Dual-credentialed physical therapist and licensed acupuncturist trained at Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine, Christie Hendry - Physical Therapy & Acupuncture works from Suite 203 at 2870 Fifth Ave in the Hillcrest medical corridor. Sessions blend orthopedic structural assessment with acupuncture, myofascial cupping, and kinesio taping in a single visit, an integrated sports-rehab format that pairs with the spinal-decompression and adjustment work at Dr. Eric Bender when athletes need cervical or lumbar mobilization between competition cycles. The clinical history includes work with Olympic-level track and field athletes — most notably the heptathlete who took silver in Beijing — and the practice continues to treat runners, throwers, and overhead-sport athletes with pre-event tune-ups and post-event recovery sessions. Cupping is dosed for trigger-point release and fascial unwinding rather than aesthetic mark-making, and acupuncture protocols target distal points to reduce somatic guarding before the manual portion of the visit. Sport conditioning between treatment cycles is intentionally cross-coordinated with the HIIT-treadmill blocks at Barry's San Diego on the same Fifth Avenue corridor, since the clinic's load-management plans for runners depend on knowing exactly how many treadmill miles a patient is logging mid-week. The most complex care delivered is competition-window event prep for elite track athletes — assessing structural deficits, running gait, and neuromuscular readiness in the days before a meet and intervening without disturbing taper.