"I have seen a noticeable gain in strength and a reduction in chiropractic visits for lower back pain. I feel that your approach of continually stretching between weight sets has decreased my chances for injury, as well as greatly reduced the next day muscle soreness. I have seen an improvement and reduction of pain since training and working out under your guidance."
Fil L. Fina III
PE Aztec Technologies, Inc.
Saratoga Springs, New York

"Patrick designed a workout program for me at my gym using machines and free weights. I also had a private session once a week with Patrick using an interactive system of stretching movements which he has created. Eighteen months ago, I took up competitive ballroom dance. Patrick redesigned my gym routine to build up my body for the dancing and stepped up the intensity of my stretching routine. In April, 1998, I competed in an international ballroom competition in Monte Carlo, by far the most difficult competition I had ever entered, where I won 1st place in my division. I am absolutely convinced that Patrick was a critical factor in my successful performance."
Margo Beck

"I have found that I am able to gain both in strength and flexibility. Although I have enjoyed and benefited from your stretching classes that I have occasionally attended, my schedule has for all practical purposes limited my stretching to our workout sessions as well as a (very) basic couple of minutes on some mornings. However, your strong emphasis and specific guidance on between-set muscle-specific stretches during my workouts has been a great benefit to me in at least four ways:

1. It has greatly increased my flexibility in general - I feel I can workout harder without that "musclebound" feeling;
2. It has significantly decreased my delayed-onset muscle soreness, that late-the-next day killer muscle ache;
3. It has functioned to make me more aware of my body, specifically what muscles are related to what movement - while this may not be a problem for everyone, I have suffered with chronic back pain for over twenty years due to my leg-length differential as well as suffering from a fractured back, so I've had lots of practice in ignoring what my body has tried to tell me. Since these were typically pain messages, I'd try to block them out. Now I'm starting to pay attention a bit more, and my body is saying more positive things;
4. My back pain has also been reduced as a result of our workouts."

Terrence Bohn
Director, Marshall-Leone Group
Saratoga Springs, New York

"I have been attending your stretch classes and individual stretch sessions with you for six months. The results I have achieved have surpassed my expectations. Not since college have I been able to touch my toes. Within the first month and a half I reached that goal. But overall, the benefits of your method of assisted stretching with a partner has enabled me to go beyond my self-imposed limits and literally reach beyond what I thought possible. The result for me has been the release of very old tension and with it old fears that were buried in the cell tissue. Through this method, I not only released tension from these powerful and intense stretches, but I also discovered an inner and outer experience of freedom and movement. After a session, I often felt like I just had a massage, but unlike a massage I was charged with new energy that was once blocked by the tension and tightness in my body."
Jane Leifer
Psychotherapist
Saratoga Springs, New York

"I am pleased to recommend Sensei Patrick Hussey, I have experienced his instruction as exhibiting a fine balance (as befits a Karate instructor) of support, encouragement, intensity, humor, seriousness, irreverence, spirituality, humility and dedication. His giving nature encourages openness, his high standards, and excellence. He seems genuinely interested in his students' growth as well as his own, which helps create the holistic experience of improving mind, body, and spirit that is the high goal of Karate."
Robert Davis,
CSW
Saratoga Springs, New York

"Thank you so much for offering stretch classes at the World Gym. Your teaching approach and your stretch technique has been a real motivator toward better health. We are folks that got into a slump and you have given us some keys to unlock our rigid physiques and get flexible! The music you have selected is uplifting yet relaxing, not the usual boomrap that's played for aerobics classes. I have recommended your class to several friends and let the gym directors know we think you're tops. John was gaining muscle but losing flexibility in his weight workouts until he took your class. Now he has built-in stretching and vastly improved his workouts and the way he feels. He's more flexible after about a dozen of your classes then he's ever been in the fifteen years that I've known him (John and I are married)."
Trish Miller & John Kirk
Greenfield Ctr., New York

"I took the liberty of writing to the owners of World Gym to share with them my enthusiasm for the stretch class you teach. In only a short period of time, and with consistent attendance, my strength and flexibility have improved beyond what I ever thought I could get this old body to do again. I find that the music, the tone and the pace of the class relax me - even when I'm working harder than I do in aerobics class. I have discovered that your stretch class is often a deeper and more lasting workout, and yet I frequently leave feeling more relaxed then when I walked in. I thank you for your demeanor and personal touch."
W. Pell Bird
Kennedy Graves, Trustee & Trust Administrator
Saratoga Springs, New York

"I am writing this letter in appreciation for the stretching classes you conduct at the World Gym. After attending your classes for two months, the pain in my shoulders and lower back had subsided considerably. When I began stretching with you, I had little, if any, flexibility. You assured me that if I was faithful and continued to attend your classes, my flexibility would increase. Your enthusiasm and interest have motivated me to continue stretching on my own. I feel that a successful class depends on the instructor. You certainly "make" the class. Because of your technique and dedication to the art of stretching, my quality of life has improved and I thank you."
Vincent J. Barbara