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Meet the team at Principle Four Osteopathy
Principle Four osteopathy are back up and running as per pre covid with our team fully back on board. For those of you who have not been to the clinic before or its been sometime, take 2 minutes and read a little bit about each of our team members Tim, Shaun, Jarrod...
Is your vehicle seat set up causing you back pain?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGTqcgHD4ky/ Your vehicle seat set up may well be a major factor as to why your back pain may not be getting better should you be spending frequent amounts sitting whilst you commute to and from work or have a job that involves heavy...
Face pulls and straight arm pull down are essential exercises for creating a healthy and strong back and shoulders
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...
Anti rotation exercises using the bar and cable machine
The cable machine is one the best tools to use for undertaking anti rotation exercises. In the videos below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy using the cable and bar attachment to perform two different types of anti rotation exercises...
Plyometric Push Ups For Upper Body Strength and Power
The push up is a great exercise to implement into your training program should you be wishing to build upper body strength, power and endurance. In the videos below you will see osteopath Heath Williams performing an incline push up that focuses on developing...
The hybrid home and office work model will become the norm in 2021
In 2021 we will see office workers across Australia split their time between working from home and spending some time in the office. This has come off the back of almost a year of workers spending the vast majority of workers performing the job from home. Businesses...
Rehab strategies for frozen shoulder
Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis) is a condition that impacts the shoulder and is typically characterized by 3 phases. The first phase usually starts with the shoulder being inflamed and irritated with a progressing level of movement restriction (freezing stage),...
The best ways to vary up your push up routine
There are many great ways to vary up the push up and osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy shows you in the video below some of the best ways to vary your push up by changing the stance and hand positions. Variations demonstrated include: Standard...
Did you know our osteopaths prescribe movement
At Principle Four Osteopathy we believe in empowering our clients to be active and be involved in their health and wellbeing and part of this often involves them undertaking some form of movement. What this movement looks like is completely different and tends to...
There is more than just one stance for performing a cable chest press
Stance is often not considered as a variation when it comes to exercise prescription and variation, despite it having a big impact on the demands placed on the body when performing a particular exercise. In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams...
Manual handling train the trainer course for allied health professionals
Limited time offer. Online manual handling train the trainer course for allied health professionals $79. Offer ends Friday 13th / use code “mhtahpso” at the checkout Learning Objectives:-This course has been designed to walk you through a step by step process of what...
Single leg Romanian deadlift with hip lock
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...