Physiotherapist (APA)
Fellow Sports & Exercise Chiropractor (FAICE 2019)
Accredited Sports Scientist (ESSA – ASpS1)
Accredited Strength & Conditioning Coach (ASCA1)
Lorenzo is the owner and practise principal of Spinal and Sports Care. He is a dual-qualified Sports and Exercise Chiropractor (Macquarie Uni) and Physiotherapist (Sydney Uni). In addition, Lorenzo has attained a Master of High-Performance Sport (UTS) whilst working in the high-performance department of the AFL Sydney Swans and holds a qualification in Football Medicine (FIFA Medical).
In 2019, Lorenzo was endorsed by the Australasian Institute of Chiropractic Education (AICE) as a titled Sports and Exercise Chiropractic Fellow, a distinction currently shared amongst only 8 chiropractors nationally.
He has been working at Spinal and Sports Care since 1995 and partner since 1998. During this time, he has gained vast experience and knowledge in this area of allied health care and has extensive experience in the mangement of both spinal and extremity conditions and exercise prescription ranging from elite sporting athletes and weekend warriors to mums, dads and children who want to remain active and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Lorenzo has a keen interest and extensive expertise in the management of common adolescent muskculoskeletal conditions such as Osgood Schlatter’s and Sever’s Disease, and holds strong affiliations with Sydney’s Elite Sporting Academies in multiple sports, where he provides support, education and medical coverage for their teams national and international events.
Lorenzo is a certified Sports Medicine Australia (SMA) Presenter and teaches in the area of Level 1 & Level 2 Sports Trainers & Re-accreditation, as well as Introduction & Advanced Sports Taping. Lorenzo has completed his Certification in Team Sports Training from Barca Universitas and holds a current Level 1 Strength & Conditioning Coach Certification (ASCA), and is an ESSA accreditied Sports Scientist (ASpS1).
Lorenzo is currently the Vice-Chair on Sports Medicine Australia (SMA) NSW Board and has recently stepped down from his position as an executive member of the Sports Chiropractic Australia (SCA) after serving in this role for 6 years; having previously held the position of NSW Chairman for 4 years. He also has a role on the Australian Chiropractic Association (ACA) Conduct & Ethics Committee and on the Federation of International Sports Chiropractic (FICS) Corporate & Social Responsibility Board, and Membership Services. He is often asked to peer-review journal articles prior to publication in the area of Sports Injury, Rehabilition and Performance, particularly in the domain of football (soccer), AFL and netball.
Lorenzo believes education is the key to quality care and is involved extensively with addressing Sporting Organisations, Coaches and Athletes on a variety of topics relating to injury prevention techniques, injuries and effective management, several weeks of the year. He was a member of the Macquarie University Advisory Board from 1998-2004 and supervised Masters Students from Macquarie, Western Sydney, Australian Catholic University, UTS and Murdoch Universities, in their Clinical Placements.
Lorenzo has had extensive involvement with elite level sport in a variety of sports since 1993. In football, Lorenzo has worked with the Western Sydney Wanderers, Central Coast Mariners, Bonnyrigg White Eagles and Parramatta FC Football Club in the NSW Premier League (NPL). Lorenzo has been associated with Football NSW since 2006, and in 2009, looked after the Singapore National Soccer team, during their National team tour of Australia. Since 2006, Lorenzo has been part of the travelling medical and performance team for Indoor Netball NSW and Indoor Netball Australia, touring with the Australian Team to the Indoor Netball World Cup on 4 separate occasions, held in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Lorenzo has worked with many Commonwealth and Olympic athletes from a diverse sporting background and attended National and International Tournaments for Indoor Cricket NSW, Oz Tag, Futsal Soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, Taekwondo and WMC Kickboxing. He has been extensively involved with Ironman, Triathletes and Surf Lifesaving Australia National Championships.
Lorenzo has been a state track and field athlete. He has represented NSW (1988-90), Australian School Boys (1991) and the Australian U/17 Joeys in Soccer (1989-91). Having travelled on numerous international football tours with the Joeys around the wrld, his highlight was representing Australia in the World Cup Qualifiers (Napier, New Zealand) and in the FIFA U/17 World Cup held in Italy (1991). Lorenzo was a member of the St George Youth League and National Youth League (NYL) team (1987-91) and played National Youth (NYL) and National Soccer League (NSL) for Sydney Olympic (1992-93).
Lorenzo’s utilises a strong evidence-based approach to injury assessment and management. He believes in a team approach and works closely with Sports Physicians, Orthopaedic Surgeons, Neurosurgeons, Sports Podiatrists, Massage Therapists, Nutrition and Strength & Conditioning specialists. Lorenzo’s strengths are in his strong understanding of an athlete’s injury, management and return to sport protocols, working with an allied healthcare team having been personally involved both, as an elite athlete, and now on the sidelines part of the sports medical team as a Physiotherapist, Sports & Exercise Chiropractor and Accredited Sports Scientist.
Tertiary Qualifications
Bachelor of Medical Science
Master of Physiotherapy
Master of Chiropractic
Post Graduate Degree Sports & Exercise Chiropractic
Master of High-Performance Sport
Lorenzo is a professional member of the following organisations:
Sports Medicine Australia (SMA)
Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA)
Australian Chiropractic Association (ACA)
Chiropractic Australia (CA)
Sports & Exercise Chiropractic Australia (SCA)
Australian Strength & Conditioning Association (ASCA)
Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA)
International Federation of Sports Chiropractic (FICS)
