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Getting Your Lunge On | An Osteopaths Perspective The lunge is one of my favourite lower limb exercises because it reveals a lot when it comes to looking at how one can move one side of the body to the other as well as offering a great deal of variation in how one can...

Bent Over Row Exercise Variation The bent over row is one of my favourite horizontal pulling movements as it requires one to maintain a stable torso position whilst standing in a hip hinge position.  Therefore it trains not only the muscles of the back, but also that...

Deficit Kettlebell Deadlift Exercise The kettlebell deadlift is one of my go to exercises for teaching clients to perform a deadlift for a number of reasons.  These reasons are outlined below: Load is placed between the legs and close to ones centre of gravity. ...

Double Kettlebell Rack Box Squat | What and Why This Exercise Is Great The box squat is probably one of my go to favourite prescribed squat variations (along with the traditional bodyweight and back squat and goblet squat) because it can be prescribed for literally...

Overhead Press | Returning From Injury The overhead press has been an exercise that I have not been able to do for sometime without pain due to a shoulder complaint.  As a result I took a good 4 months off from pressing overhead and worked on all my deficit areas...

Trap Bar Deadlift Exercise Variation https://www.instagram.com/p/BeGyK4pF1Kk/?hl=en&taken-by=osteoheathprinciple4osteopathy In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a trap bar deadlift with a slight variation...

Understanding Your Client https://www.instagram.com/p/BeCj0I6FObc/?hl=en&taken-by=osteoheathprinciple4osteopathy At Principle Four Osteopathy we are big believers in understanding what your client does on a day to day basis (be it work, lifestyle or sport).  Even...

Split Kneeling Stance Single Arm Kettlebell Press The exercise below that is being performed by one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients at our Melbourne City CBD clinic is one of my favourites as it requires the individual to be able to balance their body with a...

Improving Your Hip Mobility and Squat Patterns Due to the sedentary nature that we live these days, it is more common than not that I see clients with tightness anteriorly through their hips.  In the image below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients...

Short Lever and Thoracic Spine Mobiliser I was recently reading the book titled "Gift of Injury" that was co written by Brian Carrol (powerlifter) and Stuart McGill and one of the exercises demonstrated in the book inspired me to start performing these again.  This is...

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...