Sports Performance Physical Therapy · Chula Vista
Free In-Person Class · Only 10 Seats
Plantar Fasciitis That Won’t Go Away? It’s Usually Not Your Shoes. It’s What Nobody Tested.
If that first step out of bed still feels like stepping on a nail — after the shoes, the inserts and the stretching — this class is for you. One evening on why heel pain hangs on for months, what actually calms it down, and what it takes to get through a full day on your feet again — taught in plain English, in a room of ten people.
- When
- Tuesday, December 15
6:15 – 7:30 PM - Where
- 861 Harold Place, Unit 307
Chula Vista, CA 91914 - Cost
- Completely free
Drinks & snacks provided - Seats
- 10 only
First come, first seated
Taught by Dr. Chris Garcia, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS, USAW — CEO & founder, Sports Performance Physical Therapy · 300+ 5-star Google reviews
What you’ll walk away with
Three Things You’ll Walk Out With
No slides full of jargon. You’ll leave knowing more about your own feet than you do right now.
Why it keeps coming back
Most plantar fasciitis settles down within a year. The cases that don’t usually have two things in common: the tissue has stopped being simply “inflamed” and started to break down, and the calf, foot and hip strength that should be sharing the load was never tested. You’ll learn which camp you’re likely in, and why.
What actually helps heel pain heal
Quieting pain and rebuilding tissue are two different jobs. We’ll walk through what rest, shoes and inserts do, what a cortisone shot does, what strengthening does, and where shockwave therapy and EMTT (Extracorporeal Magnetotransduction Therapy) genuinely fit — and where they don’t.
Something to do Wednesday morning
You’ll do a real exercise with us in the room — one of the exact movements we use to start rebuilding the foot and calf — and take home a printed recovery guide with the rest of it.
In-person only. No recording will be sent.
These classes get conversational fast — people describe their own feet, ask what they’re actually afraid to ask, and we work through real cases out loud. Nothing from that room goes out afterward, so there’s no replay link and no “we’ll send you the slides.” If you want this, you’ll want to be in the chair.
Sound familiar?
Come If Any Of This Is You
Most people in the room are in their forties, fifties and sixties — walkers, runners, golf and pickleball players, teachers, nurses, and parents who are on their feet all day. You do not need to be an athlete.
- The first few steps out of bed in the morning are the worst part of your day.
- It hurts all over again when you stand up after sitting — in the car, at your desk, after dinner.
- You’ve bought the good shoes, the inserts, maybe the night splint, and it still comes back.
- You’ve rolled a ball or a frozen water bottle under your foot more times than you can count.
- You were told to stretch your calves, handed a sheet of exercises, and sent home.
- You’ve had a cortisone shot, or been offered one, and you want a real second opinion first.
Why nothing has stuck
You’ve Probably Already Tried Most Of This
None of it was stupid. It just wasn’t aimed at the thing causing the problem.
Rest
Rest takes the load off, and things calm down. It doesn’t rebuild the strength your foot and calf need to handle a normal day — which is why it comes right back the week you go back to normal life.
Cortisone
A shot can quiet a heel down for a few weeks, and sometimes that’s useful. But the relief tends to be short-term, and repeated injections into the heel carry real risks, including weakening the plantar fascia and thinning the heel’s natural fat pad.
Symptom-chasing therapy
Fifteen minutes with a doctor, then handed off to a tech and a table of bands. Treatment aimed at where it hurts rather than at what’s driving it. Six weeks later, same heel.
Shoes, inserts, night splints, rolling and stretching
Good support can take the edge off, and rolling and calf stretches help some people early on. But support carries the load for the tissue — it doesn’t make the tissue stronger — and generic stretches can’t tell you whether it’s your calf, your ankle or your hip letting the arch collapse.
Just avoiding it
You stop the morning walk. You skip the game. You sit down whenever you can. The foot stops complaining because you stopped asking it to do anything — and quietly gets weaker.
How we actually treat it
Calm It Down. Find The Real Deficit. Rebuild It.
That’s the whole framework, and we’ll walk through all three in the class.
Reduce the irritation
Hands-on manual therapy, smart changes to how long you’re on your feet, and modalities to bring the pain down enough that you can actually do the work that fixes it.
Identify the real issue
A 27-point assessment to pinpoint exactly which strength and movement deficits are overloading your heel — because “plantar fasciitis” usually involves the calf, the ankle, the small muscles of the foot, and sometimes the hip.
Build the plan
A progressive strengthening program built for your feet, your age, and what you’re trying to get back to — whether that’s a morning walk or a full shift on your feet.
And where shockwave therapy and EMTT fit: jump-starting a dead battery
Shockwave therapy and EMTT (Extracorporeal Magnetotransduction Therapy) — what we call ReGEN — are adjuncts. Shockwave has some of its strongest research in chronic plantar fasciitis, heel pain that has hung on for months. They prime the tissue so the strengthening program actually sticks. They are not a replacement for a strength program — we’ll be straight with you about that in the room. We’re the only clinic in San Diego with focused shockwave, radial shockwave and EMTT under one roof.
