Stretch Studio Near Me in SoMa: Psoas Dynamic Assisted Stretching on Third Street

Psoas Massage + Bodywork works out of Suite 205 at 333 3rd Street, San Francisco, on the corner of Third and Folsom in SoMa, and it has been treating athletes and people in pain since 2003. Its Dynamic Assisted Stretching session is the reason it belongs on a stretch studio near me list: a clothed, one-on-one stretch built on PNF technique. New clients get $20 off the first session, and the clinic opens as early as 7:30am on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Jenny Lightstone opened Psoas with a group of co-founders in 2003. Her own path into bodywork started as a young gymnast and state-level diver who got massage for injuries, and continued through surfing, cycling and distance running; in 2000 she decided to become a therapist herself because she could not find every technique she wanted under one roof. She is now Founder Emeritus and, according to the clinic's site, spends her free time surfing in Bolinas.

Chris and Lynn Luo, who also co-own San Francisco GYROTONIC, now run the clinic. Google lists it as women-owned and LGBTQ+ friendly, and in October 2026 it carried 4.8 stars from 84 reviews, with the owners replying to reviews posted two months earlier and a hiring notice from June 2026.

The clinic's FAQ sets a high bar for staff: more than 700 hours of education, a city massage license and at least 500 hours of client experience. That matters for stretching, because the person moving your leg past its comfortable range here is a licensed bodyworker rather than a newly trained franchise stretcher.

Psoas describes the sessions as customized one-on-one stretching aimed at improving range of motion and quality of movement while assessing your current patterns of tension. You stay fully clothed. Therapists combine proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, the contract-relax method also known as PNF, with static holds, myofascial release, compression and pin-and-stretch massage.

Sessions can add kinesiology taping, which the clinic says helps hold the new range of motion, activate muscles that are underfiring and prevent fatigue from overuse. Expect homework: Psoas keeps a client-only stretching guide on its website, with instructions such as stabilizing one shoulder on a chair for a lateral neck stretch, and it says it is meant only for people who have been shown the moves by a therapist.

The clinic positions these sessions as especially useful before and after athletic events, and its new-client page lists the kind of people it treats in one breathless line: marathoners, swimmers, dancers, climbers, cyclists, paddlers, birthing parents, typists and gardeners.

The reviews skew toward people with a specific problem. Bianca Curutan, a Google Local Guide, writes that a session with Stella was the first focused sports massage of a life spent on spa and Thai massage, and that it felt very different. Tracy Jacobson booked 90 minutes with Robyn to work on three old injuries and says Robyn worked on all three while still covering the full body, checking in often about pressure.

Another Local Guide, Yusi, says a spouse who gets massages all over the world called Psoas the best ever, then adds a caveat with a grin: recommended, if you are okay with the price. That is the honest summary. Psoas is a clinical practice priced like one, and it does not publish a rate card on its website; the intake specialist quotes rates on the call.

There is no instant online booking for first-timers. New clients schedule a short phone call with an intake specialist, who matches them with a therapist based on goals and history; a written intake survey is the alternative for anyone who would rather skip the call. Available times are posted weekly on the site, and the clinic says they go quickly.

Ways to bring the cost down are all listed on the specials page. First sessions are $20 off. Prepaid five-session packages save 10 percent and work with most therapists and session lengths, every referral earns a 20 percent bonus, and a same-day discount list texts reduced-rate openings. Discounts cannot be stacked with packages.

The website lists hours as Monday 9:30am to 2:30pm, Tuesday and Thursday 7:30am to 8:45pm, Wednesday 9am to 7pm, Friday 7:30am to 8pm and Saturday 8am to 7:45pm, closed Sunday. A practical note from Google reviewers: the restrooms are outside the suite, down the hall.

Drivers use the garage on St. Francis Place, and Psoas validates two hours of parking free of charge. From the garage, use the door set into the wall between levels P2 and P3; it looks locked but opens with a push. Turn right inside, pass the elevators, and the suite is on the right.

On foot, the main entrance is by the fountain at the corner of Third and Folsom. Walk up to the first landing and enter by the leasing office doors; Suite 205 is the second door on the right. For wheelchair access, a ramp to the left of the fountain leads to an elevator that rises one floor. Muni's Central Subway stops at Yerba Buena/Moscone station on Fourth Street, about a block away.

If you want a quick 25-minute stretch with no intake call, StretchLab's SOMA studio on Brannan Street is about a 15-minute walk south. It is a different product, with a 3D scan and a monthly membership, but it books online.

After a session at Psoas, walk a block north to Yerba Buena Gardens, where the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial waterfall and the lawns above the Moscone Center make a calm place to let your muscles settle, and SFMOMA sits just across Third Street. Ask Karpo in the Karpo APP for a light lunch nearby, and the stretch session becomes an easy SoMa afternoon.