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Taking A Look At Principle Four Osteopathy And Optimal Health Exercise Physiology In the instagram images below you will be able to click through and take a look at our brand new osteopathy and exercise physiology facility at 178 Collins St Melbourne CBD.  For those...

Push Up To Kick Through Exercise In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a push up on parallettes and then performing and kick through before repeating the exercise.  This is a nice way to combine some upper body pushing work with...

Bodyweight Core Exercises In the image below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing two bodyweight bracing holds.  The hollow hold/dish hold and prone extension hold.  Both are great for building bracing tension through the body.  Start with...

Farmers Carries & Variations In Hand Holds https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmhvw4JFeH1/?hl=en&taken-by=osteoheathprinciple4osteopathy The farmers carry (either single arm or bilateral dumbbell or kettlebell load carry by the side) is a great exercise for building...

Bent Over Trap Bar Row | Whats Your Positioning Like? In the image below you will see osteopath Nathan Burke of Beaconsfield Osteopathy demonstrating a trap bar bent over row.  The aim of this exercise is to load the back with a horizontal pulling movement.  One must...

Squats | Hip Dominant Vs Hip/Knee Focused https://www.instagram.com/p/BmfoLeOF-C9/?hl=en&taken-by=osteoheathprinciple4osteopathy There are many ways to perform a squat and I would argue there are no right or wrong ways, it all really depends!!!!  When it comes to...

Bench Press and Push Ups | Building Your Horizontal Pressing Strength https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmc5WJfFYge/?hl=en&taken-by=osteoheathprinciple4osteopathy The bench press and push up are by far my favourite exercises for building horizontal pressing strength. ...

Back Extension With Band Resistance In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a lower back extension exercise with a resistance band.  The band adds an added challenge (increased resistance) as you move away from...

Stretching Your Body After A Long Drive In the images below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating a number of spinal, lower limb and upper limb stretches that one can perform following a long drive.  Keep things simple and...

Backfitpro - McGill - Back Mechanic & McGill Method Level 3 Course Review https://www.instagram.com/p/BpeGxj2g9bF/?hl=en&taken-by=crossfitmoreland Just this weekend gone I attended the two workshops (Back Mechanic and McGill Method Level 3 - High Performance...