Aerospace Medicine Doctor
Dr. Richard Scheuring is an Aerospace Medicine Doctor in Houston, TX
with special training and skill in addressing conditions stimulated in outer space and aviation environments.
As an Aerospace Medicine Doctor, Richard Scheuring, DO, MS performs
diagnostic testing and treatments on patients that operate air and space vehicles. Aerospace Medicine is
the healthcare and promotion of passenger and crew member safety and performance. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Aerospace Medicine Doctors include common ailments like high blood pressure and injuries caused by emergency ejections or radiation exposure.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Aerospace Medicine Doctors
include annual physical examinations, blood pressure management, and injury healing.
Aerospace medicine focuses on the clinical care, research, and operational support of the health, safety, and performance of crewmembers and passengers of air and space vehicles, together with the support personnel who assist operation of such vehicles. This population often works and lives in remote, isolated, extreme, or enclosed environments under conditions of physical and psychological stress. Practitioners strive for an optimal human-machine match in occupational settings rich with environmental hazards and engineering countermeasures.
Aerospace Medicine Doctors in Houston, TX
Sports Medicine Family Doctor
Dr. Richard Scheuring is a Sports Medicine Family Doctor in Houston, TX
with special training and skill in preventing and treating illness and injury in children and adults who live physically active lifestyles.
As a Sports Medicine Family Doctor, Richard Scheuring, DO, MS performs
pain and mobility assessment, treatment plan development, and mobility restoration treatment. Family Sports Medicine is
a medical specialty focusing on treating illness and injury in children and adults who participate in physically active lifestyles, occupations, or athletics. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Sports Medicine Family Doctors include chronic joint and back pain, muscle sprain, nerve damage or dysfunction, hamstring injury, torn ACL, herniated spinal disc, knee injury, and physical injuries occurring as the result of athletics.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Sports Medicine Family Doctors
include MRI, x-ray, and CT scan imaging, corticosteroid pain injections, prescribing medication, nerve pain block injections, mobility assessment, medical massage, acupuncture, physical therapy rehabilitation, and referral to other specialists as needed.
A family medicine physician that is trained to be responsible for continuous care in the field of sports medicine, not only for the enhancement of health and fitness, but also for the prevention of injury and illness. A sports medicine physician must have knowledge and experience in the promotion of wellness and the prevention of injury. Knowledge about special areas of medicine such as exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, physical rehabilitation, epidemiology, physical evaluation, injuries (treatment and prevention and referral practice) and the role of exercise in promoting a healthy lifestyle are essential to the practice of sports medicine. The sports medicine physician requires special education to provide the knowledge to improve the health care of the individual engaged in physical exercise (sports) whether as an individual or in team participation.
Sports Medicine Family Doctors in Houston, TX
