Exercise and  Stretch videos

Here you will find a growing range of videos of exercises and stretches that are useful to keep making progress between treatments

Stretching chest and mobilising upper back using a rolled up towel

Sometimes a simple gentle stretch is what is required.  If you spend hours hunched forward, this can help encourage your upper back to move against that forward bend and your chest to open up 

Pigeon

Pigeon stretch is great for stretching your gluteal muscles (buttock muscles), it uses gravity and is very effective.  Adam shows us how it is done
A variation is shown here.  It is slightly more difficult for most people and targets different fibres in the gluteal muscles.  For many people doing the pigeon stretch it is good to alternate between the two

Cat - Camel

Adam shows us this great stretch for mobilising the back into flexion and extension. 

Pec stretches

A really useful stretch for anyone getting a bit round-shouldered because they spend too much time at the pc or if you are training at the gym to increase the size of your pectoral muscles.  An over-tight pec minor may even be causing numbness and tingling in your arm or hand (although there are many other causes so do seek professional advice).

Filmed in 2017 at Monteiro Clinic, 15 Prima Road SW9 0NA.  Home of Oval Osteopathy.

All these videos are aides memoire for patients who have practised the exercises and stretches with me and no responsibility can be taken for patients performing them on their own.

Standing upper back stretch

A good stretch for the upper back.  Great if you've spent the day working over a desk

​Filmed in 2017 at Monteiro Clinic, 15 Prima Road SW9 0NA.  Home of Oval Osteopathy.

All these videos are aides memoire for patients who have practised the exercises and stretches with me and no responsibility can be taken for patients performing them on their own.

Reverse flies

Another one for the round shouldered.  This time you are strengthening the muscles in the back which pull the shoulder blades together and the shoulders backward

​Filmed in 2017 at Monteiro Clinic, 15 Prima Road SW9 0NA.  Home of Oval Osteopathy.

All these videos are aides memoire for patients who have practised the exercises and stretches with me and no responsibility can be taken for patients performing them on their own.

Seated neck stretch

Sometimes the muscles on the side of the neck can become tight and this is a good stretch for those.

​Filmed in 2017 at Monteiro Clinic, 15 Prima Road SW9 0NA.  Home of Oval Osteopathy.

All these videos are aides memoire for patients who have practised the exercises and stretches with me and no responsibility can be taken for patients performing them on their own.

Upper back (thoracic) stretch

The upper back can become tight and immobile, this stretches the muscles in this area

​Filmed in 2018 at Monteiro Clinic, 15 Prima Road SW9 0NA.  Home of Oval Osteopathy.

All these videos are aides memoire for patients who have practised the exercises and stretches with me and no responsibility can be taken for patients performing them on their own.

Hamstring stretch

A good way to stretch those tight backs of the thighs

​Filmed in 2018 at Monteiro Clinic, 15 Prima Road SW9 0NA.  Home of Oval Osteopathy.

All these videos are aides memoire for patients who have practised the exercises and stretches with me and no responsibility can be taken for patients performing them on their own.

Piriformis MET

A great stretch for the hard to reach and troublesome piriformis and a great alternative to using a tennis ball in the area.

​Filmed in 2018 at Monteiro Clinic, 15 Prima Road SW9 0NA.  Home of Oval Osteopathy.

All these videos are aides memoire for patients who have practised the exercises and stretches with me and no responsibility can be taken for patients performing them on their own.

Rows for rhomboids

Strengthen those rhomboid muscles at home or in the gym and help counteract the natural round-shouldered effects of office work and modern life.

​Filmed in 2018 at Monteiro Clinic, 15 Prima Road SW9 0NA.  Home of Oval Osteopathy.

All these videos are aides memoire for patients who have practised the exercises and stretches with me and no responsibility can be taken for patients performing them on their own.

Gluteal stretch

This is a great stretch for your gluteal (buttock) muscles.  Really useful for cyclists and for after a leg workout.

​Filmed in 2018 at Monteiro Clinic, 15 Prima Road SW9 0NA.  Home of Oval Osteopathy.

All these videos are aides memoire for patients who have practised the exercises and stretches with me and no responsibility can be taken for patients performing them on their own.

Child's pose

A lovely simple safe stretch for the lower back

Rotator cuff conditioning

Nice simple rotator cuff conditioning exercises to use before a workout to prevent injury or to help rehabilitate after an injury