Hi, I’m Ashly Ellis

I am a Nurse Practitioner with a passion and love for fitness and an active lifestyle. Former collegiate softball player, lover of weights and barbells. Blending my passion and career together to help others get back to the life they want to live.

Over the years living an active lifestyle comes with aches, pains, injuries and problems. It happens to all of us, right!?!? I have tried Physical Therapy, countless personal trainers and templated programs for (shoulder, hip, knee) pain with minimal improvement. It drove me crazy not being able to find the help that I wanted and needed. And not to count the $$$$$ I lost with little to no return. So, when I had the opportunity to learn from some of the best in the health and fitness industry to address just that, I couldn’t help but be “all in”. Which brought us to opening Optimal Strength and Recovery. So we can help people just like me!


My Approach

It all begins with a free consultation to see if we are a good fit to work together. I don’t help just anyone you know, plus I want to make sure that we can deliver on the results that you are looking for. Once we decide we are a good fit for each other then you will go through assessments so we can learn best on how to help you.

Our next step is to acclimate you to the work by starting individualized programming to address your needs. Think of this as super charged personal training or coaching sessions! It is individualized programming tailored to you, for you, by me.

I take a holistic approach for my clients because your are more than your nutrition, training or chronic health issues. We will dive into your mindset, mental health, sleep, nutrition, activity, stress, symptoms, etc. Having a coach who only focuses on one aspect of you is missing the point. It will leave you struggling to get results and feeling good.

My passion is helping women, those with chronic pain or health conditions especially perimenopause and menopausal women. Once I hit perimenopause I realized the lack of support, the lack of knowledge and the disregard from the medical community. It has become my passion to give women tools to help them feel their best.

Dream it

Does any of this resonate with you? Avoiding activities, dreading certain tasks, jobs or chores? Missing out on playing with your kids, grandkids or pets? Want to start exercising but feel lost and overwhelmed? Really wanting to do x,y,z but just don’t know where to start?

Build it

No worries! I have been there, more times then want to admit. But I got you, that is what I am here for. Take the guess work, trial and error, easing back into things out of the equation! Get researched backed care to get you where you want to be.