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2 Person Manual Handling
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 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
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?
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?
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
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....
Calf Complex Flexibility and Mobiliser
Calf Complex Flexibility and Mobiliser Stretching and gaining more mobility through the calf muscle complex (gastrocnemius and soleus muscles) can be carried out in a number of ways. The most commonly prescribed stretch for the calf muscles is a straight leg or bent...
The Torsonator
The Torsonator The Torsonator is probably one of my favourite pieces of equipment in our osteopathy clinic due to its many uses and the fact that it doesn't require a lot of space. All you need is an olympic weight, unearthed or earthed torsonator attachment, barbell,...
Bodyweight and Movement Workshop With AWEN
Bodyweight and Movement Workshop With AWEN Just this weekend gone I had the pleasure of attending another great bodyweight and movement training session with Morgan White of AWEN. This time it was held at Martyn Girvan's Elite Sports Performance in Spotswood...
Taking A Look At The Wood Chop Exercise
Taking A Look At The Wood Chop Exercise The Wood chop exercise is probably one of my favourite abdominal exercises because it is more than just an abdominal exercise. Depending on how you perform the wood chop, it can be used to train the lower body, core and upper...
Movement Based Training
Principle Four Osteopathy recently held an in house movement training workshop with Principle Four Osteopaths Heath Williams, Cathryn Leszczynski and Tim McNamara. Osteopaths Ben McChesney of Balance Osteopathy South...
Bodyweight Training, Rolling, Crawling, Squatting and Much More
Bodyweight movement training has been around for a long time now, however over the last 6-12 months there has been an increased level of this being taught and performed by people ranging from the every day exercise enthusiast to the professional sports person. What I...