Welcome to StretchLab Spartanburg

As the Lead Flexologist® and an ACE Certified Personal Trainer Matessa understands that your fitness and mobility needs are unique to you and your experiences. With her exceptional knowledge of body mechanics combined with a sincere desire to know your story she will guide and encourage you through a stretching program that specifically promotes your personal mobility goals. Whether you are an active athlete or have sustained an injury, Matessa understands that increasing your mobility is the key to unlocking your confidence in movement throughout all aspects of your life. Prior to StretchLab, Matessa ran her own personal weight training business in Washington State. In 2022 she, along with her husband and three daughters, chose to move across the country for a fresh start in South Carolina. Matessa enjoys spending quality time with her family, working on her own personal fitness and health goals and tending to her many indoor plants.

Jackie was born and raised in Ohio and moved to South Carolina with her family in 2019. She started working at StretchLab at the front desk and after seeing firsthand how much one-on-one assisted stretching benefits people’s health and well-being, she decided to further her fitness career and become a Flexologist. Jackie is a certified personal trainer and is passionate about health. She believes that to be healthy, you need to have both mental and physical wellness. And physical health is directly affected by a person’s mobility and flexibility. Therefore, she sees StretchLab as the foundation to overall health and she wants to help improve people’s lives by getting them moving easier and started down their own wellness path. Jackie is a single mom of two children and a dog. In her free time, she loves going to the gym, reading, and crocheting. Jackie is excited to meet you and help you on your wellness journey at StretchLab!!

Amber joined the US Army in 2015. After sustaining minor injuries during her time in service, she learned first-hand the importance of health, fitness, and taking care of the body overall and she began to make health and fitness a daily part of her lifestyle. In 2018 Amber became certified in Yoga Sculpt (HiiT), and then got her 200-hr certification as a Yoga teacher in 2020. She fell in love with applying those aspects to everyday life and educating people on the importance of movement by teaching a combination of power Yoga, Yin Yoga and HiiT classes. Continuing her education, Amber is certified in trauma informed Yoga and graduated from 300-hour Yoga teacher training in the summer of 2023, in hopes of perfecting her craft as a private instructor and sharing more information with her students. She loves hiking, being outdoors, live music, and poetry. She is so excited to be a part of the StretchLab team in Spartanburg.

Key was raised in York, SC and moved to Spartanburg while getting her BS in Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina Upstate. She fell in love with the area and decided to make it home! Key played a wide variety of sports growing up and she was always focused on being physically active. Her love for stretching started when she was a Color Guard in High School, where they stressed the importance of ensuring your body moved easily to both help performance and prevent injury. Key also has a background in the healthcare industry where her compassionate and caring personality served her well. She truly enjoys sharing health, fitness, and wellness of the body with others. Key’s love and passion for stretching and for helping people continues and she’s excited to work in this modality to share her knowledge with you at StretchLab Spartanburg!!

Emmanuel was born in Ohio but raised in Spartanburg. He was in high school when he developed his love for fitness and health through the sports he played. His dad taught him how to take care of his body and build it up to develop enhanced performance and to prevent injury. Through these experiences, Emmanuel made the decision to pursue a career in the medical/health field. He went to Lander University where he played collegiate baseball and earned a BS in Exercise Science. And the next step of his educational process is to become a Physical Therapist Assistant. Emmanuel’s hobbies are traveling and weight training. He can also still be found regularly playing various sports. Emmanuel has an innate passion for helping and serving others and is excited to share what he has learned with you on your flexibility journey at StretchLab!!