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Isolated and Integrated Training Strategies
When it comes to exercise rehab and strength and conditioning we must consider what type of approach we will take with regards to an isolated approach or integrated approach. In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy...
Building A Stronger Back
My bias towards training has always been about building a big strong back relative to pushing overhead or pushing in front because many of the clients that I see in clinical practice who present with training related injuries or niggles often come about or are...
Isolated exercise machines, are they good or bad? it depends!
Machine based exercises bring a lot of debate from various health and fitness professionals / so are they good or bad? I guess it depends! https://www.instagram.com/p/B4UAVwmn8QC/ I have tried to list some of the pros below, keeping in mind that this list is not...
The push up / renegade row
In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a dumbbell push up followed up by a renegade row. What you will see also in this video is that he has placed a water bottle on his back to provide external feedback to...
Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
For those health professionals or practitioners who work within the OHS/WHS consulting space, the below information wont be a surprise to many of you. With an increase in musculoskeletal disorders and costs to Australia we have many challenges ahead. Below is a brief...
Kinetic Link Training application to the shoulder
In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients completing 3 Kinetic Link Training (KLT) exercises. The focus of these exercises is on integrating the whole body, but also with a particular focus of looking to move the shoulder girdle through...
Challenging your overhead press by reducing your stability
In the video below you will see a few overhead press exercise variations where we see a change in ones base of support which ultimately impacts on their stability. Progressing an exercise through variables that are just load related can be a nice way to challenge...
Facilitation Skills Training – Workshop Review
Principle Four Osteopathy / Corporate Work Health Australia osteopath Heath Williams recently attended the 2 day workshop “facilitation skills training” with the Groupwork Centre in Thornbury. The main reason he attended this workshop was to further his...
Integrating reciprocal movements into your training
For the purpose of this blog post I am going to borrow the definition of reciprocal movement from the pathways.org webpage. It defines reciprocal movement as being "Movement of both the arms and/or both legs at the same time but in opposite directions (e.g. crawling,...
Ergonomic Courses For The Allied Health Professional
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5MXkEvHSS5/ Corporate Work Health Australia offer a range of live and online courses on the following topics for allied health professionals: Office workstation ergonomicsVehicle ergonomicsManual handling risk assessment and training...
Office and vehicle ergonomic courses accredited by ESSA for EPs
ESSA have recently just accredited Corporate Work Health Australia office workstation ergonomic risk assessment training course for allied health professionals (7 points - 7 hour workshop) and their vehicle ergonomic risk assessment course for allied health...
Dynamic Shoulder Warm Up
Principle Four Osteopathy osteopath Heath Williams is going to demonstrate a number of different exercises that one could look to implement into their training routine as part of their warm up routine or perhaps even strengthening routine. In these videos you will see...