![]() But they could give your fitness regimen an extra layer if you're willing to pay and value flexibility. If you're a healthy gym-goer, probably not. So, are these classes worth the hype-and more importantly, price-tag? The company doesn't list session prices on their website, instead requiring potential clients to contact one of their studio locations just to request a session. (A 30-minute stretching session costs 55 bucks a 60-minute session, $100.) Meanwhile, Stretch Zone says their sessions will enhance your athletic performance by easing residual muscle tension, improving reaction time and spatial awareness. Lymbr, for example, claims personalized stretching will increase mobility and speed, and improve overall athletic performance. Thanks to the influx of boutique studios, classes, and race participation over the past several years, weekend warriors and fitness junkies alike are now flocking to studios like Stretch Zone and Stretchlab for classes and one-on-one stretching sessions designed to help them recover from their intense workouts. Assisted stretching is now a bonafide fitness trend. Want to try it for yourself? Stretch Zone visits cost about $75 each, or less for package plans.You know that you should warm-up and cool down properly to make the most of your workouts-but for some exercise fanatics, stretching has become an activity in and of itself. I've only been two times but every time I go I have a boost of energy and sciatica pain is less and less." ![]() One Stretch Zone customer offered this testimonial on the company's website: "Excellent place! been suffering from sciatica decided to try something different since surgery is not a path I want to explore. Also, patients with neuromuscular conditions such as Parkinson's disease or ALS have benefited from the stretching techniques, the owners say. Stretch Zone is used by a wide variety of clients, the owners say, ranging from young athletes to seasoned competitors, to seniors who need help with everyday tasks such as tying their shoes. Repeatedly moving the body in and out of such a point of resistance - the "stretch zone" - creates an increased range of motion. When you pull against a seat belt, it naturally locks. Think of your muscles like a car seat belt, the website reads. The restraints allow for a deeper, more stable stretch. The tables, equipped with buckles and straps, help to stabilize a person's body, according to Stretch Zone's website. Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Kailyn McLaughlin of Stretch Zone goes through a series of stretch protocols with J Kibble. Its owners, David Neff and Paul Weatherholt, say they plan to open a second location here later this year. Stretch Zone has at least 35 locations nationwide, including one here on Market Street. Meanwhile, Gold has said that his grandfather went from being bedridden to being able to dance at a wedding. Although it later went through a few iterations, this prototype table inspired the system used in Stretch Zone locations today. A trainer by occupation, Gold built a table with straps, belts and buckles to stabilize his grandfather as he stretched. Gold said he wanted to help his grandfather who had lost some range of motion due to diabetes. Stretch Zone was founded in 2004 by Jorden Gold in Aventura, Florida. The two talk about health and fitness goals and the customer (ideally) leaves feeling lighter, more limber and more capable of daily tasks. A little later, "Oh, I think I went deeper that time with that stretch," she affirms, as her hamstrings are stretched. "OK, that's too far," a customer cautions as her practitioner bends her leg. As the Stretch Zone staff member manipulates the customer's body, communication is key. Typically, a customer enters the bright and airy storefront, which opens into a room full of stretching tables, and then immediately connects with a Stretch Zone practitioner. Stretch Zone, a new healthy-living franchise on North Market Street, is part of a growing national chain that is bending the rules of how people stay fit and flexible.
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