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Push Up To Modified Childs Pose Exercise
Push Up To Modified Childs Pose Exercise In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a push up to modified childs pose (knees kept off the floor). This is a great little exercise as it requires a combination of upper body,...
Upside Down Kettlebell Press With Reverse Lunge Exercise
Upside Down Kettlebell Press With Reverse Lunge Exercise In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing an upside down kettlebell press (bilateral - single arm - alternating) whilst also performing a reverse lunge. This exercise...
Manual Handling Training In Melbourne By Health Professionals
Manual Handling Training In Manual By Health Professionals https://www.instagram.com/p/Bew2uA6F5I4/?hl=en&taken-by=osteoheathprinciple4osteopathy Manual handling training is one of the leading causes of work related musculoskeletal injuries across Australia, with...
Single Leg Hip Hinge (Split Stance) Shoulder Exercises
Single Leg Hip Hinge (Split Stance) Shoulder Exercises In the videos below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating 2 various shoulder focused exercises (dumbbell overhead press and dumbbell reverse fly) whilst also challenging...
Single Leg Hip Lock To Reverse Lunge | Challenging Each Side Of The Body
Single Leg Hip Lock To Reverse Lunge | Challenging Each Side Of The Body In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams performing a single leg hip lock (single leg stance with opposing leg flexed to 90 degrees - focusing on single leg hip lock) and then...
TRX Bodyweight Row | Why I Love The Horizontal Bodyweight Row Exercise
TRX Bodyweight Row | Why I Love The Horizontal Bodyweight Row Exercise In the video below you will see a demonstration of the TRX bodyweight row. I am a big fan of prescribing this and variations of this for clients because it requires very little equipment (TRX or...
Getting Your Lunge On | An Osteopaths Perspective
Getting Your Lunge On | An Osteopaths Perspective The lunge is one of my favourite lower limb exercises because it reveals a lot when it comes to looking at how one can move one side of the body to the other as well as offering a great deal of variation in how one can...
Bent Over Row Exercise Variation
Bent Over Row Exercise Variation The bent over row is one of my favourite horizontal pulling movements as it requires one to maintain a stable torso position whilst standing in a hip hinge position. Therefore it trains not only the muscles of the back, but also that...
Deficit Kettlebell Deadlift Exercise
Deficit Kettlebell Deadlift Exercise The kettlebell deadlift is one of my go to exercises for teaching clients to perform a deadlift for a number of reasons. These reasons are outlined below: Load is placed between the legs and close to ones centre of gravity. ...
Double Kettlelbell Rack Box Squat | What and Why This Exercise Is Great
Double Kettlebell Rack Box Squat | What and Why This Exercise Is Great The box squat is probably one of my go to favourite prescribed squat variations (along with the traditional bodyweight and back squat and goblet squat) because it can be prescribed for literally...
Overhead Press | Returning From Injury
Overhead Press | Returning From Injury The overhead press has been an exercise that I have not been able to do for sometime without pain due to a shoulder complaint. As a result I took a good 4 months off from pressing overhead and worked on all my deficit areas...
Trap Bar Deadlift Exercise Variation
Trap Bar Deadlift Exercise Variation https://www.instagram.com/p/BeGyK4pF1Kk/?hl=en&taken-by=osteoheathprinciple4osteopathy In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a trap bar deadlift with a slight variation...