Providing Pelvic Health and Orthopedic Support

Including leakage problems, urgency, constipation, pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction, birth and surgical scar management, pubic symphysis, sacroiliac joint.

Please contact me to discuss your concerns and learn about treatment options.

About Dr. Mel Asplund

I deliver skilled, compassionate, and tailored physical therapy care right to your door. 

I want you to have access: I believe that your access to physical therapy should not be hindered by your ability to get to an office.  I will show up at your door and cheer you through your recovery process.  Each person deserves a plan of care tailored to their individual needs, goals, and challenges.

I want you to feel heard: I believe that patients will tell me exactly what they want, expect, and need as I listen to their story and observe their movements. Together we will develop a plan to help you reach your goals.

I want you to feel supported: My experience and education are here to provide you with the tools you need during recovery and beyond. I gladly work with medical teams and support systems to ensure clients receive optimal care at all times.

I want you to be successful: Everyone travels through recovery on a different path.  Setting individual and achievable goals, and monitoring progress, is part of determining what “success” looks like.

You are more than just your body.  Your whole self and identity is an important part of the healing process.

Education:

Doctor of Physical Therapy - The George Washington University

B.S. Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology - University of Washington

My Personal Story

I grew up in Hawaii, but fell in love with the Cascades and Puget Sound. I graduated from UW Seattle (GO HUSKIES!), and was commissioned into the US Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer (GO NAVY!). My deployments include SE Asia, Central America, and the Middle East. I transitioned to the Reserves and became a Doctor of Physical Therapy through The George Washington University, settling down in Washington State with my family. I love bicycling (road), weightlifting, kettlebells, and eating.

My ideal day would start with eating chocolate for breakfast followed by cycling to/from work, lifting weights and swinging ‘bells during lunch break, then playing with my kiddos until we fell asleep.

My favorite foods, in no particular order: chocolate, ice cream, donuts, cake, cookies, pie, malts. (These are my treats - I’d love to talk to you about Functional Nutrition!)

My COVID confession: I started playing Pokémon Go, and Tsum Tsum with my Mom

Clinical Interests:

  • Pre “Pre-Hab” and Post Surgical Rehabilitation

    • Knee

    • Shoulder

    • Hip

    • ACL

    • Foot and Ankle

  • Sports/Athletic Rehabilitation 

    • Pregnancy and Postpartum

  • Functional Nutrition

  • Manual Therapy (hands-on)

    • Soft Tissue Mobilization

    • Myofascial Gliding/Release

    • Joint Mobilization

    • ASTYM

    • Visceral mobilization

  • Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) function

  • Ankle Sprains/Twists

  • Fall Risk Reduction

  • Posture

  • Bone Health

  • Pain Management

  • Education about the movement system

Continuing Education

  • Dynamic Foot and Ankle, Institute of Physical Art, Jul 2017

  • MT-2: Essential Spine Seminar, Maitland, Sept 2017

  • Adaptive Athletics Seminar, Crossroads Alliance, Nov 2017

  • Functional Nutrition for Chronic Pain, Integrative Pain Science Institute May 2019

  • IASTM FMT Blades and Blades Advanced, Rock Tape, Sep 2019

  • Power Spinal Manipulation (6hrs), PTWA Conference, Oct 2019

  • Functional Mobilization 1, Institute of Physical Art, Oct 2019

  • Functional Mobilization 2, Institute of Physical Art, Nov 2019

  • Rad Roller Mobilization, Rad Roller, Nov 2019

  • ASTYM Certification, Dec 2019

  • Clinical Management of the Fitness Athlete: Pregnancy and Postpartum, Institute for Clinical Excellence, Dec 2021

  • Visceral mobilization, PTWA Conference, OCT 2022

  • Clinical Management of the Fitness Athlete, Institute for Clinical Excellence, Nov 2022

  • Pelvic Floor Level 1, Herman and Wallace Feb 2023

  • Pelvic Floor Level 2A, Herman and Wallace, Nov 2023

  • Pelvic Floor Level 2B, Herman and Wallace, Apr 2023

  • Dry Needling Upper Quarter, Institute for Clinical Excellence, Oct 2023

  • Dry needling Advanced, Institute for Clinical Excellence, Jan 2024