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 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 Ustretch officially launched in August 2026.

Over the months leading up to launch, we had Ustretch in the hands of real people and allied health professionals. The feedback was 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 and now seeing people actually use it, has been pretty surreal.

We hope Ustretch makes working on your flexibility and mobility a little easier… and touching your toes a little less traumatic.

💚 Shal