Welcome to Stretch Zone

Athens

Unlock your body’s flexibility with Stretch Zone.

When you need stretches for sciatica in Athens and visit Stretch Zone, our trained stretch practitioners lead you through a series of dynamic stretches to increase mobility and muscle function and make daily movements more efficient. We offer a welcoming environment, knowledgeable staff and comfortable equipment, since our practitioners do all of the work for you, simply relax and enjoy the benefits of our lower back stretches in Athens!

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    2095 S. Milledge Avenue, Suite B7, Athens, GA 30605

    We are located off of South Milledge Avenue in the Milledge Plaza, next to CBD+ and Gameday Grooming.

    Hours of Operation

    Monday-Friday
    8am-7pm
    Saturday
    8am-2pm
    Sunday
    Closed

    The Stretch Zone Method® addresses flexibility from a neurological perspective. This is achieved by dealing with the muscle’s nervous tension (“tonus”) to reach an optimal active range of motion. The goal is not to make a person more “flexible” or “elastic,” but rather enable you to move more functionally by re-establishing a more ideal resting muscle tone. By re-educating the associated nerve-muscle reflex, the Stretch Zone Method® leads to movement becoming easier and more efficient.

    Rather than creating soreness by pulling on our limbs to extremes, the Stretch Zone Method® works through the nervous system to achieve lasting gains in flexibility and range of motion. The method rests on the notion that changing and re-educating our muscle’s nervous energy is a major factor in unleashing our body’s intended function. This nervous energy, known as the stretch reflex, is our body’s automatic defense against the dangers of over-stretching. Any movement that goes too fast or too far, or is held for too long, will cause your body to resist with the stretch reflex. Once the reflex is activated, your body has effectively said “no more” and resists the stretch. Any further attempt at stretching becomes counter productive and may even cause long term damage.

    Micah Hartsock

    General Manager

    Micah T. Hartsock began his career in the health and fitness industry as a trainer at the age of 18. In his 17 collective years in the industry, he has gone on to specialize in corrective exercise, post injury physical rehabilitation, injury prevention aka "prehab", as well as specialized focus on athletic strength and conditioning. During his career, Micah was twice awarded the title of "San Antonio's Best Trainer" in 2009 and 2011 by The San Antonio Current magazine. This recognition led to his ability to frequently work with professional athletes and high profile clients local to the area. Micah has also enjoyed success as a national powerlifting champion along with awards and recognition in wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and has competed in a series of amateur mixed martial arts bouts in his early 20's. Micah started his career with Stretch Zone after returning from Texas to his native state of Georgia. Micah is passionate about his work in helping people and athletes reach their full mobility potential and lead pain free lives. He believes that proper flexibility, mobility and muscle proportion are key not only in the lives of competitive and active athletes, but also in the lives of everyday people.

    Dylan Smith

    Assistant General Manager

    Andrea Longfellow

    Owner

    Andrea spent over 14 years in the health and fitness industry in various sales and leadership roles at a time when the industry was rapidly evolving with new technology, products, services and brands. While she left the industry in 2011 to further her sales career, she never lost her passion for wellness, health and fitness. She learned about Stretch Zone while training to compete for her first amateur bodybuilding competition to celebrate her 50th birthday. One stretching session in, and she was sold on the benefits as a client. A month of stretching and she was ready to buy her first franchise location.