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Swiss Ball Alternating Kettlebell Chest Press In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating a swiss ball alternative kettlebell chest press.  This is a great exercise for those wanting to work on both hip/trunk...

FreeForm Board Side Kick In the video below you will see an example of osteopath Heath Williams demonstrating a FreeForm Board Side Kick.  This has been modified from the traditional side kick exercise that works well to train ones core, hip and thoracic spine...

Working On The Squat Pattern When You Have Restricted Ankle ROM In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients demonstrating a heel raised wall squat.  This client came to the clinic wanting to improve their squat pattern so that they could...

Elbow Flexion Assisted Exercise Drills In the images below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients demonstrating a number of different exercise drills that have been prescribed to help them with improving elbow flexion and tolerance to elbow flexion...

Standing Unilateral Cable Chest Press In the video below you will see exercise physiologist Yujin Lim demonstrate a standing split stance unilateral cable chest press.  This exercise can be prescribed in a variety of ways, depending on the main focus of the exercise. ...

Power Chin Ups Recently we acquired a new rogue squat rack at the gym that offers the ability to perform some dynamic chin ups. In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams demonstrating a chin up that involves moving from one bar to the other between...

The Landing Error Score System - A Screening Tool I was recently reading the article titled "The landing error scoring system as a screening tool for an anterior cruciate ligament injury - prevention program in elite-youth soccer athletes" that was published in the...

Partial Range Push Ups Performing exercises through a partial range can be beneficial for those individuals who have a history of full range exercises aggravating their complaint or where they are needing to build up strength through a particular range of motion  In...

Shoulder Girdle Activation Drill In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a shoulder activation drill that takes the shoulder girdle through various movements that looks to activate (warm up/prepare) some of the tissues...

Getting More Out Of Your Calf Stretch I was first introduced to the idea of creating a better calf stretch/mobiliser through variation of foot positions and using other parts of the body to drive movement into the grounded leg by Gary Gray of the Gray Institute....