where are you or your clients at? I have recently undertaken the Level 1 and 2 Wellness Coaching Course with Wellness Coaching Australia and this has really changed my how I approach working with some of my clients.  I initially thought I would...

Kettlebell Dips With One Leg Support

Kettlebell Dips With One Leg Support In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams demonstrating a kettlebell dip with one leg support.  This is a progression on the bilateral leg support due to the shift in weight of the supporting leg from two to one....

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