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Dr Abbas Din Osteopath has recently joined Principle Four Osteopathy and has a special interest in Dry Needling and Electro Dry Needling.  Dry Needling is where acupuncture needles are placed into the body for the treatment of trigger points within the muscles.  Dry...

Today's post takes a look at Hip Hinging and how we can use the Deadlift movement pattern and Exercise for those clients who present to the clinic with lower back pain.  Often clients who present to the Osteopathic, Physiotherapy or Chiropractic clinic for the...

The Bench Press is probably one of the most common strength & conditioning exercises performed by exercise enthusiasts and athletes.  The Bench Press is an exercise that helps to build up primarily chest and tricep strength.  The anterior deltoids will also be...

I was browsing the website this morning and came across this great article called "Building 3D Shoulders" by Strength & Conditioning Coach Charles Poliquin.  For anyone out there who is currently training, I would highly recommend furthering your education by...

Mulligan Concepts Lower Quarter Course Review So I have spent the last 2 days studying the Mulligan Concepts in relation to the Lower Quarter with renowned Physiotherapist and Mulligan Concepts Teacher Kim Robinson.  Kim was an excellent educator who provided not only...

A Look At Power Output In The Bench Press Using GymAware Here is a quick look at the GymAware tool that is used to determine ones power output when lifting weights.  The GymAware tool is attached to the barbell and using the iphone, the lifts are recorded and the...

Upper Body Prehab Conditioning & A Review Of The Bench Press So I had my second session with Todd at Elite Sports Performance in Spotswood, Melbourne this week.  So far I must say that I am super impressed by Todd's Strength & Conditioning Conditioning...

I have recently started using Kinesio Taping for a number of different sports injuries and general injuries such as neck (cervical spine) pain, back pain, knee (patellar) pain, achilles pain and shoulder pain in the clinic at Principle Four Osteopathy with some good...

So today I am posting about a video that I recently produced for our online education webpage Training Trendz.  In this video I look at the Superman/Birddog exercise and how to perform it and progress it.  This is a great exercise for building the basics of core in...

Brian Mulligan is a New Zealand Physiotherapist who is renowned across the world in manual therapy for his assessment and treatment techniques NAGS and SNAGS.  NAGS refers to treatment techniques to the spine involving natural apophyseal glides and SNAGS refers to...

Spine Universe have a great simple video that demonstrates how to perform chin tucks.  Chin tucks can help improve anterior neck muscle strength, improve neck/upper back posture and reduce/prevent discomfort in ones neck pain in some situations.  Chin tucks are just...