S.P.A.C.E. Center Chiropractic

KYLE OWEN SPRECHER, D.C., M.A.

Doctor of Chiropractic, Exercise Physiologist

Business Correspondence
Sprecher Preventive Alliance and Chiropractic Education (S.P.A.C.E.) Center Chiropractic (1987- Current)
425 E NASA Parkway, Webster, TX  77598
Telephone:  (281) 332-1111, Facsimile: (281) 333-0523, Internet: www.spacechiro.com

NASA Fitness, LLC (2013 – current)
425 E NASA Parkway, Webster, TX  77598
Telephone:  (281) 334-1111, Facsimile: (281) 333-0523, Internet: www.nasafitness.com

Home Correspondence
130 Surf Court, #108, Houston, TX  77058

Personal Data
Birth date: 27 September 1962
Height/weight: 5'8"/ 195#    

Employment History
Owner, S.P.A.C.E. Center Chiropractic for thirty years
Owner, NASA Fitness, LLC since 2013

Formal Education

University of Northern Iowa (UNI) - 1981-1983
Texas Chiropractic College (TCC) - D.C., (Doctor of Chiropractic) - 1983-1987
San Jacinto College (SJC) - Business & Public Speaking - 1987-1988
International Chiropractic Research University (ICRU) - Founder, 1989 
University of Houston - Clear Lake (UHCL) - M.A., Behavioral Science, Masters in Fitness and Human Performance, 1989-1993
                    

Additional Seminars and Conferences

Manipulation Under Anesthesia (MUA) - Texas Chiropractic College - 1991        
Hospital Privileges - American Chiropractic Association -1992
Pursued Diplomat, Chiropractic Occupational Health Care Consultant - 1993-1996
Texas Business Group on Health (TBGH) Annual Conferences, Speaker in 1994 
National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) Annual Conference - 1995 
Texas Chiropractic College Homecoming, 1987-2016
American Red Cross "Protect Your Back" Certified Trainer, ICT, 1999-2003
                    

PAST Memberships, Affiliations and Activities

 
Bay Area Human Resources Management Association (BAHRMA)
Bay Area Wellness Network (BAWN) - Executive Director
Christian Singles Alliance, Inc., Bay Area Christian Singles Alliance, DBA, Founder, President
Clear Creek ISD Safe & Drug Free Schools Advisory Council, President 
Houston Area Health Care Coalition (HAHCC) - Chairman, Education Committee
National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) - Resources Coordinator, Healthy Communities
National Management Association, Member
National Wellness Institute (NWI) - Member, Speaker, 20th Annual National Wellness Conference 
Russian Medical/Chiropractic Exchange Coordinator – Presidents Gorbechev, Yeltsin and Putin’s physician
Space Center Rotary Club - Chairman, Youth Committee 
Texas Alliance for Worksite Wellness – Co-Founder and Representative, Houston Area Health Care Coalition
Texas Business Group on Health (TBGH), Educational Resources Coordinator
Texas Department of Health (TDH) - Healthy Texas Communities Coalition
United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast - Member, Advisory Council, Fund Distribution Committee   
                   

Space Program Involvement:

