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Agility Ladder Drill In the video below you will seen an example of a ladder drill that has been prescribed as part of the rehab program from an ankle sprain.  The drill involves stepping into the ladder and pushing out with the outside leg before moving forwards and...

Back Squat Exercise and Improving Your Depth In the image below you will see osteopath Heath Williams demonstrating a back squat to a box of varying heights.  The box has been used as an external cue and give him something to aim for when descending so that he can...

Floor Press Exercise With Exercise Pad Modification In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a floor press (partial range bench press) with an exercise pad placed under their elbow.  This modification was made because the bar...

Supine Band Pull Apart Exercise In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a supine band pull apart exercise to work on the posterior shoulder girdle muscles.  This position was selected for a number of reasons; 1.  The ground...

Medicine Ball Wall Throw In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a step and single arm medicine ball throw.  This is a great way to integrate the lower body, core and upper body all at once.  The medicine ball throw is a...

Sidelying Abductor (gluteal) Exercises In the image below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients demonstrating a short lever hip abductor exercise (clam shell) and long lever hip abductor exercise.  Both are great exercises for those wishing to build on...

Isometric Adductor Hold In the image below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients demonstrating a isometric adductor hold.  This is a great way to assess ones adductor strength in an isometric fashion as well as improve ones strength.  Place the top leg...

Hanging Hip Thrust To Horizontal Row In the video below you will see SCU student osteopath Sean Killeen demonstrating a hanging hip thrust to horizontal row.  This is a great exercise to engage both the posterior chain, trunk and the upper body.    For those wishing...

Posterior Cable Fly With Trunk Rotation Looking for an exercise that integrates the posterior shoulder girdle/upper limb and the trunk, then try out this single arm posterior cable fly integrated with a step/lunge....

Sidelying dumbbell external rotation exercise The sidelying dumbbell external rotation exercise is one of my favourite rotator cuff exercises.  Start by lying on your side and placing a towel or something similar between your elbow and torso.  Make sure you position...

Step Up Exercise - Varying Your Step Up Pattern The step up is a great exercise for building strength and control through the lower body as well as being a movement that we will often perform many times throughout the day (that is if you walk up stairs etc).  The...