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Grooving Your Squat Pattern When it comes to coaching clients to squat, there are often a few different strategies that I will implement and these will differ based on the specific individual presentations. Two of my favourite squat mobilisers that I like to use are...

Seated Goodmorning Exercise This exercise was inspired by a recent article that I read by the Strength Sensei Charles Poliquin who wrote about the Seated Goodmorning.  Prior to this exercise I had never tried this before, often focusing on performing the conventional...

Taking A Look At Your Car Ergonomics                   I was inspired to write this short blog post after some recent enquiries about car vehicle ergonomics.  As an osteopath we are often dealing with people who are...

Principle Four Osteopathy Meets Elite Sports Performance             This week Principle Four Osteopathy were taken through a training and coaching session at Elite Sports Performance by Strength and Conditioning Coach Martyn Girvan in...

A Frame Into Half Hindu Exercise In the video below we see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy start in the A-Frame position and then move through the half hindu exercise.  These movements have been borrowed from Zuu Training and also look very...

Dynamic Hip Mobiliser If you are looking for a more active approach to mobilising your hips, then be sure to try out the mobility exercises in the videos below.  Osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy has provided 3 different hip mobility drills that...

Are You Restricted Through Your Thoracic Spine? At Principle Four Osteopathy we currently see a wide variety of clients attend the clinic. These clients range from the desk worker who spends 8-10 hours of the day sitting working at a desk, through to the avid runner,...

Are You Using Micro Pause and Workpace Break? A Micro pause is a short break in work.  Typically this could mean a 10 second pause from the use of the mouse or from typing.  It is suggested that workers take a micro pause every 5 minutes.  For workers who are...

Do You Have Enough Ankle Range Of Motion? Often when I am assessing my clients with walking and when performing a range of exercises such as the lunge and squat, one of the key areas that I am looking to assess is ankle mobility, especially with closed chain...

An Ergonomic Review Of Working With Two Monitors Equally Many workplaces now have workers using two monitors to perform their job tasks due to the increased number of documents, computer programs and browser windows that need to be viewed.   With the change from the...

What Is Your Wrist Doing When You Use The Mouse? A Guide To Mouse Ergonomics When it comes to adopting an ergonomically sound wrist position when using the mouse, it is important to assess for the size of the mouse relative to the hand, wrist extension and...

Is Your Mouse In The Right Position? A Guide To Improving Your Ergonomics One of the most common mistakes I see when conducting workplace ergonomic risk assessments is the incorrect mouse position.  The blow left image is a common observation of many office workers....