Building Bulletproof Backs - Holistic Back Pain Relief with Marion McRae
Why does your back still hurt when every scan looks reassuring—or when treatment helps, but the relief never lasts?
Building Bulletproof Backs is where Australian physiotherapist Marion “Maz” McRae has honest, intelligent conversations with people who have lived through persistent back pain and the practitioners helping to change how it is understood.
Each episode explores the whole picture: movement and load, the nervous system, mindset, identity, stress and emotion. You’ll hear real stories, thoughtful clinical perspectives and practical ideas for rebuilding trust in your body—without quick-fix promises or one-size-fits-all answers.
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There you can explore the four possible blind spots your treatment may have missed, start the AU$47 Find Your Blind Spot course, or download the free guide.
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New conversations about pain, possibility and what genuinely helps.
Building Bulletproof Backs - Holistic Back Pain Relief with Marion McRae
Building Bulletproof Backs Ep 18 - Neil Maddison on Foundation Training for Back Pain
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Welcome to the 18 th episode of the Building a Bulletproof Back podcast.
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This podcast aims to empower listeners with HOPE that healing is possible when you know how. We discuss strategic tools addressing mindset, movement & emotional health.
I am your host, Marion McRae, physiotherapist & movement addict on a mission to see the existing model of treating back pain evolve. The current model is broken. It focusses almost entirely on the physical body, neglecting the fact that we are all both thinkers and feelers. When the thoughts in our head, and the emotions in our bodies are less than optimal, we fail to thrive.
My guest for this episode is Plumber & Movement Coach called Neil Maddison, who teaches Foundation Training - We discuss the origins on Foundation training and what it is all about and how it helps those with back pain find strength and mobility.
Favourite Quotes -
- Pain is inevitable, Suffering is Optional
- Pain is the body's messenger - something has to change
- Pain is protection - without it, we would possibly do more damage
- Time under Tension develops the musculature that can help unload the joints
- Many roads to the same destination
- Rest like an animal
- The anticipation of pain can be half the energy drain
- The rust analogy on the car
Neil’s tools:
- Foundation Training Website
- Short Snippet of the movement practice
Neil's Top tips -
- Get Help to Move with Quality
- Get overall Strong - Bulletproof Body VS Bulletproof Backs
- Explore anti-inflammatory nutrition and optimise your weight
- Active Rest Vs Passive Rest
- See the movement Video Demo
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