Our Blog

Hip & Trunk Mobility Exercise In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing a hip and mobility exercise that focuses on both hip, trunk and shoulder mobility.  This is a great exercise to incorporate into ones program if you...

Introducing Throwing / Catching Into Your Rehab Program In the videos below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating a number of throwing and catching exercises using the crazy catch net and a netball.  These are great exercises...

Sledge Hammer Exercises The sledge hammer is a great tool to use within your training program because of its unique design (weighted end with long handle) and it makes for some great overall body training.  In the videos below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of...

Sledge Hammer To Squat Hold In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy performing a sledge hammer pass to squat hold.   The sledge hammer is a great tool for training as it is weighted towards one end primarily and requires...

Alternating Scissor Leg Raise - Building Your Core In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating an alternating scissor leg raise.  This is a variant of the traditional hanging leg raise whereby one must maintain a...

Indo Board Mini Plyometric Jumps In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams demonstrating an indo board mini plyometric jump.  This is a challenging exercise because the indo board requires you to be able to balance and control your body whilst standing...

Overhead Stick Hold With Single Leg Balance To Reverse Lunge In the video below you will see one of Principle Four Osteopathy clients performing an overhead stick hold (working on maintaining tension/bracing through the torso and upper limbs) and moving from a single...

Whats Your Grip Strength Like? Grip training is probably one of those key areas that we often forget to include some isolated or grip specific exercise into our program.  Every time we handle a weight we are training our grip, however we often forget to vary how we...

Whats Your Squat Depth Like? When it comes to squatting and depth there are often many arguments had with regards to this and what is safe, unsafe, the right amount for strength and conditioning etc.  I am a big believer is squatting to the depth that is safe for you...

Indo Board High Plank With Frontal Plane Stability Challenge In the video below you will see osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrating an indo board high plank with frontal plane stability challenge.  The indo board requires one to stabilise...