Eric N.
You must understand with these…
You must understand with these franchises even an expert (like a licensed PT, ATC or DC) began the business its tough to be profitable paying experts in individual stores. This pertains to all business. They have to prioritize processes and profit above excellence. I have been a GM in high end retail commission sales and I turned down a district manager role in a major city with the Stretch zone in 2025 due to my personal review of their studios, reviews, and largely underqualified staff (many were just 20 year old current college students). Heck at that rate why dont you hire my daughter whose in a kinesiology college program currently. As a graduate trained clinical exercise physiologist I would have felt a huge conflict of professional interest to treat the job mostly as branding, marketing, and sales above skill and precision to improve health. And then having top down sales oppression from above will ruin most peoples health. Obviously these clients need to hire a private PT, ATC, DC to get professional exam and treatment. Perhaps some personal trainers with excellent musculoskeletal exam and treatment background can be top quality stretching therapists but outsourcing it to franchises looks desperate. Whats next exercise science graduates or current students being allowed to prescribe peptides, LOL But owners are desperate want a business for themselves. They may want to require all owners are licensed physical medicine providers and never allow business people to just keep owning business.