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If you have yourself a couch at home, then you have yourself an upper body chest workout
In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating a number of different upper body push exercises that can be performed using a couch. We have an incline push up, decline push and asymmetrical stance push up. If you...
Home Exercise Program 2
Check out the alternative home exercise program we have created for our P4O client. Whilst this program has been developed specifically for our client and their needs, this program incorporates a range of fundamental movement patterns that we would all benefit from...
Single leg hinge and dumbbell row variations
In the series of videos below you will see osteopath Heath Williams demonstrating the following hinge and row variations: Rear support leg (roller) single leg hinge with double arm bent over dumbbell rowDynamic hinge with toe touch (foot on carpet slider) with single...
Spinal tolerance tests
In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams undertaking 3 different movements that he uses as part of his broader spinal assessment for clients. These are common movements we perform and in this situation, we are using them to determine if the spine can...
Push Up Workout
The push up is the premier bodyweight exercise for upper body strength (along with the bodyweight row and chin up). In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams demonstrating a range of push up variations that one could look to adopt into their regular...
Document Use In The Office or Home Office
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Prescribing trunk stability exercises for LBP
In the videos below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a range of exercises where we have focused on trunk bracing and integrating this into ground based and a body weight squat with the goal of maintaining trunk stability (limited...
Back and shoulder strength and conditioning exercises
In the videos below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing the following exercises: Prone Ts - posterior shoulder/scapular/back focusProne Ws - posterior shoulder/scapular/back focus with hands in externally rotated position at 90...
Sometimes simple is best
I have decided to write this blog post after a recent interaction with my client Sam who reinforced to me that not all exercises have to be complex and that sometimes (if not most of the time) simple is best. This came off the back of a discussion we had around the...
Dynamic Sitting
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No Lat Pull Down, No Worries! Simple Strategies To Implement Vertical Pulling With Bands
The vertical pull pattern should be a staple in all programs. The difficult thing being these days with COVID19 and no access to gyms, many people will be probably thinking they cannot do a vertical pull pattern until the gyms open up again. Well, gues what? If you...
Bands and Bells For Maximum Gainz 🙂
Sick of losing all those hard earned gains before COVID19 isolation kicked in? Add some bands to your workouts to ramp things up and get back to your pre COVID19 size. In the videos below you will see osteopath Heath Williams demonstrate a number of different band...