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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....

2 Person Manual Handling A 2 person manual handling technique is a lift that is commonly performed by many of us in a home or work environment.  Whilst the 2 person manual handling technique is often a safe and efficient way to move larger objects, there are obvious...

Manual Handling Overhead                     Manual handling objects at shoulder height or overhead is something that we all have to do from time to time.  If you work in an environment where manual handling tasks are...

A Quick Look At The Leg Lift Manual Handling Technique                     The leg lift is a commonly used manual handling technique by many people.  The Leg Lift technique might be adopted when the worker needs to get...

Do You Use The Semi Squat Technique When Lifting?                     The semi squat technique is just one of many different ways that you can use your body to move manual objects from the floor to waist level.  In the...

Are You Performing A Safe Pushing Manual Handling Technique?                     When it comes to manual handling trolleys it is important that you adopt some good habits to ensure you look after your body. Some of our...

Bodyweight and Handstand Workshop With Simone Greig @ Read Performance Training Yesterday I attended the 1 day bodyweight and handstand workshop with my osteopathy colleagues Matt Harris of Everything's Connected and Ben McChesney and Sam Bombos of Balance Osteopathy....