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Melanie McAuliffe

Melanie McAuliffe

Sep 8, 2026

DougHOST
9:39
Okay.
9:40
Make that an actual activity in the morning.
9:43
It's like going, can I stand on one leg and dry my other leg? Now, obviously, I've got to put disclaimer here.
9:48
If you really think that you can't, don't do it.
9:50
I don't want people falling over and hurting themselves.
9:52
But it should actually be a test.
9:54
You should actually test yourself.
DougHOST
11:50
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
DougHOST
0:25
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?
0:36
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.
0:43
Most of the time it's in your story.
0:45
Like people are able to tell you, you just need to give people time and ask the right questions.
0:53
Then you get the other group that immediately go, when I was six, I fell off my bicycle.
1:00
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.
1:07
I mean, as a child, you listen to what your parents told you or whatever, a doctor or physio and that sort of thing.
DougHOST
4:34
No.
DougHOST
8:11
PNF it
8:12
is.
8:13
PNF.
8:13
Basically, it's a way of doing sort of a contracted relax between opposing muscle groups.
8:21
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.
8:32
Okay.
8:33
Okay.
DougHOST
9:51
What about you? Okay.

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