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Enhance your clinical skill set by being able to conduct an in person or virtual office or home office workstation ergonomic risk assessment Learning Objectives Review the role of occupational health and safety within a corporate work setting and understand the role...

If you are an osteopath, physiotherapist, chiropractor or myotherapist interested in integrating exercise into your consultations with clients, then make sure you sign up to this course. Osteopath and Strength and Conditioning Coaches Heath Williams and Jarrod Testa...

For those of you who don't have a dedicated chest support row bench, I have demonstrated in the video below how you can go about creating your own version of the movement by using a height adjustable bench and the cable machine. Simply adjust the bench to...

The split kneeling single arm cable pull down is a great exercise if you are looking to address any vertical pulling strength asymmetries between the left and right side. In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing...

The face pull and straight arm pull down are two exercises that are commonly missing from the average gym program. Most people will incorporate a seated row and lat pull down / chin up, but when it comes to building a bigger, stronger back and shoulder, the face pull...

In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing two variations on the single leg Romanian deadlift. Both of these incorporate a single leg RDL that ends in a hip lock as well as using the dumbbells and moving them...

In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients demonstrating a renegade row and single arm bent over row. Both of these exercises are great horizontal pull movements that challenge the body differently. Renegade row - the renegade row...

The Saxon bar is a 3 inch thick rectangle bar that has been designed for grip strength training. The grip is often one of those underrated areas to train and whilst it is inherently involved in all lifts, often there is lack of specific training. The Saxon bar is one...

In the video below osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy is demonstrating a lateral lunge starting from a narrow stance with a single arm dumbbell open arc from low to high point. This is a great exercise for training the body in the frontal plane and...

The single leg RDL with toe touch is one of my go to exercise variations for those who I am wanting to incorporate single leg loading through the posterior chain and the individual is challenged in their balance or ability to perform a sound single leg RDL with only...

In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams performing a split squat with an alternating slam ball open arc. This is a great exercise that integrates the whole body (lower body, trunk and upper body). One is also required to maintain stability through the...

The open arc movement is where the hands move away from the midline in the frontal plane or sagittal plane. A closed arc is described as the arm moving towards the midline (opposite to an open arc). The arc terminology was first described to me by physiotherapist...