Rick Robinette

Rick Robinette serves as an Associate Professor in Parker University's College of Health Sciences and Adjunct Instructor in the College of Chiropractic since 2008, with over four decades of experience teaching adult learners and training healthcare practitioners across the United States since 1985.

His research focuses on chiropractic applications in manual therapy, specializing in trigger point therapy for pain management and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. He authored a foundational textbook on the subject published by Pearson Education in 2013, translated into Korean and Italian, establishing his expertise in evidence-based healthcare education techniques.

Dr. Robinette holds critical administrative roles including Chair of Parker University's Institutional Review Board and membership on multiple university committees, directing ethical research standards and institutional policy development within healthcare education.