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My wife and I would like to share our story with other seniors considering improving and maintaining their mobility. We both have issues mainly caused from aging and the effects of arthritis. We found that we were missing out on many of the activities that we love to do such as gardening, fishing, and exploring the many communities and events in the Ottawa Valley. After receiving encouragement from our family we reached out to Pat Fleming for help. We discussed our goals with Pat, and he assigned Lynn as our personal trainer. Lynn comes to our house where she initially assessed our individual needs and then developed a program tailored for each of us. Having a professional working alongside us for the past five months has meant that our program has evolved as we regained increasing mobility. We truly believe that choosing Fleming Fitness to work with us has been the best investment for our health.

I've been dealing with a chronic back issue and Fleming Fitness was recommended to me by my physiotherapist. I chatted with Patrick Fleming and I was impressed with his friendly, no-pressure approach. I've now had 4 sessions with Christian Lapierre and I'm encouraged with the progress I have made. Through Christian's coaching I've become aware of the optimum postures for each exercise and I am motivated to keep working on my strength training. This pro-active decision on my part to go to Fleming Fitness has given me hope and encouragement. I highly recommend Fleming Fitness and the difference that individual training can do for anyone.

I had a functional abilities assessment because of a car accident. EVERY single staff member was super great and very accommodating. I was very much at ease for this assessment, from the first interaction with the secretary, to Patrick speaking to me with compassion and understanding, and then with Adrian who performed my assessment. I would highly recommend them to anyone, and if you guys were closer to me I would love to have treatment there regularly, unfortunately with my injuries that would not be possible for me. Thank you so much for everything as well making the process of this assessment so easy and not stressful. You guys are amazing! Adrian thank you so much for all you did during the assessment, you were so understanding, patient, caring and amazing with me.

I was referred to Fleming Fitness for my back injury and I was assigned to Catherine Belanger. Her dedication to my well-being and helping me has been nothing short of amazing! Her knowledge, professionalism and enthusiasm is contagious and I am so happy with my current day status. This is my first experience with a personal trainer and I highly recommend Catherine!

I have been getting help from Fleming Fitness in recovering from a concussion. Alyssa Kadowaki is patient, innovative , motivating and easy to work with. She explains every exercise clearly and intuitively adjusts the program depending on how I'm doing that day. The owner is involved in your care...you feel as if you are in good hands.

I've been working with a Kinesiologist (Anna Tarchala) from Fleming Fitness for a little over a month, in part to recover from shoulder reconstruction surgeries (2) and for a chronic lower back condition. Apart from working with physio and massage therapists for decades, I've never worked with a professional as part of a rehab/fitness program. Make no mistake...this is hard work! That being said, what I first thought was just random exercises, is actually part of a custom designed series of progressive exercises - and I am starting to feel and see results. My wife and I are quite pleased with Anna. She takes the time to explain the what's and the why's and to make sure our technique is correct, and that we are working the intended muscles. Again, the hour long sessions are tough, and in my head I've fired Anna several times! But at 58 years old, I can see how important strength and flexibility are if I want to stay healthy and active.