You finished PT. You still don't feel like yourself.
For active adults with chronic pain who are stuck between where physical therapy ends and where traditional fitness begins — Healing Meets Hustle bridges that gap through small-group recovery classes built around real bodies and real life. Private coaching also available.
Healing Meets Hustle exists for exactly this. Through small-group classes of 4-8 people, I combine strength training, mobility, corrective exercise, and habit coaching into one plan — so you can stop living around your pain and start trusting your body again, alongside others walking the same path.
What changes
What it looks like
to stop living
around your pain.
The goal isn't to get back to who you were before. It's to build a body and a life you actually trust — one that lets you do the things that matter without fear running the show.
Right now
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You say no to hikes, travel, and playing with your kids because you're afraid of making things worse.
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After working together,
you show up to the things you love — not bracing for it, not paying for it later. Just living.
Right now
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Exercise feels like a gamble. You never know if today is the day you're going to flare something up.
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After working together,
you move with confidence. You understand your body well enough to push, back off, and come back — on your own.
Right now
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You keep starting over. Every new approach feels like it was built for someone else's body.
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After working together,
you have a plan that was actually built for you — and the tools to keep going long after we're done.
Why this is different
No punishment.
No "push through it."
Just a plan that meets you where you are.
I combine strength training, mobility work, corrective exercise, and habit coaching into one simple approach. Not extreme. Not cookie-cutter. Built around the body in front of us — and the real life around it.
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I start where you actually are
Not where a program assumes you should be. Your first session is a full movement assessment — I look at what's compensating, what's been underused, and where to build from. Then I build from there.
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I build it to work in real life
Not a perfect schedule. Not ideal conditions. A plan that fits the life you actually have — so when things get busy, when you miss a week, when life happens — you know exactly how to come back.
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I build strength without beating you up
Corrective exercise, functional strength, and mobility work layered together in a way that progresses without pushing past what your body is ready for. More isn't always better. Consistency beats intensity every time.
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You're not alone in this.
Every class is capped at 4-8 people, so you get real coaching attention, real community, and people who understand exactly what you're navigating — not lost in a room of 30.
A word from
People who were stuck
in the middle — and
found a way forward.
Active adult with chronic back & neck pain
· New Brighton
"When I first started working with Ellie, I had very little strength or mobility. I would throw out my back or my neck doing the smallest of movements. Ellie met me where I was at. She taught me how to build strength with intention, safety, and kindness to my body. She goes above and beyond."
— M.F.
Tradesperson managing chronic hip & back pain
· Roseville
"Ellie worked with both me and my wife to create individualized programs, along with exercises we could do together. She worked around my job in the trades, showing me things I can do before and after work to keep the discomfort manageable. Highly recommend."
— C.C.
Client who completed PT and needed a path forward
· Minneapolis
"Ellie was the first person — not even my physical therapist could do this — to help me find and re-engage the muscles that had stopped firing from years of pain and compensating around it. She meets you where you actually are."
— L.S.
Active adult who tried traditional fitness first
· Twin Cities
"For the first time, I have a routine that makes sense for my body and actually fits my schedule. Ellie was the first trainer who asked why — and then built something around the answer. Exercise finally doesn't feel like punishment."
— R.M.