
Melanie McAuliffe
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Sep 8, 2026
Physio Mel: Staying Active with Alzheimer's
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9:39DougHOST
Okay.

Melanie McAuliffeGUEST
It's like going, can I stand on one leg and dry my other leg? Now, obviously, I've got to put disclaimer here.
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11:50DougHOST
yes good okay When it comes to families and helping our parents do this stuff, is it a matter of just having the conversation? Is it a matter of encouraging them? Is it a matter of doing it with them? How do we help our mums and dads do these things? And that's
Physio Mel: Targeting Back Pain
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0:25DougHOST
Mel, what is, when we think about back pain, do you get to see a lot of the causes, like what actually causes back pain through your consultation and just chatting with people?

Melanie McAuliffeGUEST
Yes, and it's not always what people think where it's like you have to go get an x-ray or a scan and that sort of thing, which is really, really popular.

Melanie McAuliffeGUEST
Like people are able to tell you, you just need to give people time and ask the right questions.

Melanie McAuliffeGUEST
Then you get the other group that immediately go, when I was six, I fell off my bicycle.

Melanie McAuliffeGUEST
Because you do get people get told a story sometimes and they latch on to a story and they think that is the cause of something, which is fine.

Melanie McAuliffeGUEST
I mean, as a child, you listen to what your parents told you or whatever, a doctor or physio and that sort of thing.
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4:34DougHOST
No.
Physio Mel - Stretching: Myth vs Reality
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8:11DougHOST
PNF it

Melanie McAuliffeGUEST
Basically, it's a way of doing sort of a contracted relax between opposing muscle groups.

Melanie McAuliffeGUEST
And what that sort of does, particular ways of doing it, is it tricks the nervous system to relax the muscles and the joints a little bit, which allow you to push a little bit further.
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9:51DougHOST
What about you? Okay.