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The Doorway Lat Stretch
The Doorway Lat Stretch In the image below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients demonstrating a lat stretch (back) using the doorway as an anchor point. At Principle Four Osteopathy we are big believers in prescribing stretches and exercises that...
Shoulder and Thoracic Spine Mobiliser In A Wall Supported Handstand
Shoulder and Thoracic Spine Mobiliser In A Wall Supported Handstand In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopath clients in a wall supported handstand with their hands slightly away from the wall and then using the body to gently move back and forth...
Ab Roller Progressions – Working Towards A Full Roll Out
Ab Roller Progressions - Working Towards A Full Roll Out In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams performing an ab roller progression. This involves starting from the feet and rolling out and using the wall as a breaking point before full range of...
Bultarian Split Squat – An Osteopaths Perspective
Bulgarian Split Squat - An Osteopaths Perspective https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc4QmJ3FIqj/?hl=en&taken-by=osteoheathprinciple4osteopathy The Bulgarian Split Squat is one of those exercises that I feel is often under prescribed from a strength and conditioning...
Trap Bar Bench Press – Stability Challenged Bench Press
Trap Bar Bench Press - Stability Challenged Bench Press In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a trap bar bench press. The design of the trap bar is such that when used to perform a bench press, the load is...
Overhead Pressing With An Unstable Load
Overhead Pressing With An Unstable Load In the videos below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing some variations of the overhead press (bilateral overhead press and single arm overhead press) using The Yoak Bar with weights. ...
L Sit From Yoga Blocks – Getting My Bodyweight Training On
L Sit From Yoga Blocks - Getting My Bodyweight Training On https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc0OqP0Fsrs/?hl=en&taken-by=osteoheathprinciple4osteopathy In the video above you will see me (Heath Williams Osteopath working on my L sit from yoga blocks. Initially I could...
Lateral Weight Shift With Dumbbell Rotation
Lateral Weight Shift With Dumbbell Rotation In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a lateral weight shift (lateral lunge) transitioning into the opposite lateral lunge (weight shift) whilst performing a...
Deadbug With External Loaded Hip Extension
Deadbug With External Loaded Hip Extension In the image below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a deadbug exercise (4 point kneeling that incorporate opposing leg and arm movement whilst maintain trunk stability). One of the...
Kettlebell Swings 30 seconds on – 30 seconds off – 15 minutes
Kettlebell Swings 30 seconds on - 30 seconds off - 15 minutes Most of my training lately has been focused on either bodyweight and resistance work of 5-8 reps. Therefore I thought I would spice things up with some more intensity based work. This short video is the...
Ab Roller – From Feet Drill
Ab Roller - From Feet Drill In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing an ab roller roll out from feet. He has deliberately undertaken this exercise whereby the ab roller will hit the box in front to help build...
Birddog Exercise – Adding A Stability Challenge To The Exercise
Birddog Exercise - Adding A Stability Challenge To The Exercise In the image below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients demonstrating two variations on the birddog exercise. The birddog exercise is one that has the client start in a four point...