About us
Welcome to Move New Musculoskeletal Therapy – your dedicated partner in overcoming pain, enhancing movement, and revitalizing your physical well-being.
At our clinic, we specialize in more than just treating pain; we're here to guide you on a journey towards improved athletic health and overall physical wellness.
Established in Stones Corner in 2017 and now proudly located within the welcoming community of Brickhouse Gym in Coorparoo, Move New MST has been a trusted ally for boxers, crossfitters, powerlifters, desk jockeys, gym enthusiasts, olympic lifters, yogis, rock Climbers, cyclists, gardeners, and everyday movers from all over the Greater Brisbane region for the past seven years and we're here to stay.
What sets us apart is our commitment to honest client engagement, education, and the transformative power of hands-on therapy. We understand that each body is unique, and our approach is tailored to you.
Our sessions go beyond traditional musculoskeletal therapy; they are an immersive experience of active and passive joint and muscle testing, creating a personalized roadmap of your body. From there, we employ proven methods to empower you to take charge of your pain through movement education, postural restoration, and manual therapy.
It's not just a service; it's a sweet science that combines the three fundamental pillars that Move New MST stands upon
Client education
Exceptional manual therapy
Personal responsibility
We are passionate about all forms of physical movement. Whether you're an all-day athlete or a lifelong office hand, our approach is inclusive and tailored to your unique needs.
Regardless of your age, race, gender, religion, background, sexual orientation, or physical limitations – if you experience pain when you move, we are here to help you move new
About Me
Rhys Carson - Principal Therapist
Primary Therapist - Rhys
BHlthSc. Musculoskeletal Therapy
Dip. Remedial Massage
Cert III & IV: Fitness
Son of an army dad turned wicketkeeper/swimming coach and golfing mom, who doubled as a journalist for the CQ News sport section; I’ve been surrounded by sports-driven conversation and athletes my whole life.
I lived in North Queensland during adolescence, and in that time, my parents somehow afforded me the opportunities to participate in soccer, club swimming, taekwondo, bowling, golf, line dancing, and NRL. I also got to experience the physicality of my Indigenous heritage while learning the boomerang, Woomera, Didgeridoo, and traditional dance.
I was around eight or nine when we moved to a small rural town in central Queensland to manage the local town pool where Dad was to coach the local club team.
I swam as a member of the Springsure Stingers and played golf competitively all through the central highlands during my primary and secondary education.
I fell into 'my' sport around grade seven. The dojo from the next town over traveled here and started offering Shoto-kan karate classes twice a week in the town hall. I was quickly hooked. Dad saw the opportunity to get fit and spend time with his son, so he and I spent the next few years focusing solely on karate with the occasional game of golf or cricket thrown in the mix.
There was also one year we had just enough boys for an under-13's NRL team to play a season. I managed to land myself in the hospital with a hip fracture and some rattled neck joints halfway through the season.
Town interest in karate fell off, and we had to move the classes to the Indoor cricket nets. It got so hot your belt color would leach into your gi. Interest kept falling off until the incentive for the Senseis to travel fully halted. I got the bulk of my driving practice with Dad as we would drive the 72 km each way to Emerald twice a week to train.
We never did get our black belts since the gem cutter Senseis ultimately had to move to pursue their main careers.
I then started training with Blair 'The Outback Warrior' Wilson of Fred Brophy’s Boxing Tent. The last Tent Boxing Show in the world. He was the brother to Colin "Kid Coalminer" Wilson, an Australian heavyweight boxer who held the Australian heavyweight boxing title a few times, rest his soul.
Blair's repurposed cement shed was right across the road from the Emerald PCYC, so I would go there after school and play indoor soccer, badminton, basketball, volleyball, athletics, or literally whatever else they had going on. I just love the play of the game.
I started doing gymnastics at this time, influenced heavily by Japanese anime and Kung Fu movies. Plus, another girl from town already did gymnastics, so they agreed to drop me off home afterwards.
After a year or two of boxing and traveling to Brisbane twice to train, Blair had to focus on his cement business and shut up shop. This led to me using the gym a lot for the first time and training mixed martial arts on the top floor of the PCYC for the last few years of high school.
Once high school was done, I didn’t need to go to Emerald anymore, so I completely stopped doing everything. So after completing a gap year of working at the local Retravision, gaining weight, losing sleep, and destroying my body with 8 hours of World of Warcraft a day, I moved to Brisbane.
While at Southbank TAFE studying fitness, I made friends in the industry that are still practicing today. It was while studying at TAFE in my early twenties my body started to give out on me.
