Dr. Liebenson is the founder and director of L.A. Sports & Spine, providing healthspan, pain management, and injury rehabilitation advice to people of all ages. Together with his team, he is committed to a person-centered approach, guided by the core principle of teaching people what they can do for themselves.

 

He is also the founder of First Principles of Movement, which is dedicated to addressing the worldwide inactivity crisis one person at a time by promoting movement as medicine. He has educated Coaches, Physiotherapists, Chiropractors, Medical Physicians, and Allied Health Professionals throughout North and South America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region since 1987.

 

He is the first health care provider in California to receive a Certification of Recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) on Achievement of Recognition for Delivery of Quality Back Pain Care. He’s both served on the editorial boards of numerous journals including the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation; the PM&R Journal of Injury, Function and Rehabilitation; the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapy; and Journal of Manual Therapy and published articles in peer review journals in five decades.

 

Dr. Liebenson was the first ever Chiropractic member of the McKenzie Institute (U.S.) Board of Directors. His international affiliations have included being an Associate Professor at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia and serving in Postgraduate Department at Anglo-European College of Chiropractic in Bournemouth, England.

 

He has published extensively and is the editor of the book Rehabilitation of the Spine: A Person-Centered Approach (3rd ed), 2020; and Functional Training Handbook. His books have been published in Spanish, Greek, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese and Japanese. Currently he is finishing a new book for Human Kinetics aimed at riding the gap between the Strength and Conditioning field and Rehabilitation. Specifically, to take the lessons learned in elite sports and applying them so people are better prepared for their longer lifespans.

 

Dr Liebenson has served as Team Chiropractor for the N.B.A. Los Angeles Clippers from 2005-2009, and consultant for the M.L.B. Arizona Diamondbacks, the N.F.L Seattle Seahawks, EXOS, and Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group. Notable athletes he’s worked with include Kobe Bryant, McKayla Maroney, Kyla Ross, Julia Mancuso, Bruna Kajiya & others.