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Tom Longo is the West Coast Director for the Meridian Flexibility System, a certified Resistance Stretching Instructor, and co-founder of StretchWorks. He teaches Resistance Stretching classes and workshops and he works with individual private clients, for whom he creates custom Resistance Stretching programs and provides counseling on diet and cross training. He works with general audiences, serious athletes and professional performers.

Tom was flexibility trainer to Dara Torres both before and during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, where Dara won two Gold and three Bronze medals for swimming. He provided Resistance Stretching, injury prevention and correction, as well as nutritional counseling to Dara.

Tom’s clients come in many forms. Often people come wanting to get back in shape and start working out, but realize they need a foundation of flexibility before beginning. Some come to relieve pain or recover from injuries in their lower backs, hips, knees or shoulders. Busy executives come for stress relief and mental clarity. Athletes come in all ages and sports, from young competitive ice skaters or soccer players, to older golfers looking to improve their game. Professional ballroom dancers and dressage riders come to improve their form and control. Professional tri-athletes, baseball and basketball players come to increase performance and stamina. And some people come simply to feel younger, more limber and flexible.

From 1992 to 1999, Tom trained and taught at The Meridian Stretching Center in Boston. He works closely with Bob Cooley, developer of Resistance Stretching, to continually develop and refine the system.

Tom takes the mystery out of stretching, using his innate understanding of how to create leverage in stretches coupled with strong communication skills. His education includes structural kinesiology, motor learning, anatomy, physiology and nutrition. His knowledge encompasses extensive study of the human structure, flexibility and strength training, and personality theory. His credentials include a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and many years of management consulting experience. Uniting these with his own creative passion for health and well being, he helps others recapture their innate flexibility and strength as well as physical and emotional excellence.

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