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Welcome to Fitness & Function
Exercise specialists for Mature-, Midlife-, Older Adults
and people with chronic medical conditions and illness
In-Home Personal Training, Virtual Personal Training,
Private Physical Therapy, and Health Coaching
At Fitness & Function LLC, we empower our clients by enhancing functional health and fitness, preventing and better managing and treating medical conditions and illness with exercise programs tailored to their unique wellness goal. We have helped many clients improve function, health, fitness, with better balance, stability, strength, stamina and live a vibrant independent life, thrive and/or extend functional independence.
When you're looking for wellness and fitness services customized to your unique needs, you've found the right place. Decades of experience working with older adults and people with medical conditions and illness has taught us that even at advanced age of 90+ years you can still begin an exercise program and be successful in improving strength, stamina, balance, and mobility.
Fitness & Function LLC is the 2019 recipient of the Best of Portland Award in the
Fitness & Recreational Sport Centers category.
The most important and powerful benefits of physical activity and exercise are the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. These chronic medical conditions and illness develop over a long time (months or years) however can often be improved with routinely performed physical activity and targeted exercise.
Our dedicated team is here to support you on your journey toward healthier lifestyle habits. We bridge the gap between older adults and evidence-based exercise programs led by qualified professionals. Our specialties include improving balance, mobility, falls and injury prevention, senior fitness, Cancer-, Alzheimer's Disease-, Parkinson's Disease-, Diabetes-, MS-, Autism Exercise Specializations and more through targeted exercise programs and coaching and guide our clients in their journey to healthier lifestyle habits.
In 2003 we created the business model that is based on
the old fashioned house call where the client is the primary focus.
Since then we added Virtual Personal Training, Private Physical Therapy and Health Coaching to our services to better meet the needs of our clients.
In-home service locations vary depending on the service range of our health fitness professionals. Reach out to us for more information and our availability in your area. We have been providing On Line exercise training and coaching since the Covid Epidemic and have continued this popular service for older adult clients living in more remote areas and seniors living outside the continental USA.
What makes us stand apart
Fitness & Function is a small business based in Portland Oregon in operation since 2003 . We proudly provide our services in the Portland Oregon area.
Active and Vibrant Aging
Aging is unpredictable, we all age at different speeds and our various body systems change at different speeds. Most older adults want to remain independent in their own home and live an active and vibrant lifestyle for as long as possible.
For aging successfully you need the physical ability to perform daily living tasks, be cognitively capable and have a level of reserve to withstand unexpected illness or injuries. Whether your goal is optimizing and maintaining a high level of fitness and health, active and vibrant aging, reducing your risk for developing chronic medical conditions and illness, better managing and treating existing medical conditions, weight loss, restoring physical function, delaying and slowing down the aging process, preserving brain health and the physical ability to function well in older years with necessary balance and mobility, falls prevention, preventing frailty then there is no need to look further?
Extending Your Independent Living Skills
The need for staying and extending independence is now more important than ever, there is already a shortage of care givers. Older adults are projected to outnumber children under 18 for the first time in U.S. history by the year 2034. Currently 1 out of every 5 children and teenagers and 40.3% of adults aged 20 and older are overweight and obese and 30% of children and teens have pre-diabetes of type 2 diabetes and will have their own set of medical conditions to deal with and physically will not be able to provide care or hold a physically demanding job.
Adaptive Exercise Training
Fitness & Function provides exercise solutions for youth with medical conditions such as autism, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and stroke. Parents rate exercise as the Number 1 treatment for autism.
Certified, Accredited and Licensed
As Accredited and Certified Fitness Professionals ACSM Exercise Physiologist, ACE Medical Exercise Specialist, ACSM/ACS Cancer Exercise Trainer, ACE Health Coach, ACE Personal Trainers, Brain Health Trainer, Balance and Mobility Specialists, and Licensed Physical Therapists, we provide health and fitness services for clients with a range of wellness goals and varying levels of fitness, abilities and health challenges, and with often multiple and complex chronic medical conditions.
In-home service locations varies depending on the service range of our health fitness professionals. Portland, Beaverton, Lake Oswego, Hillsboro,
Forrest Grove, Wilsonville, West Linn, Sherwood, Newberg. Sherwood and surrounding areas. Virtual Exercise Training available globally.
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