Shockwave = the jumper cables
Rapid pressure-wave pulses through a handheld device. Kickstarts local blood flow and the repair signals your tissue needs to get moving. About 5–10 minutes per area; feels like tapping pressure.
EMTT = the trickle charge
A pulsed electromagnetic field through a padded applicator you rest against. Generally painless — a gentle warmth. Supports the cellular environment so healing keeps progressing.
Strength = the car
Neither one replaces the program. The tissue gets primed; the strengthening is what makes the result hold. No needles, no anesthesia, and you drive yourself home.
What’s at stake
Nobody Gives This Stuff Up All At Once
You just quietly stop doing one thing, then another. The earlier you deal with it, the easier the road back usually is.
The morning walk
The first thing to go, and the one people mention most.
A full day on your feet
Work, errands, a day out with the family — without counting the steps.
Golf and pickleball
The things on the calendar with other people’s names attached.
Travel
Airports, cobblestones and the long days of walking you actually enjoy.
Your kid’s games
Standing on the sideline for a whole one. Walking the field. Being there.
The next twenty years
Feet that still carry you at seventy, not just ones that don’t hurt today.
Your presenter
Who’s Teaching This
Dr. Chris Garcia, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS, USAW
CEO & Founder, Sports Performance Physical Therapy
Dr. Garcia founded Sports Performance in 2014 and has been treating stubborn, chronic orthopedic pain in San Diego ever since, without rushing anyone toward a needle or a scalpel. He’s a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a residency-trained Sports Clinical Specialist, has worked with regenerative therapy since 2008, is a former physical therapist for the United States Olympic Committee, has held rehab roles with NFL combine training, and worked as a private therapist for professional tennis players in Europe.
He now brings that same standard of care to people who aren’t professional athletes at all — the 40-, 50- and 60-somethings who just want to get out of bed in the morning without bracing for that first step.
The heel we see over and over
Somebody in their late forties comes in about ten months after the heel first started hurting. They bought new shoes, then inserts, then a night splint. They rolled a ball under their foot every night, stretched their calves, and got a cortisone shot that helped for a month. They did a round of therapy where they saw the doctor for ten minutes and a technician for forty, and they’ve been cutting back on walking ever since.
What usually turns up on assessment isn’t just a sore heel. It’s weak calves and foot muscles, a stiff ankle, and a hip that lets the arch collapse with every step — so the plantar fascia ends up doing a job it was never meant to do alone. Nobody had tested any of it. We’ll walk through cases like this one in the class — including the ones where we sent the person to a podiatrist, because those exist too.
Why clients choose us
What’s Different Here
Time with an actual doctor
One-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy for your whole session — not ten minutes of a doctor and forty of a technician.
The technology is in the building
Focused and radial shockwave, EMTT, HBOT, compression therapy and custom orthotics under one roof. No referral roulette.
We test before we recommend
A 27-point assessment first. If we can’t show you what’s driving your pain, we haven’t earned the right to sell you a plan for it.
Your goals set the plan
Whether it’s a morning walk or a full day on your feet, the plan is built around what you want back — and we tell you up front how long it should take.
We’ll tell you when to see someone else
When heel pain looks like something other than plantar fasciitis — a stress fracture, a nerve problem, something that needs a podiatrist or foot surgeon — we say so. You’ll hear the warning signs in the class.
Two locations
Chula Vista and Kearny Mesa, San Diego — so follow-up care doesn’t become a commute you resent.
What you’ll learn
The Five Things We’ll Cover
Five pieces, plus a live demonstration and open Q&A.
1. What plantar fasciitis actually is
The thick band of tissue under your foot, why it hurts most with the first steps of the morning, and why “-itis” is often the wrong word for heel pain that has lasted for months. Plus how a heel spur fits in — and why it usually isn’t the real problem.
2. The root causes
Tight, weak calves, a sudden jump in time on your feet, weight changes, worn-out shoes, and foot shape. Roughly one in ten people will deal with plantar fasciitis at some point in their life — it isn’t something you did wrong.
3. What the research says actually works
Strengthening (including the heel-raise programs researchers have been studying for more than a decade), targeted stretching, what shoes and inserts are actually good for, what cortisone does and doesn’t do — and the honest signs that point to a podiatrist or foot surgeon instead.
4. Shockwave and EMTT, honestly
How they work, what a session feels like, and what the evidence does and doesn’t support. Shockwave has a strong body of research for chronic plantar fasciitis. EMTT is newer, with a still-developing research base. We’ll say so.
5. Warning signs and the twenty-year plan
What means “see someone soon” — numbness or tingling, swelling, pain that started with a pop or a fall — versus what’s usually fine to monitor, and how hands-on care, strengthening and regenerative therapy fit together into feet that still carry you in twenty years.
