BOUTIQUE PILATES & MELT METHOD STUDIO · UNION, NJ
Move Better. Feel Better.
Keep doing what you love.
Jo-Lates is a boutique Pilates and MELT Method studio in Union, NJ. Whether you’re recovering after surgery or cancer treatment, managing discomfort, or staying active in the sports you love, JoAnn helps you understand your body and practical ways to care for it.
(908) 337-1485 427 Chestnut St, Suite 202, Union, NJ 07083
WE SPECIALIZE IN
Chronic Pain & Discomfort
Personalized movement support to help you move more comfortably, day to day.
Rehabilitation & Recovery
Progressive movement to rebuild strength and mobility after surgery or injury, at your pace.
Cancer Exercise Support
Movement that adapts to your abilities and changing needs, during or after treatment.
Sport & Active Living
Mobility, strength and body awareness for the sports and activities you love.
Where healing
becomes movement.
JoAnn DiFranzo has spent her career working alongside people that traditional medicine couldn't fully help — those living with chronic pain, navigating post-surgery recovery, and facing life-changing diagnoses. Her approach is personal, patient, and designed around the needs of your body.
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WHAT WE OFFER
Movement & Self-Care
modalities.
SPECIALTY
Guided movement for injury, surgery, and cancer recovery, at a pace that fits you.
WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE JO-LATES
Every session, personalized
for you.
Fully Personalized
JoAnn works with you — your body, your history, your pace. Every session meets you exactly where you are today.
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Everyone is Welcome
Every age, every background, every stage of life. Whatever brought you here, there's a place for you.
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Recovery Specialist
Movement for those navigating cancer recovery, post-surgery rehabilitation, and chronic pain — bringing possibility back into the body.
CLIENT RESULTS
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Because of the work we've done together, I walk into HIIT classes, circuit training, and other gym workouts with so much more confidence. I trust my body now. I move better, feel stronger, and I'm able to do things I wouldn't have dreamed of years ago. JoAnn has celebrated every milestone with me, picked me up when I was frustrated, and always believed in me - even when I didn't believe in myself.
- Sara D
About Jo-Lates
Fitness Studio
Jo-Lates Fitness Studio is a boutique movement and MELT Method studio in Union, NJ — founded and led by JoAnn DiFranzo.
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JoAnn works with clients navigating chronic pain, recovery after surgery, cancer treatment and the kind of physical challenges that don't always have easy answers.
Her approach blends Pilates, the MELT Method and personalized training into sessions designed entirely around you — your body, your history, your goals.
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Jo-Lates is a place where you are seen, heard, and met exactly where you are — whether you're rebuilding after surgery, managing long-term pain, or simply ready to move better and feel stronger.
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Clients range from their 20s to their 90s. What they share is a desire to feel good in their bodies again — and the trust that JoAnn will help them get there.