ProStretch StretchRite, Physical Therapy Stretching Strap with Grip Handles for Sore and Tight Muscles, Includes Coaching Guide, Blue/White

I’m currently going through physical therapy for frozen shoulder (both shoulders). My instructor had me using a towel for this stretch… I bought this instead and it works so well! It’s light weight, smooth (so it glides down my back easily) and my fingers fit through the slits giving me the perfect hold. This is light weight and fits easily into my back pack. I take it to work daily to get my PT stretches in.

I first used this product at physical therapy after tearing a few ligaments in my ankle - and I love it. I'm a runner with terrible flexibility and after 3 months of PT and using this product both at therapy and at home I can touch my toes for the first time since I was a small child. The simple genius of this strap is the "beads" that run along the ends. To get a really good stretch - the kind that hurts a little and will actually increase your range of motion - requires quite a bit of force. In the past I've used yoga style stretching straps and a rope product that I thought were fine, but I didn't realize how poor they were until I used this product. The beads on this strap not only allow you to get a really good grip on the rope that won't slide as you pull into the stretch but they also are a great way to measure your progress (e.g. yesterday I was on the second bead for my hamstring stretch today I'm going to see if I can do it using the third bead).I have to say if I hadn't first used this product at PT I don't think I would have paid this much for a stretching product but since I had used it first and knew what a great product it is I had no reservations about the price. The product is incredibly study and well made. At PT these straps are used all day long and seem no worse for the wear.

I'm getting up there in years, actually past retirement. But I still do hard physical work. I pay for it if I don't prepare. I pay for it if I don't stretch. Sure, "motion is the lotion," but one has to grease the machine. I have a collection of these devices. I keep them in my luggage, my place of work and at home. They have been a true life saver for me and keep me in the game of life. Simple and easy!

Would buy again

See headline. I would buy again for other family members.

I took it out of the package and right away I figured out that this was a waste for me. If you can touch your toes with your fingers while bending over your don't need this device.In my case I can place my whole hands on the floor while bending over at the waist. I also use my hand to swing the leg to the side while grabbing the leg form the heel while standing or lying down on the floor. I don't see how I this device could be useful to me.I gave it a 1 star because there is no choice for zero stars.

The place that I go for Physical Therapy uses this strap. I love it because of the plastic pieces. I can easily hold onto them. They don't cut into my hand like other straps do. I also like the fact that there are the looped ends of strapping - because some of my therapy includes putting much of the strap through one of the ends to make a different loop, and then sliding that loop over my leg and then tightening it so I can pull my ankle back while lying on my back on my bed with my leg dangling over the side. Someone who knew the needs of physical therapy certainly was involved with how this was made! Also, at PT, multiple people use these every day - so they obviously are made well enough to last a long time.

Love the Medi-Dyne StretchRite stretching apparatus. During a recent rehabilitation stint where I had to work on stretching out my hip and hamstring, my Physical Therapist handed me one of these to use during therapy. I loved it so much that I bought one for myself to use at home. Now that I have it at home, my whole family uses it to stretch with each day. Of course I could have just used a towel, or a piece of rope with some knots tied in it, but for the money, the plastic handles are both ergonomically comfortable and useful in gaining advances in my flexibility. Definitely worth the money, and don't even think of any other product out there.