Meet the Team
Melinda Couch, PT
Clinic Owner and Program Director
Melinda has been a practicing physical therapist since 1993. She moved to Colorado in 1995 because of her love of the mountains. She is a physical therapist for the U.S. Figure Skating Team, and has traveled with them extensively, including four World Championship events. She was extremely honored to serve as U.S. Team Physical Therapist for figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia! She received the 2018 Thayer Tutt Sportsman Award from The Colorado Springs Sports Corporation for her years of volunteer service with Sports Medicine both nationally and internationally.
Specialty Staff
Kate Aronson
Therapeutic Pilates Instructor
Kate practices Therapeutic Pilates by utilizing the Pilates equipment – the reformer and the trapeze table – to aid patients in rehabilitating from injury, and to help them avoid re-injury. She is a certified Pilates Therapist and Pilates instructor who has been practicing and teaching Pilates for over 18 years. Kate has also studied movement analysis with Gail Gustafson, and she brings these skills to her practice when working with patients to help them discover habitual movement patterns and imbalances that may be causing pain or injury.
Bryce Martin, LMT, LILT Tech, CNS
Massage Therapist and LiLT Technician
Bryce is a Colorado native from Lamar, a small rural town in southeast Colorado. While attending high school, Bryce received his Associate of Arts from Lamar Community College. Bryce moved to Colorado Springs in 2015 upon graduating high school and LCC, where he attended the University of Colorado Colorado Springs for three semesters. His time at UCCS allowed him to realize he was more passionate about helping individuals recover from pain and injuries than information technology. This inspired Bryce to attend the Colorado Institute of Massage Therapy in Colorado Springs, where he graduated as a Licensed Massage Therapist and a certified NeuroMuscular Therapist in December of 2017.
Bryce joined the Peak Performance team in early 2018 as a Massage Therapist and a certified Low Intensity Light Therapy Technician. He specializes in trigger point therapy and myofascial release; however he incorporates multiple modalities to provide the best treatments for each individual patient’s needs. Most recently, Bryce became a Certified Nutrition Specialist through the International Sports Sciences Association. Bryce thoroughly enjoys working with patients to minimize their pain levels and to assist them in recovery from injury, surgery, etc. In his spare time, Bryce enjoys continuing his education, participating in outdoor recreation activities, and exercising.