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Push Up to Single Arm Overhead Plank Reach – Upper Body and Core Training
Push Up to Single Arm Overhead Plank Reach - Upper Body and Core Training In the video below you will see a variation on the traditional plank that involves letting the trunk relax and the back going into extension whilst reaching overhead. This is a challenging...
Hip Groin Mobility Meets Upper Body Strength Training
Hip Groin Mobility Meets Upper Body Strength Training In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams combining both ipsilateral hip adductor mobility with upper body strength training (push up). This is a great way to combine two tasks at once and also adds...
Hip And Back Mobility Meets Upper Body Strength Training
Hip and Back Mobility Meets Upper Body Strength Training In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams combining both mobility with strength through the blending of the frog stretch (hip adductor focus) and back/shoulders (thoracic spine, latissimus dorsi)...
Theraband Straight Arm Pull Down With Scapular Stability
Theraband Straight Arm Pull Down With Scapular Stability In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a theraband straight arm pull down that has been been prescribed to engage the latissimus dorsi. As you can clearly see in the...
Get your Barre class completely “en pointe”
Get your Barre class completely “en pointe” Barre classes have fast become a new favourite in the world of group fitness alongside Pilates and yoga. Allowing people to relive the days of their childhood ballet lessons or test out those latent co-ordination skills that...
Does Your Osteopath or Physiotherapist Understanding Strength Training?
Does Your Osteopath or Physiotherapist Understand Strength Training? At Principle Four Osteopathy we pride ourselves on understanding strength training and how and why common injuries such as neck, shoulder, lower back and knee pain occur. All of our osteopaths...
Foam Roller Lunge Progression – Not Just For Pilates
Foam Roller Lunge Progression - Not Just For Pilates In the image above you will see Pilates educator Jodie Sheehey demonstrating a foam roller lunge progression that she practices and teaches in her pilates course. This is a great exercise for those wanting to...
Foam Roller Birddog Progression – Not Just For Pilates
Foam Roller Birddog Progression In the image above you will see Pilates educator Jodie Sheehey demonstrating a foam roller birddog progression. She is balancing on the foam roller with one leg and extending through the opposite hip/leg to engage the posterior chain...
Why I Love The Wall Handstand
Why I Love The Wall Handstand The wall handstand is only a recent edition to my training program over the last 6-12 months and I have started incorporating this and other versions into my weekly program because I feel it is a great exercise to help with developing...
Using External Cues To Improve Technique – The Hip Bridge
Using External Cues To Improve Technique - The Hip Bridge In the image below you will see an example of a foam roller hip bridge that also involves the use of several foam blocks to provide external feedback to the client so that they are able to focus on controlling...
Ipsilateral Band Resistance Bow and Arrow Exercise
Ipsilateral Band Resistance Scapular Resistance Bow & Arrow In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams demonstrating a band resistance bow and arrow exercise. This is a great exercise for creating stability in the outstretched arm whilst performing...
Floor Based Pallof Press
Floor Based Pallof Press In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a floor based pallof press. This is great regressing from a standing, split kneeling or kneeling pallof press. In the video below you will see the client...