Assisted stretching is a hands-on, one-on-one service where a Certified Stretch Practitioner moves your body through ranges of motion you simply cannot access on your own.

You're fully clothed, lying on a padded stretch table, doing nothing but breathing and relaxing while your practitioner works methodically through your body's major muscle groups. Using a combination of passive holds and a technique called PNF, where a brief muscle contraction followed by a conscious release allows tissue to let go at a much deeper level, your practitioner progressively unlocks tightness that has built up over months or years of training, sitting, stress, and daily life.

Most clients feel a noticeable difference in how they move before the session is even over.

This is not yoga. It is not massage. It is not foam rolling with help. It is a dedicated, skilled, one-on-one service designed to produce real and lasting improvements in how your body moves and feels.

Assisted stretching produces results that passive stretching and self-care simply cannot replicate. Regular sessions with a Certified Stretch Practitioner deliver:

• Improved flexibility and range of motion that carries forward between sessions

• Relief from chronic muscle tightness and tension

• Reduced joint discomfort and stiffness

• Better posture and body awareness

• Faster recovery from training and physical activity

• A deep sense of relaxation and physical restoration

The effects are cumulative. The more consistently you come, the more your body holds onto the progress, and the further each session can take you.

The Active Adult Who Trains Consistently

You lift, run, cycle, swim, play - and no matter how consistent you are, tightness accumulates. Hips that never fully open. A low back that won't quiet down. Shoulders that lost range somewhere along the way. Assisted stretching was designed specifically for this. It works in synergy with your active lifestyle to release what builds up between sessions, keep you performing at your best, and help you stay in the game longer without the wear and tear that slows most people down.

The Desk Worker Who Carries It in Their Body

Hours in a chair rewire your posture over time. Hip flexors shorten. The thoracic spine stiffens. Neck and shoulders absorb a load they were never designed to hold day after day. You've probably felt it — that tightness that doesn't respond no matter how much you stretch on your own. A Certified Stretch Practitioner can access tissue and range of motion that self-stretching never reaches. Clients in this category often describe their sessions as the most productive hour they spend on their body all week.

The Person Playing the Long Game

Mobility doesn't maintain itself. For clients focused on staying active, independent, and feeling good in their body as the years add up, assisted stretching is one of the most effective investments you can make. Sessions are progressive, entirely individualized, and built around how your body actually moves. Many clients in their 50s, 60s, and beyond tell us this service changed what they thought was possible for how they feel day to day.

Every session begins with a brief conversation. Your practitioner will ask about your goals, your history, and where you feel most restricted. From there, each session is built around what your body actually needs that day, not a generic routine.

Sessions are available in 25 or 50 minutes and take place by appointment.

25-Minute Session
Targeted and focused. Ideal for specific problem areas — hips, hamstrings, low back, shoulders — or as an add-on following a training session.

50-Minute Session
The full experience. A complete head-to-toe session with time for assessment, full-body work, and focused attention on your specific goals and restrictions. This is where most clients start.

The honest answer depends on your body, your goals, and where you're starting from. But here's what we see consistently:

Twice a month is available for clients who want the benefits of assisted stretching at a lower frequency. You'll feel real improvement over time and it's a meaningful commitment to how your body feels and moves.

Four times a month is where most clients begin, and where most of them stay. Weekly stretches give your body consistency which means the flexibility and mobility progression compounds. Chronic tightness that has built up over years starts to genuinely release rather than temporarily ease. After a few weeks at this frequency, most clients can feel the difference in everything — how they train, how they sit, how they wake up in the morning." If you sit at a desk most of the day or are over 40, a weekly session will be one of the most important things you do for your body and quality of life.

Eight times a month is for the client who is serious about change on a faster timeline. Two sessions per week accelerates progress significantly — ideal if you're working through a specific limitation, recovering range of motion you've lost over time, training at a high level and treating recovery as a non-negotiable part of the program, or simply want to feel the best your body has felt in years as quickly as possible.

Not sure where to start? Start with your complimentary mini session and we'll have a real conversation about what your body needs and what frequency makes sense for where you are right now. No pressure — just an honest recommendation.

There's no wrong place to begin. The best session is the one you book.

Sun House Stretch is available as a monthly membership or punch card — whichever fits the way you live.

Monthly Memberships
Recurring sessions billed automatically every four weeks. Pause or cancel anytime with 30 days notice. No long-term contracts.

Punch Cards
Prefer flexibility? Punch cards never expire and can be used for 25- or 50-minute sessions in any combination.

Contact us for current pricing or visit the front desk. Sun House Fitness members receive exclusive pricing on all stretch services.

Already a Sun House Fitness member — or curious about becoming one?
Ask us about our Strength & Stretch programs that bring fitness and flexibility together into a single all-inclusive package.

Every Sun House Stretch session is delivered by a Certified Stretch Practitioner — a trained professional with both a fitness certification and specialized certification in assisted stretch technique. You're in skilled hands from the moment you get on the table.