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The Yoak Overhead Shoulder Press In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating a yoak overhead shoulder press. The yoak bar is a speciality bar that allows for external loads (dumbbells, kettlbells, weight plates)...

Romanian Deadlift For Building Posterior Chain Strength In the image below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a romanian deadlift.  The romanian deadlift involves a partial bent knee (you can also perform this with a stiff leg - straight...

Box Squat - The Hip Dominant Squat The box squat is one of my favourite squat exercises for a number of reasons.  Some of these include that it is a great exercise for all ages (unloaded or loaded), it is great for those individuals who have had issues with the knee...

Overhead Reverse Lunge In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating a loaded overhead reverse lunge.  This is a great exercise for those wishing to work on overhead shoulder positioning as well as trunk stiffness...

Birddog with upper limb resistance In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a birddog exercise (focusing on establishing trunk stability whilst moving arm and leg - which involves moving from 4 points of ground contact to 2...

Kneeling Hip Hinge Pallof Press In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients demonstrating a kneeling hip hinge with pallof press.  This exercise was prescribed to the client in an attempt to start training the client on a hip hinge as well...

Does Your Osteopath Understand Exercise Prescription? Since graduating as an osteopath in 2003 I have worked across many different clinical environments across multiple countries and it still continues to amaze me that many of the patients that present to Principle...

Single Leg Squat With Arm Counterbalance and Toe Touch In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients demonstrating a single leg squat with anterior arm reach and toe touch behind.  There are many different ways to prescribe a single leg...

Straight and Bent Knee Calf Raises In the image below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a loaded (ipsilateral kettlebell hold) straight leg and bent knee calf raises.  The straight leg calf raise biases the gastrocnemius muscle whilst...

Split Kneeling Stance Multi Directional Shoulder Press In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients demonstrating a split kneeling stance multi directional shoulder press exercise.  This is a great all round exercise as it challenges ones...