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Shoulder Mobility With Gentle Bodyweight Loading In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a foam roller assisted wall shoulder flexion drill.  The aim is to roll the foam roller up and down the wall whilst maintaining some...

Ring L Sit to Tuck and Chin Up | Repeat In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a ring L sit to knee tuck followed by chin up and then repeat.  This is a demanding exercise for the upper body and core....

Skin The Cat Regression Drill In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a regressed version of skin the cat.  This exercise is a regressed version as it is performed low to the ground and allows Heath to touch the...

Tall Sitting Overhead Press In the image below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a tall sitting (sitting with legs stretched out in front whilst maintaining an upright trunk position) whilst performing a dumbbell shoulder press.  This is...

Movement Workshop With Michael Grogan The Principle Four Osteopathy team were lucky enough to have Movement PT Michael Grogan present a workshop on all things movement, mobility and stability through the use of ones body.  This was a fantastic workshop where Mike took...

Cable Pull to Push Exercise In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a high anchored cable pull (with one arm) followed by a hand switch to push to low point.  This is a great all round exercise for the body as...

Shoulder and T Spine Mobility and Strength Exercises In the videos below you will see osteopath Abbas Din of Doctors of Osteopathy performing a number of different static and dynamic stretches as well as strength and conditioning exercises focusing on the back and...

Incline Bench Retraction With Posterior Fly In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing an incline bench dumbbell retraction with posterior fly.  This is a great exercise for those wishing to build strength in the back and...

Medicine Ball Throws With Varying Step Patterns In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a medicine ball throw/push with a frontal plane, anterior and rotational step pattern.  All these variations are great ways...

Lunge and Squat Variations In the videos below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing some lunge variations (asymmetrical loading patterns) and squat patterns.  These have been prescribed as part of a program that is focusing on adding in...

Shoulder and Thoracic Spine Mobility and Isometric Holds In the images and videos below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a number of stretching/mobility drills and isometric strength exercises.  These are some simple strategies one...

Shoulder Assessment and Mobility Exercises In the video below you will see osteopath Nathan Burke of Beaconsfield Osteopathy demonstrating isolated shoulder mobility (rotation) and bilateral protraction and retraction exercises.   I like having clients perform these...