Dr. Thistle is a clinic director at SHAPE Health & Wellness Toronto where he practices as a chiropractor, medical-acupuncture practitioner, certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS), ART® Active Release Techniques provider and Kinesiologist. He also lectures in the Dept. of Orthopedics at Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College.

Shawn believes strongly in educating patients and personal-training clients in all aspects of health and fitness. He administers evidence-based, integrated, therapy treatment and fitness training to provide care in the areas of pain management, acute-injury care, post-surgical rehabilitation, functional training and rehabilitation, weight loss, improving athletic performance, flexibility, cardiovascular fitness, stress management and sport-specific training.

SHAPE is a health-care and personal fitness-training facility with a dedicated team of chiropractors, acupuncture practitioners, physiotherapists, strength and conditioning specialists, registered nutritionists and massage therapists. SHAPE utilizes an Integrated Therapy and Training (ITT) model for treatment of injury and post-surgical rehabilitation, sport-specific high-performance training, fitness and weight training, nutrition and weight-loss programs.