Now Directors of the Stretch to Win Center in Tempe, AZ, both of us, Ann and Chris Frederick, used to be part of a quiet, disciplined group years ago that did a “strange” workout – at the time, mainstream America knew nothing about it. We were professional dancers, so like most, we did Pilates. Pretty much, no one but us dancers knew about it.

Today, Pilates is a billion dollar industry and a name whose original meaning has perhaps been lost, as lots of different schools with different takes on ‘The Method’, as Pilates was originally called, evolved to train and certify instructors. The public doesn’t know the difference and thinks if they go to a private session or group class called Pilates, then that’s what it is and they expect the results that they may have heard or read about.

In this video, our Pilates instructor, Crystal Bartos, explains a little about what makes her Pilates class different, unique and better than what is commonly offered in generic Pilates sessions and classes. Crystal custom designs the session for YOUR individual body and mind and goals. 

Examples of this are:

• Young athletes/dancers/students: increased core strength & flexibility eliminates ‘growing’ pains and reduces injuries.
• Pregnancy: improves strength and flexibility for an easier pregnancy, birth and post-partum recovery.
• Professional athletes: fine tunes core strength, balance & coordination way different than your coach.
• Middle age: slows down aging of joints & muscles by maintaining space & alignment, avoiding compression & staying tall.
• Elderly: gently, safely & effectively helps osteopenia & osteoporosis; Crystal has advanced training and certification to help this population.

In the video below, Chris Frederick interviews Crystal to help you be informed about what makes Pilates different at the Stretch to Win Center in Tempe (Phoenix), Arizona.

By Chris Frederick, PT, KMI Certified in Structural Integration

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Question:  Fascial Stretch Therapy is stretching.  Yoga is stretching.  So aren’t they the same thing?

Answer From the Stretch To Win Center: 

We often get asked by people who know about Yoga, what’s the difference between that and Fascial Stretch Therapy since they both involved stretching, so let’s set the record straight. 

Fascial Stretch Therapy (FST) is an assisted manual stretch therapy technique that “The Stretch Lady” Ann Frederick created in 1995, that was further developed together with Chris Frederick, PT into a unique system performed with a client comfortably secured to a table. FST focuses on elongating, re-aligning and balancing the connective tissues of the body. The rapid and pain-free results occur within one session and not only improves flexibility but also strength, balance, coordination, body awareness and posture.

It is a fact that when you try to stretch yourself, you will never be able to relax enough or target specific areas optimally enough compared to a Certified Fascial Stretch Therapist working with you.  

Instead of having a person try to treat themselves by taking yoga, FST is performed by certified therapists working on clients and patients to help them achieve their specific fitness or medical goals of reducing pain and increasing mobility after a thorough evaluation.

The client is given a specific progressive home stretch program that focuses on the fascia to maintain the positive changes and benefits gained from an FST session with a stretch therapist.

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