FOUNDER & CEO

Joan Rubinger, FNPC, PhD, CSCS, ATC, founded All Pro Sports Medicine during the 2010-2011 NBA season.  A former elite gymnast and two-sport NCAA Division I athlete, Rubinger graduated from Syracuse University prepared to embark on a career revolutionizing the practices and principles of sports medicine.  

Rubinger did this in part by using her experience working in the emergency room as a foundation of early “building blocks” for a clinical approach to sports medicine.  Her comprehensive background in neuromuscular physiology, kinesiology, athletic training, strength & conditioning, sports nutrition, and internal medicine makes her uniquely qualified to treat conditions sustained by athletic individuals.

Over the years Rubinger has developed and perfected unique and individualized treatment regimens, focusing on injury management, metabolic deficit correction, and chronic inflammatory conditions. Her work has resulted in significant decreases in recovery time from acute and chronic injuries, attracting the interest of the world's best athletes.  Together with some of the greatest minds in the industry, Rubinger designed and tested distinctive programs to achieve accelerated recovery timetables. She has become especially valuable to athletes approaching the end of their careers, as her clinical techniques have shown to increase longevity.  In 2013, she was asked to join an elite team of experts compiled by renowned trainer Tim Grover, to begin work in China helping to develop their National and Olympic Team programs. Without a doubt, Rubinger’s fingerprint has been on the careers of NBA, NFL, MLB, World and Olympic Champions.

In addition to her work with pro athletes, Joan has a deep background working with youth and amateur athletes, dating back to the late 90's, having coached Division I rowing and strength & conditioning, at Indiana University and Ohio State University. She was often asked to help design strength programs for high profile programs around the country. At Indiana, Joan broke gender barriers, by becoming the 1st ever female to work with a Big Ten Conference football team in the field of strength & conditioning. She later founded a youth rowing team in her hometown of Stockton, CA, achieving wonderful success in the fastest region in the country. Many of her rowers earned qualifying bids to compete for a National Championship, and several earned college scholarships.

In 2021, she established a nonprofit organization, The Joan Rubinger Foundation for Sports Science and Research, which aspires to provide quality sports medicine treatments, training, and recovery products to injured young athletes and sports programs in underserved areas at no cost, as well as conducting research studies to test the clinical outcomes and validity of sports medicine treatments and products. The Foundation aims to bridge the visible and palpable gap between the well-funded youth programs in mostly upper-middle class areas and those from impoverished and/or disenfranchised areas. This monster endeavor also serves as a safe and trustworthy source of sports medicine treatment, physical therapy, strength & conditioning programs, education in training, rehab, & preventative medicine, and premium emergency medical services.