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Bodyweight Ankle Mobiliser
Bodyweight Ankle Mobiliser The ankle joint is one of the most important joints in the body when it comes to movement needs. Should we lack adequate dorsiflexion in the ankle, then this will result in compensatory changes further up the kinetic chain i.e. knee, hip,...
Push Up To Contralateral Reach To T Push Up
Push Up To Contralateral Reach To T Push Up As you can see from many of my blog posts, I am very much a big fan of performing push ups and looking to vary movements with the push up to not only provide variety, but also place increased load and demand on getting the...
Looking For A New Push Up Exercise
Looking For A New Push Up Exercise The video below of osteopath Heath Williams is a demonstration of a dynamic push up that involves an explosive push forward in the sagittal plane. This is a great variation for those looking to load and explode through the body to...
Rolling With The Leg As The Driver
Rolling With The Leg As The Driver In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients practicing their rolling patterns from supine to prone and prone to supine using the leg as the initiator off movement. When we learn to roll as babies...
Crawling For Fun And Movement Prep
Crawling For Fun And Movement Prep Crawling is something that we all do in our very first months of life after we have honed the skills of rolling patterns and also being able to control head position when in the prone position. In the video below you will see one of...
Hip Mobility
Hip Mobility The video below is of a client from Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating one of their lower limb mobility drills that they can perform prior to a lower limb training session. The individual is required to step under the bar and then back which...
Upper Limb Mobility Drills
Upper Limb Mobility Drills In the videos below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating two different upper limb mobility drills that focus on the wrist, elbow and shoulder girdle. These are great to do on their own to help...
Upper Limb Rotation Mobility Drill
Upper Limb Rotation Mobility Drill The exercise demonstrated below by osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy is commonly used in the clinical environment with osteopaths and physiotherapists as we strategy to work on upper limb mobility. For some they...
Strict Lat Pull Down
Strict Lat Pull Down Many times I will see people performing a Lat Pull Down with what I can only describe as terrible technique. Yes they might have a super heavy weight on their, but when there is a fair degree of momentum being generated through the torso in...
Training The Triceps With Dips
Training The Triceps With Dips Dips are one of those great exercise to train both the triceps, pectorals and anterior shoulder muscles. In this video below osteopath Heath Williams demonstrates a triceps dip. When performing these, if you are wanting to focus on...
Using Band To Assist Your Strength Work
Using Bands To Assist Your Strength Work Bands are a great tool to use when you are wanting to provide additional support and stability and offload the body so that you can gradually build up your strength in a particular exercise. Below is an example of how the...
Explosive Chin Ups
Explosive Chin Ups Recently I have been playing around a little more with regards to developing power through changing the variables (speed and load). In this video below I have tried to add in a speed component with body weight against gravity to try and create a...