Practitioner Profiles

At SOCC, we understand that the quality of our practitioners reflects directly on us. With this in mind, we have ensured that all our staff are fully qualified and have built up a great reputation based on experience.

Petros Vournelis

B.Sc., M.Chiro. Assoc.Dip.Health Sc.(massage), Post Grad. course in musculoskeletal Acupuncture.

Petros has over 16 years experience as a practitioner completing a Masters Degree in Chiropractic, an associate Diploma in Health Science (massage) and a post graduate course in musculo skeletal acupuncture. Petros is a registered osteopath and chiropractor and his diversity in training allows him to integrate various techniques when treating the human body. He also has a strong rehabilitation aspect in his clinic, which allows him to prescribe exercise to prolong the effects of his treatments.

Petros has had teaching roles with Pilates International in Anatomy & Physiology and Functional Anatomy and is currently teaching 4th year students at the Macquarie University Chiropractic program.

Rinaldo Gulic

B.Chiro.Sc. M.Chiro.

Rinaldo has over 5 years experience as a practitioner, completing a Bachelor of Chiropractic Science and Masters of Chiropractic degree from Macquarie University Sydney. Rinaldo has worked with numerous Chiropractors, leading in the field of Spinal Rehabilitation and Sports injury management. This and his interests in nutrition and exercise science give Rinaldo experience in dealing with a wide range of musculoskeletal problems, particularly those relating to the athlete.

Rinaldo integrates a number of manipulative and mobilisation techniques including: Diversified Chiropractic Technique, deep tissue massage and soft tissue manipulation, myofascial release and Rehabilitation/Exercise therapy to restore and maintain biomechanical integrity and prevent chronic pain and dysfunction.

Sam Millard

B.HlthSci . M.Chiro Member of the CAA and SCA.

Sam Intergrates Thompson and Derefield analysis with Diversified Chiropractic Techniques, Soft Tissue and Myofascial release.

Over the past few years, Sam has worked with some of the leading Chiropractors in Australia both in Sydney and his home town of Adelaide. He has a strong interest in Neurology and continues to educate himself with some of the leaders of Chiropractic Neurology. He works as a team Chiropractor for a Sydney AFL Team and enjoys working with athletes and working in a team of health professionals.

Sam has been under regular chiropractic care from a young age and has a strong belief in regular chiropractic care for everyone for optimal health. He now supports this believe through a thorough knowledge of functional neurology.

Ania Pawliszak

Dip. Integrated Therapies, Dip. Massage (Remedial).

Ania has held a lifelong fascination in the interconnection of the body-mind. Her journey began with a three year Diploma of Psychology which she undertook concurrently while completing her Undergraduate, and then Masters of Business degrees in Poland. Five years ago, she began to explore her interests in the human body by studying Remedial Massage, Martial Arts and Yoga. She has been practising bodywork since then and has continued to develop her skills by learning different therapeutic approaches: Cranio sacral Therapy, Myofascial Release, Positional Release, Trigger Point Therapy and Shiatsu. That allows her, based on the evaluation and determination of the cause of the dysfunction, to introduce different modalities during her treatments. 

The core of her therapeutic approach is one that places the intrinsic healing ability of the body-mind at the centre of the resolution of all injuries and traumas. Soft tissue injuries, (muscle, ligament, tendon), and psycho-emotional challenges, (anxiety, life stressors, depression), all require the body to be in a place of nutritional, biomechanical and emotional balance in order to heal effectively. Also she believes in the human potential for change and her work is focused on supporting people and their bodies through these changes.