Meet the Creator 👋

Heya! I’m Shalyn, the creator of Ustretch.

A little backstory…

A few years back I owned a gym and coached calisthenics, which meant I spent a lot of time helping people improve their strength, flexibility and mobility.

What I quickly discovered was that people loved deep stretching… right up until they had to do them on their own at home. 😂

We used to muck around with resistance bands, and while they work great to a point, they can be awkward to set up and only provide so much tension before you’re risking a slap in the face from a potential snap!

Partner stretches work great, but unless you had a willing participant hanging around ready to help out at random times, they weren’t exactly practical.

So I thought, there has to be a better way.

Enter: Ustretch.

The first prototype was created around 2018, but not long after, life threw a bit of a spanner in the works. Priorities shifted, plans changed, and Ustretch ended up in the “I’ll get back to that one day” pile.

Thankfully, that “one day” eventually came.

In 2023, I finally got serious about the design and teamed up with the legends at @paraform.id to help turn my rough concept into a real product. Fast forward through countless prototypes, testing, redesigns, coffee-fuelled brainstorming sessions, and occasional existential crises about buckles and straps… and we’re now just 2 weeks away from launch!

Over the last few months, we’ve had Ustretch in the hands of real people and allied health professionals. The feedback has been amazing and, honestly, a huge relief because hearing “this is awesome” feels much better than hearing “what exactly is this thing?” 😅

Seeing an idea that started in a gym eight years ago become a real product has been pretty surreal.

We can’t wait for you to try it and hopefully make touching your toes a little less traumatic.

💚 Shal