Myotherapy
Built Around a Single Belief: Find What's Actually Wrong.
Shaun Gaskett holds a Bachelor of Health Science in Myotherapy — a degree-level qualification that places myotherapy firmly in the clinical health sciences. Shaun has built That Muscle Guy around a simple but demanding standard: every treatment decision must be justified by assessment findings, not protocol or assumption.
Shaun works with Brisbane's runners, cyclists, triathletes, golfers, swimmers, desk workers, and weekend warriors. The presentations vary. The approach is constant: assess thoroughly, treat precisely, educate clearly, and prescribe exercise that maintains the result.
Where most practitioners have one or two primary tools, Shaun brings nine — and uses them together. Dry needling combined with cupping combined with joint mobilisation in a single session isn't unusual. That comprehensive approach is what separates a myotherapy consult from a standard massage appointment.
Why I Started That Muscle Guy
"Most people come to me after months of being told to rest, stretch, or 'try again next week'. That's not good enough. Pain has a cause — and finding it is a practitioner's primary job."
Shaun's path into myotherapy wasn't a straight line. He came to the field as a movement-oriented person who'd experienced first-hand the frustration of vague answers and generic treatment programmes that failed to resolve the actual problem. That experience shaped how he practises.
That Muscle Guy was founded on the rejection of passive treatment models — where the client lies on a table, receives a technique, and is sent home without understanding what happened or how to keep the improvement. Every TMG session includes education: you'll know what Shaun found, why it matters, and what to do about it between appointments.
The name itself is intentional. Direct. Honest. Sports-focused. Brisbane's active community doesn't need a wellness retreat. It needs a practitioner who understands load, movement, training history, and the specific demands of each sport or lifestyle — and who can translate clinical findings into practical outcomes.
Two clinic locations came from a straightforward recognition that Brisbane athletes live and train across the city. Kenmore serves the western suburbs and river valley communities. Jindalee serves the western suburbs, Oxley corridor, and communities along the western motorway. Open 5 days — because sport doesn't stop for weekends, and neither should recovery.
The ongoing goal is simple: for every client to leave each session knowing more about their body than when they arrived, and with a clear, actionable plan to move forward.
Clinical Philosophy
Three non-negotiable principles that underpin every session at That Muscle Guy.
Pain at a site is rarely the source of the problem. A knee that hurts during running might be driven by hip weakness. A headache might originate from a trigger point in the upper trapezius. Treating symptoms without identifying the cause is efficient for the practitioner and useless for the client. Assessment comes first — always.
No single technique resolves complex musculoskeletal problems on its own. Dry needling, cupping, joint mobilisation, and nerve work each address different tissue layers and mechanisms. Used in combination — within a single session, informed by assessment — they produce outcomes that individual techniques can't match alone.
A client who understands their condition is a client who can manage it. Shaun explains every finding and every technique in plain language. You'll leave with self-care strategies, a home exercise programme, and the knowledge of what to watch for. The goal is dependency on treatment that reduces over time — not increases.
Sports & Populations
From elite-level training loads to the demands of a 50-hour desk week — every body has its breaking points. Shaun understands the specific stresses of each.
Qualifications & Professional Standing
Myotherapy is a regulated allied health discipline. Shaun's qualifications are the foundation that makes every technique he uses appropriate, safe, and clinically justified.
AHPRA Registration No: MYO0000000000
Member — Australian Massage & Myotherapy Association (AMTA)