![]() ![]() Massage Envy, for example, uses something it calls the “Streto Method” that it says relaxes the mind and body. Highway 17-92 in Winter Park.Įach business offers a technique, usually patented, that it claims is superior. It plans to open soon at Lee Road and U.S. Stretch Zone, thought to be the largest stretch chain in the country, has expanded quickly in Central Florida since it opened its first studio here in Windermere in November 2016.įounded in 2004 in South Florida, it now has shops in Lake Mary and Oviedo. The businesses advertise their services for everyone - a chain called Stretch Zone boasts musician Lenny Kravitz, actor George Hamilton, NBA player Dwyane Wade and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown as clients - but most of The Stretching Room’s clients are in their mid-50s to mid-70s, Nubaryan said. On a recent visit, Nubaryan also sat above Weisner on a stool and kneaded his right hip and chest with her feet. Weisner goes to The Stretching Room in College Park, a nearly 3-year-old business true to its name.Ĭlients lie on padding on the floor in the one-room studio as practitioners Elina Nubaryan and Greg Liessner gently, but firmly, pull and push their limbs this way and that while the clients resist. Most promise a more active lifestyle, better health and posture and a more youthful feeling. “What’s nice about this is immediately after you get stretched like this, you feel a lot stronger - because you are.”Īssisted-stretch studios have been popping up nationwide for a couple of years, including in Central Florida. “I was so angry at not having a normal life again,” said Weisner, a retired software developer who lives in Belle Isle and still rides his bike. Two bicycle crashes put Kent Weisner, 75, in the hands of orthopedic surgeons and physical therapists, but he remained stiff and in pain.Īn active person who wasn’t ready to accept limitations on his skiing, bicycle riding or walking, Weisner found his way to assisted stretching - an old concept with a new business twist - and he says he hasn’t felt this good in a long time. ![]()
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