Breathing Patterns and Functional Movement

Breathing Patterns and Functional Movement I was recently reading the article titled “Breathing pattern disorders and functional movement” that was authored by Helen Bradley and Joseph Esformes and published in the International Journal of Sports Physical...

Assessing The Athlete

Assessing The Athlete I was recently reading the article titled “Athletic ability assessment: A movement assessment protocol for athletes” that was published by Ian McKeown, Kristie Taylor-McKeown, Carl Woods and Nick Ball in The International Journal of...

Bent Over Row Using The Multi Grip Bar

Bent Over Row Using The Multi Grip Bar In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating a bent over row using the multigrip bar.  This is a great tool to use for this exercise as it allows you to adopt varying hand...

Posterior Hip Capsule Stretch

Posterior Hip Stretch Often the posterior hip capsule and structures in this region tighten up as a result of day to day activities and work tasks.  In the images below osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrates one of his favourite posterior...

Dynamic Blackburn Exercise

Dynamic Blackburn Exercise In the video below you will see an example of the dynamic blackburn exercise which is a great exercise for getting the shoulder girdle prepared for training.  This was recently demonstrated and taught by strength and conditioning coach...