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Mixing Up Your Grip In Training
When it comes to strength training, grip training and consideration of grip is often one of those forgotten aspects of training. Many of my clients and myself included will often perform an exercise without thinking about how a change in the grip (be it width,...
Customising Your Warm Up Training Routine
We get a lot of clients at Principle Four Osteopathy who attend because they are wanting a specific exercise routine for either a rehab focused approach to a musculoskeletal complaint or because they are wanting to focus on improving their performance. The individuals...
P4O osteopath Jarrod Testa wins U77kg Powerlifting Australia Comp @ Fitness Expo Melbourne Sat 26th Oct 2019
Principle Four Osteopathy would like to say a massive congratulations to osteopath Jarrod Testa @strengthosteo who competed in Powerlifting Australia competition which is being held this weekend (Sat 26th and Sunday 27th Oct 2019) at the Fitness Expo. Jarrod has been...
Lyn Watson’s Level 1 Shoulder Course
Last weekend, Principle Four Osteopath Shaun Coghlan completed Lyn Watson’s Level 1 Shoulder Course. The course offered practitioners the opportunity to gain extensive clinical and research insights into the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of the...
Tactical Strength and Conditioning Course
Last weekend (Saturday 12th October 2019) osteopath Heath Williams attended the 1 day Tactical Strength and Conditioning Course (Level 1) that was hosted by the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association at Integrate Personal Training in Caulfield. The course...
Shoulder treatment incorporating the whole body / Bruce Duncan Osteopath
On Friday 18th October 2019 Principle Four Osteopathy had North Carlton Osteopathy osteopath Bruce Duncan present his 2 hour practical workshop "shoulder treatment incorporating the whole body" to the our team of osteopaths. Bruce has been an osteopath since 1992 and...
Kinetic Link Training – KLT
Principle Four Osteopath Shaun Coghlan completed the Level 1 Kinetic Link Training (KLT) course presented by Wayne Rodgers. Wayne is a sports physiotherapist and fitness coach with over 30 years’ experience in the health and fitness industries. Osteopath Shaun Coghlan...
Radial Pressure Shockwave
Blog Post by Osteopath Shaun Coghlan - Principle Four Osteopathy Recently Principle Four osteopaths Heath, Shaun and Jarrod attended the Chattanooga Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy course. This involved further training in the theory and clinical application of...
The Sporting Shoulder PD Workshop / Review By P4O Osteopath Jarrod Testa
Principle Four Osteopaths Jarrod Testa, Health Williams and Tim McNamara attended the course titled – Lyn Watsons - The Sporting Shoulder. This course was held at Melbourne Shoulder Group in Prahran, by Simon Ballister. Simon also had help from various shoulder...
Kinetic Link Exercise Strategies For The Shoulder
In the videos below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients demonstrating a number of kinetic link inspired exercises that has been prescribed as part of their rehabilitation and strength and conditioning program following shoulder surgery many months...
Lower Limb Exercise Strategies
In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients demonstrating a number of lower limb exercises that have been prescribed as part of the rehabilitation and strength and conditioning process following knee surgery some months ago. In the images...
Hinge Exercise Strategies
The hinge is a fundamental movement pattern that we as humans perform on a daily basis and there are many different exercise variations that one can adopt. The hinge movement typically involves the hips moving in the horizontal plane and the degree of effort biased...