My right-hand side lower back would begin to radiate with pain after sitting down for more than 20 minutes. I had a constant feeling that the left-hand side of my upper neck needed to ‘pop’. My right knee had always hurt from a bike stack in my early teens, and my jaw locked up occasionally from having it belted one too many times. My forearms would swell to the point I wouldn’t be able to move my fingers if I rowed for more than 1 km, and I would get constant pins and needles in my lower legs and ankles from what I know now was a lower back disc pathology.
I come from a family that used chiropractors as their main form of manual therapy. I have had every possible joint that is able to be manipulated, manipulated. My dad was friends with the chiropractor in Emerald and was a … hobbyist chiro for lack of a better word. If he wasn’t adjusting the whole family's backs on the floor in front of the TV between ad breaks, it’s because he was roughhousing with us.
So I actively wasn’t doing anything about my injuries. As a broke student from a hole in the middle of Queensland on Centrelink with too much pride to ask family for money and no cheap option for chiropractic anywhere in sight, I went and saw my sister. Celeste moved to Brisbane a few years earlier and was studying Myotherapy at the time. She now runs Next Level Integrated Health on the Gold Coast and manages the sports therapy for the Brisbane Broncos Team.
She was able to mobilize the joints of my neck, gradually bring me out of intense pain, and told me about trigger point therapy. This formative experience really changed the trajectory of my professional life. I always knew I wanted to help people in some way or another, but now I knew what to focus on. Understanding pain.
When I finished TAFE in 2012, I poured over the course guides to physio, chiro, exercise science, remedial massage, and even shiatsu. I eventually settled on Musculoskeletal Therapy since it was close to what my sister had studied, would pair really well with my PT qualifications, and the best part, I didn’t have to work anywhere near a hospital. As someone who has seventeen stitches in the back of their head and a scar on their forehead with no tonsils… I’m not a fan of hospitals.
It was while at uni I began lifting at Brisbane Barbell under the coaching of Damon Kelly, Commonwealth games gold medalist, and reigning Oceania champ. The gym shared a home with Crossfit Torian at the time.
It was at this point in 2014 when the real issues started. My thumbs and wrists were giving out on me at an alarming rate. Doctors and physios called it De Quervain's tenosynovitis. I called it getting stabbed in the knuckle of my thumb with a hot knife anytime I tried to bend by wrist forward.
This is when I went from ‘I should do something’ to ‘I NEED to do something’. Luckily for me, who had gone to study manual therapy, my university had a clinic attached. During the early years if a third year had a free slot, students could walk into those spots for free… I still remember the first session I went in for and got cupping done on my forearms. While they did look like they'd been beaten with a bat, my hands did feel better.
It was somewhere here in the mix that I decided to attend the Abbey Medieval Festival. I had trained in some weapons before as a part of karate, but never a sword. I couldn’t help myself and after the interactive demonstration, I signed up for a 10-week
fencing course. Prima Spada School of Fencing specializes in Historical Exhibition Combat, HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts), Smallsword, and Artistic Fencing. It was under the tutelage of Maestro Keith C. Beattie and the other Maestros of the Salle that I learned how to wield with varying proficiency the rapier, shortsword, claymore, foil, and sabre and achieved the rank of Free Scholar.
So at this point, I was performing wrist drops every day before lifting and fencing practice. Plus, getting cupping and remedial massage to my forearms/arms/shoulders/neck whenever I could get in. And wouldn’t you know it, the process worked. I know beyond doubt I’m stronger today than I was nearly ten years ago. But getting out of pain makes you feel like the strongest person in the world.
After completing my degree in musculoskeletal therapy at Endeavor College in 2016, I needed a break.
So I packed my bags and traveled to China where I trained at Tianmeng Kung Fu Academy. While there, I learned a variety of disciplines, including Baguazhang, Taiji, and Qi-Gong.
In 2022, I was able to attend a three-day Men’s trip and Didgeridoo camp on Tulmur land (Augustine Heights) and attend a private show and workshop delivered by William Barton, an elder of the Wannyi, Lardil, and Kalkadungu tribes of Western Queensland. Uncle is widely recognized as one of Australia's finest traditional didgeridoo players and a leading didgeridoo (yidaki) player in the classical world.
In addition to my hands-on training, I've also completed professional development courses in personal responsibility, counseling, and Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). It was after returning from the courses in America that I truly decided to pursue a career in MST. Move New has been growing ever since.
So as you can see movement and sports aren’t just a part of my life. They are my life. I've had the chance to participate in a wide range of activities from all over the world and from a variety of different cultures. Through my own experiences with injury and physical challenges, I've learned valuable techniques for managing pain, staying active, and continually improving.
I want to see you, move like new.
R.S carson