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Anterior Reach Carpet Slider Push Up

Anterior Reach Carpet Slider Push Up In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating an anterior reach carpet slider push up at Elite Sports Performance in Spotswood.  This exercise places additional load on the non...

Medicine Ball Push Up With Knee Tuck Variations

Medicine Ball Push Up With Knee Tuck Variations In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating  medicine ball push up (reduced base of support and stability challenged) with two knee tuck variations (sagittal and...

Single Leg Balance Reach Exercise – Building Balance and Control

Single Leg Balance Reach Exercise - Building Balance and Control In the image below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a wall assisted (hand touching wall to provide stability) single leg balance reach exercise (using the non weight...

Rope Pull Ups – Training Your Grip + Back

Rope Pull Ups - Training Your Grip + Back As an osteopath who uses my hands regularly when applying manual therapy with clients, you would assume that my grip would be quite strong just through occupational conditioning.  Whilst my grip is no doubt probably stronger...

Back + Grip Training – Wow!!!

Back + Grip Training - WOW!!! Who would have thought that these little ball attachments that go on a bar make a chin up so much more difficult.  Having to grip and hold yourself is one thing, let alone then pull yourself up.  Typically I can smash out 10 chin ups no...

Your Environment Is Your Training Playground

Your Environment Is Your Training Playground I hear people say all the time that they cannot exercise unless they have a gym to go to.  I absolutely disagree with this and feel that there are many great mobility and strength exercises we can perform in a small 2*2...

Single Leg Step Up Exercise – Training Around Your Clients Injuries

Single Leg Step Up Exercise - Training Around Your Clients Injuries It is important that we are able to adapt both our treatment and training around our clients injuries so that we can continue to help them work towards their goals and improve on mobility, stability...

Handstand With Weight Shift

Handstand With Weight Shift In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating a handstand with weight shift (moving weight slowly back and forth over each hand) at Elite Sports Performance in Spotswood. The aim was to...

Incline Dumbbell V Press

Incline Dumbbell V Press In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams demonstrating an incline dumbbell V press.  The incline position of the bench changes the load and stress through the chest slightly and will adopt greater anterior shoulder...

Ab Roller Exercise From Feet

Ab Roller Exercise From Feet In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a partial range ab roller exercise from feet (a progression from the knees) and using the wall as a safety net as the roller moves away from...

Neutral Grip Dumbbell W to Y Exercise For Shoulders and Scapular

Neutral Grip Dumbbell W to Y Exercise For Shoulders and Scapular In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating a neutral grip dumbbell W to Y exercise that requires you to stabilise through the scapular and then...

Making Training Fun and Stimulating

Making Training Fun and Stimulating Recently I attended a 1 day course on Chronic Pain and Movement that was conducted by osteopath Grant Burrows of Pro Care in Geelong.  Grant is one of those very smart people who is able to translate very complex concepts and...

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