You’ll also do a foot and calf exercise with us from your seat, and watch a real evaluation with a volunteer from the room.
Included with your seat
The First 5 To Register Walk Out With Nearly $300 Of Extras
The class itself is free either way. These are for the first five people who take a seat.
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One free 60-minute Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy session
A full HBOT session at our clinic — one of the recovery tools we use to support tissue healing.
$149 value -
One free 30-minute Normatec compression session
Recovery compression therapy, on the house.
$49 value -
Special discounts on custom pillows & custom orthotics
Including custom orthotics — which, paired with the right strengthening, can take a lot of load off a sore heel.
$99 value -
The printed Plantar Fasciitis Recovery Guide
Your recovery roadmap, the warning signs to watch for, and a home exercise program — front and back, on paper, in your hand on the way out. Every attendee gets this one.
Included
First five registrants only, and there’s no replay and no “we’ll send you the link” afterward.
Proof
You’ll Hear Real Cases, Not A Wall Of Quotes
Real clients, including the ones we referred out
We’ll talk through actual feet from this clinic — what we found, what we did, what happened, and the cases where the honest answer was a referral to someone else.
A ten-person room
Small enough that you can describe your own foot out loud and get a straight answer from the person who treats these all week.
300+ five-star Google reviews
Serving San Diego County since 2014, thousands of active adults, and a review record you can read yourself before you ever walk in.
⚠️ Only 10 Seats
We Keep This Room Small On Purpose
Ten people means everyone who has a question gets it answered, and everyone who wants a look at their own foot can get one. It also means seats go fast and it’s strictly first come, first seated.
Register
Tuesday, December 15 · 6:15 PM · Chula Vista
861 Harold Place, Unit 307, Chula Vista, CA 91914. Parking is right outside the clinic. Enter your details below and we’ll hold your seat.
You’ll get a confirmation email the moment you register.
Or register by phone — call or text (619) 397-1391
Questions, or need a different date? Email teamsp@sportsperformancept.com
Know someone who’s been living with heel pain for months and been told to just buy better shoes? Send them this page — they’re welcome to come with you.
Common questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Will I get a recording afterward?
No. There’s no replay and no link sent out later. The class is conversational — people talk about their own feet and we work through real cases in the room — so nothing from it goes out afterward. If you want it, come sit in it.
Do I need a plantar fasciitis diagnosis to come?
No. Plenty of people come with a heel that’s been aching for months and no diagnosis at all, and plenty come having been told “it’s plantar fasciitis” with no real plan. Both are the right person for this room. If you’re not sure whether your heel pain is plantar fasciitis, that’s exactly the kind of thing we’ll sort out.
What happens at the end of the class?
After the open Q&A, we explain what care with us looks like and how to get your own feet assessed, for anyone who wants that. And if the honest answer for your foot is “go see a podiatrist,” you’ll hear that instead.
What is regenerative therapy, and why start it early?
In our clinic it means focused and radial shockwave therapy and EMTT (Extracorporeal Magnetotransduction Therapy) — non-invasive treatments delivered through the skin, with no needles and no downtime. They’re used to calm the area down and stimulate the local healing environment so the strengthening work lands better. Shockwave in particular has a strong research base for heel pain that has lasted for months. We start them alongside hands-on care and exercise rather than holding them back as a last resort. They’re adjuncts, not a substitute for a strength program.
Who’s teaching it?
Dr. Chris Garcia, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS, USAW — CEO and founder of Sports Performance Physical Therapy, a residency-trained Sports Clinical Specialist, former physical therapist for the United States Olympic Committee, with rehab roles in NFL combine training and time as a private therapist for professional tennis players in Europe. He’s been treating stubborn orthopedic pain in San Diego County since 2014.
Can I bring my spouse or a friend?
Please do — as long as there are seats left. There are only ten, so register each person so we know to hold the chairs.
When, where, how long, and where do I park?
Tuesday, December 15, 2026, 6:15–7:30 PM. Sports Performance Physical Therapy, 861 Harold Place, Unit 307, Chula Vista, CA 91914. About 75 minutes, including Q&A. Parking is available directly outside the clinic. Drinks and snacks will be there when you arrive — come a few minutes early if you can.
Sports Performance Physical Therapy
Physical therapy, regenerative therapy and HBOT, serving San Diego County since 2014 with 300+ 5-star Google reviews.
Chula Vista
861 Harold Place, Unit 307
Chula Vista, CA 91914
(619) 397-1391
Kearny Mesa
8911 Complex Drive, Suite F
San Diego, CA 92123
(619) 397-1391
Individual results vary. Nothing on this page is medical advice or a promise of any specific outcome. Statistics and research findings referenced here come from published health-education sources and peer-reviewed studies and describe groups of people, not predictions about your feet. Treatment plans, including regenerative therapy, are determined only after an individual evaluation. This class is educational and is not a substitute for a clinical assessment.
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