1984-86 – NASA Space Life Sciences – Test Subject – Myriad of Research Projects – KC135, Rotating Chair, etc.
1987 - Vision ’87 Conference – International Space Conference co-hosted with the Houston High Tech Trade Forum
1988 – Mentored by William Edgar Thornton, M.D., NASA Astronaut
1988 – Co-Chair, International Conference, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, Houston, Texas
1988 – Guest of founder, International Space University – Inaugural Summer Session, MIT, Boston, MA
1989 – Founder, Space Chiropractic Committee, American Chiropractic Association – study of Space Life Sciences
1989 – Attended 20th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing celebration with original astronauts and JSC center directors
1992 – Consultant regarding back pain and Russian Penguin Suit, NASA JSC – Steven F. Siconolfi, Ph.D., FACSM
1994 – Guest of founder, Dr. Peter Diamandis, International Space University Summer Session, Strasbourg, France
1995 – Invited by Story Musgrave, M.D., NASA Astronaut (Former) to perform lowback pain research on astronauts
1996 – 2004 Participated in the Ansari XPRIZE for Suborbital Spaceflight – Friend of Founder, Peter Diamandis, M.D.
1998 – Hosted and trained ten prominent Russian Physicians in techniques of chiropractic and preventive care
1998 – Invited by Anatoly Liev, M.D., Russian Presidents’ physician, to represent USA in Russian Medical Conferences
2006 – Attended, Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization Award given to Peter Diamandis, M.D.
2007 – VIP guest of Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, on Soyuz TMA-11 space launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. 
2009 – VIP guest for Space Shuttle Launch - Servicing Mission 4 (SM4), Cape Canavarel, Florida
2010 – 2014 - Contractor, Wyle Flight Analogs Project (FAP), Bed Rest Study, UTMB - GCRC facility
2011 – VIP guest for Space Shuttle Launch – STS-133, Cape Canaveral, Florida
2012 - Speaker, Astronaut/Cosmonaut Health Problems & Interventions, International Space School, Houston, Texas
2015 – VIP guest of Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, on Soyuz TMA-19M space launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
                    

In 1984-1987 I was a test subject for NASA’s space life sciences program. In 1988 when I graduated from the Texas Chiropractic College and was enrolled in a dual master’s degree program for Fitness and Human Performance as well as an MBA in Health Care Administration, I was contacted by William Thornton, M.D., NASA Astronaut, Space Life Sciences Researcher to come to his office. He handed me stacks of research papers to read from his years of research on astronautics. He mentored me in my early years in Space Life Sciences. Several other astronauts have also encouraged my participation in NASA’s space life sciences including Story Musgrave, M.D., NASA Astronaut (Former) to perform low back pain research on astronauts. He was chief of the astronaut corps office and asked me to develop a questionnaire on low back pain and space travel. He assured me all of the astronauts would participate in this research and he wanted me to join them during his tenure at NASA JSC. Many other global opportunities have presented themselves to me along my career. But, more locally, I was a paid consultant with the corporate headquarters of Sisters of Charity and Memorial Health Care in the early 1990’s to integrate allopathic care with alternative care in the City of Houston.

Additionally, 20 years ago, I served as the education committee chair for the Houston Area Health Care Coalition (HAHCC), representing preventive care services with large employers in Houston including Boeing, United Space Alliance and Lockheed Martin. I was subsequently asked to be the Educational Resources Coordinator for the Texas Business Group on Health (TBGH) representing six million Texans and finally the Resources Coordinator for Healthy Communities for the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) representing thirty million Americans. At that time, I co-founded the Texas Alliance for Worksite Wellness where I was responsible for coordinating government (Texas Department of Health), American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, March of Dimes and other National not-for-profit organizations to standardize wellness programs for large employers throughout the state of Texas. Six other southern states were looking at this new organization to become the new standards for implementing and operating wellness programs combining government, corporate and national not for profit organizations. I also became the coordinator for six southern states to implement the national healthy cities and healthy communities’ initiative. As a result, I brought together all the top leaders locally in the City of Houston including the mayor’s office, key government and non-government leaders to kick of the Houston Healthy Communities Initiative in the mid to late 1990’s. A major part of my career has been working nationally, state, regionally, city and most recently locally to standardize preventive care programming involving government and other key stakeholders. Since 2013 I have been providing chiropractic and wellness programming services at NASA JSC and Sheppard AFB to a government contractor Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE).

References:

Peter H. Diamandis, M.D.,an American engineer, physician, and Intel entrepreneur best known for being the founder and chairman of the X PRIZE Foundation, the co-founder and chairman of Singularity University

Brian Arenare, M.D., Kelsey-Seybold JSC Medical Clinic - Houston, Texas Physician and Flight Surgeon - NASA/Johnson Space Center Clinical care, prevention, screening and medical risk assessment of astronauts, flight crew and NASA employees. Director of Cardiopulmonary and Exercise testing.

More upon request.