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Training Your Grip With Commonly Performed Lower Body Exercises
Training Your Grip With Commonly Performed Lower Body Exercises In the videos below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing traditional lower body exercises such as the walking lunge and reverse lunge whilst also varying up his...
Strength Training Workshop For Osteopaths
Strength Training Workshop For Osteopaths https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd60gTxFczw/?hl=en&taken-by=osteoheathprinciple4osteopathy Recently I had the pleasure of co hosting a strength training workshop for osteopaths at Elite Sports Performance alongside arguably...
Hanging Knee Tuck To L Sit Exercise
Hanging Knee Tuck To L Sit Exercise In the video above you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a hanging knee tuck to L sit exercise at Elite Sports Performance. Usually I will perform this exercise whilst actually hanging from...
The Watson Cable Attachment Lat Pull Down
The Watson Cable Attachment Lat Pull Down As an osteopath and someone who loves training, varying grip patterns for pull and push exercises is something that I do regularly. I use my hands on a daily basis as part of my osteopathy practice and whilst they have...
The Watson Standing Cable Chest Press
The Watson Standing Cable Chest Press In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a Watson standing cable chest press at Elite Sports Performance. Recently we acquired a bunch of new Watson exercise equipment from...
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Single Leg Squat From Box – An Osteopaths Perspective
Single Leg Squat From Box - An Osteopaths Perspective There are many ways to perform a single leg squat exercise, with the most common being a single leg squat when standing on the ground with non weight bearing leg out in front (often more knee dominant) and one...
Cable Pull Through – A Great Hip Hinge Exercise
Cable Pull Through - A Great Hip Hinge Exercise The cable pull through exercise is a great hip hinge exercise because the set up of the cable pulley relative to the individual encourages the individual to perform movement of the hip in the horizontal plane. Often...
Overhead Instability With The Walking Lunge
Overhead Instability With The Walking Lunge In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams using the Yoak Bar with load either side to challenge upper body and torso stability whilst performing a same side forwards lunge. This adds an additional challenge...
Are You Undertaking Regular Active Approaches To Managing Your Musculoskeletal Complaints?
Are You Undertaking Regular Active Approaches To Managing Your Musculoskeletal Complaints? In the images below you will see two different examples of home based exercise programs that have been prescribed for Principle Four Osteopathy clients. Both clients have...
Static to Dynamic Lateral Trunk Stretch
Static to Dynamic Lateral Trunk Stretch In the image and video below you will see Baseball Player Matt Blackshaw performing a sidelying QL trunk stretch over the swiss ball (static stretch) and then we have progressed this into a dynamic wall supported lateral trunk...
Overhead Press With Alternating Step Foot Placement
Overhead Press With Alternating Step Foot Placement In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams performing a bilateral stance overhead dumbbell press and then perform an alternating step placement whilst maintaining an overhead hold of the load. This...