Celebrate Life
Campus Hosts Fibromyalgia Awareness Day Event
May 4, 2011 :: No. 137
What:
Holistic health seminars will highlight Cal State Fullerton’s May 7 “Celebrate Life” event. The free event is being held in observance of Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. The public is welcome.
When:
Saturday, May 7
12:30 -7 p.m.
Where:
Cal State Fullerton, Kinesiology and Health Science Building, Room 199
800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, 92631
Schedule:
12:45 p.m.
Faith E. Leuschen, a chiropractor and owner of Total Body Balance of Manhattan Beach, delivers the keynote address on nerve compression, fibromyalgia and other neurologic conditions.
2-5 p.m.
Cal State Fullerton faculty members C. Jessie Jones, Laura Zettel-Watson, Carter Rakovski and Paul Gluch and other experts will offer seminars on caregiver support, stress-busting tips and alternative healing therapies, such as acupuncture and sound therapy. HealthRHYTHMS, an interactive, research-based, recreational music-making workshop that helps reduce stress and stimulate creativity and spirituality, will be offered. A support group session designed specifically for family members, loved ones and friends of individuals affected by fibromyalgia will be conducted as well.
5-7 p.m.
Reception for attendees features entertainment and raffle for prizes, including a laptop computer and rink-side tickets to an Anaheim Ducks game.
Why:
“This is an annual event to promote awareness and let the public know that the university’s Fibromyalgia Research and Education Center exists and provides innovative and alternative interventions for managing symptoms and promoting health,” said C. Jessie Jones, professor of health science and founder and director of the center. “The center opened in 2007 and has studied thousands of people suffering with fibromyalgia and other overlapping medical conditions to devise the interventions.”
Registration:
http://fibro.fullerton.edu
For more information, email fibromyalgia@fullerton.edu or call 657-278-7031.
Sponsors:
CSUF’s Fibromyalgia Research and Education Center, Health Science Department and Health Promotion Research Institute and North Orange County Fibromyalgia Support Group
Media Contacts:
C. Jessie Jones, Health Science, 657-278-2620 or jjones@fullerton.edu
Sandy Bennett, Auxiliary Services Corp., 657-278-8145 or sabennett@fullerton.edu
Mimi Ko Cruz, Public Affairs, 657-278-7586 or mkocruz@fullerton.edu
