Daniel Lorenz

Dan Lorenz, DPT, PT, ATC, LAT, CSCS, is the director of sports medicine at Lawrence Memorial Hospital/OrthoKS in Lawrence, KS. Previously, he was an owner and director of physical therapy for Specialists in Sports and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (SSOR), an outpatient physical therapy practice based in Overland Park, KS, with three locations. He earned a bachelor's degree in health sciences with an emphasis in athletic training from Grand Valley State University in 1999 and a master's degree in physical therapy from Grand Valley State in 2001. In 1997, he was an athletic training intern for the Chicago White Sox Major League Baseball team. From 2004–2005, he completed the Duke University Sports Physical Therapy Fellowship. Formerly, he was an assistant athletic trainer and physical therapist for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2005–2007. In 2009, he earned his doctor of physical therapy degree from the University of St. Augustine in St. Augustine, FL. He has served as a rehabilitation consultant for numerous local sports teams, including Sporting Kansas City, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Kansas City Mavericks, and also many local colleges, including MidAmerica Nazarene University and University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is the former chair of the Sports Performance Enhancement Special Interest Group for the American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy.

He is most interested in the athlete’s knee and shoulder as well as performance enhancement in the terminal phases of rehabilitation. In addition, he’s keenly interested in reducing injuries in young athletes and helping parents and coaches with strategies to do so. Dr. Lorenz has been published several times in peer-reviewed journals and has been an invited speaker numerous times at local, state, and national conferences in sports medicine. In 2018, Dan was recognized by the NSCA as the Sports Medicine/Rehabilitation Professional of the Year and in 2014, he was awarded the inaugural Distinguished Physical Therapy Alumni Award from Grand Valley State University. Dan and his wife Jo Ann live in Olathe and have three children, Luke, Mallory, and Justin.