Chris Garcia Academy in Chula Vista mentors physical therapists in sports rehabilitation, injury prevention, and athletic performance from Suite 107 at 821 Kuhn Drive in the 91914 Rolling Hills corridor. Founded in 2021 by Dr. Chris Garcia — a Board-Certified Sports Clinical Specialist who completed his residency at The Ohio State University Sports Medicine Center and held positions at the U.S. Olympic Committee Training Center and Exos — the academy builds referral networks with area PT practices including Manual Orthopedic Physical Therapy. The flagship “Management of the Barbell Athlete” course, launched in 2018, teaches clinicians to assess and treat powerlifters, Olympic weightlifters, and CrossFit athletes using sports-specific screening protocols. Both live seminar and self-study formats give practicing clinicians flexibility to earn CEU-eligible instruction while maintaining active patient caseloads at facilities and gyms including Chuze Fitness across the South Bay. The highest-tier mentorship track combines the barbell-athlete module with individualized case reviews, return-to-sport testing protocols, and sports-specific loading progressions across squat, deadlift, and Olympic-lift biomechanics.