Assisted Stretching and Flexibility for the Athlete in You
Whole Body Health ~Longevity Training
Flexibility • Performance • Recovery
Assisted Stretching for Athletes and High Performers:
Looking to get the edge, have your body working at its peak, gain flexibility, recover faster, access all of your potential? Then working with Susan Bianchi is your next step. She has been an innovator, educator and pioneer in Assisted Resistance Stretching for 20 years, working with players and coaches in MLB, NFL, WTA, NBA, WNBA, NCAA D1.
You demand a lot from your body and having it fire on all cylinders is essential. Assisted Resistance Stretching is unparalleled in optimizing recovery, providing injury protection while maximizing your potential. It is who we are and what we do!
Set yourself apart. Be that step ahead.
How flexible are you?
by definition: Adaptable to change, To bend without breaking, Withstand stress
Resilience • Mobility • well being
Aging is not decline
It's what we do with the time.
Most of what we've been told about getting older isn't biology. It's a script and a lot of us are quietly done with it.
In twenty years of this work, we've helped people regain movements their surgeons said they wouldn't achieve. We've worked with athletes in their 60s and 70s rebuilding range and movement they'd written off years ago. We've sat with people who arrived believing their bodies had simply given up and watched them leave moving lighter, easier, more themselves.
Resistance stretching isn't a clever trick to roll back time. It's a way of returning the body to what it already knows how to do, by clearing the compensations and patterns that built up while no one was looking. We speak two languages while we work: the anatomical one, for the part of you that wants to understand the mechanics, and the meridian and energetic one, for the part of you that's been quietly sensing there's more going on.
You don't need someone to fix you. You need a partner who believes more is possible for you and has the experience to help you find it.
This time like no other demands us to be flexible and resilient
“I’ve been privileged to work with professional athletes and high performers for the last 20 years. I have also worked with those with chronic injuries, illnesses, deconditioned and frustrated, who have lost trust and faith in their body.”
Regardless of where you are on the spectrum, we develop an individualized approach to help you thrive.
Susan Bianchi, MS coach, innovator, speaker, author, educator
Susan has been a pioneer and leading educator of Resistance Stretching for nearly 20 years
OUR Intrinsic Athletes
Jordon O
22 yr old, collegiate D1 High Jumper, multiple year Patriot League Champion, addressed high school injury while optimizing and fine tuning the body for peak performance throughout the season.
"The knowledge is unparalleled! Susan is amazing! She mashed and stretched my body and gave me amazing add-ons to my strength training for my next marathon cycle!!! I’ve been an athlete my entire life and after today I feel I learned so much about the mind-body connection! Five stars all around!!!"
Lucia Patrone
David D
65yr old business owner, active adult, weekly sessions to keep his body flexible, moving well, thriving. A valued part of his personal wellness plan to keep feeling great, pro-active whole body care to prevent injury or limitations.
"Working with Susan added a whole other dynamic to my training regime that I had never even thought about before meeting her. It filled the void in my normal muscle training and really connected everything, giving me better strength and stability in everything I did. As well as taking away a lot of the aches that came with playing football in the NFL."
Alan Faneca -NFL Hall of Fame Inductee
Sue S
54 yr old lawyer, power lifting athlete rediscovering her own physical potential, address imbalances caused from work life, enabling her to be her best in her athlete life
"Resistance stretching with Susan is a life changing experience which can help with any isolated joint issue or injury but can also be a foundational health process as it has been for me for more than 10 years. She is a true partner in physical and spiritual health!"
Janet Jackson, Esq.
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