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This weeks blog post is about P4O osteopath Shaun Coghlan. Shaun works at Principle Four Osteopathy on Monday and Wednesdays and has been working at the clinic for 3 years now. Shaun graduated from Victoria University with a Masters in Osteopathy and since graduating...

Don't get sucked into those generic mens health exercise programs that promise to create abs in 5 minutes, get you moving like an athlete and bulletproof from injury. Most of these big promises are like unicorns, fanciful and a load of crap. Instead I would suggest...

There is still time to purchase your ticket to the workshop "exercise prescription strategies for the myotherapist". This is a 4 hour professional development workshop that will be hosted by Myotherapy Australia and will be taught by osteopath Heath Williams and...

Corporate Work Health Australia osteopath Heath Williams and physiotherapist Wade Brennan have recently published the eBook "5 simple strategies to improve worker comfort, productivity and prevent injury". The eBok was written to assist individuals working in...

Osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrates in the video below a nice and simple dumbbell exercise that can be performed as part of your upper body movement preparation routine to prepare your shoulders for training. In this video you will see...

When it comes to exercise rehab and strength and conditioning we must consider what type of approach we will take with regards to an isolated approach or integrated approach. In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy...

My bias towards training has always been about building a big strong back relative to pushing overhead or pushing in front because many of the clients that I see in clinical practice who present with training related injuries or niggles often come about or are...

Machine based exercises bring a lot of debate from various health and fitness professionals / so are they good or bad? I guess it depends! https://www.instagram.com/p/B4UAVwmn8QC/ I have tried to list some of the pros below, keeping in mind that this list is not...

In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a dumbbell push up followed up by a renegade row. What you will see also in this video is that he has placed a water bottle on his back to provide external feedback to...

For those health professionals or practitioners who work within the OHS/WHS consulting space, the below information wont be a surprise to many of you. With an increase in musculoskeletal disorders and costs to Australia we have many challenges ahead. Below is a brief...

In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients completing 3 Kinetic Link Training (KLT) exercises. The focus of these exercises is on integrating the whole body, but also with a particular focus of looking to move the shoulder girdle through...

In the video below you will see a few overhead press exercise variations where we see a change in ones base of support which ultimately impacts on their stability. Progressing an exercise through variables that are just load related can be a nice way to challenge...