The following is a description of the different free informational workshops on health that are delivered locally to the community by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, D.C., N.D., a member of the Foundation For Wellness ProfessionalsTM. These workshops are usually held at local libraries, businesses, and health clubs.
If you would like to have one of these workshops personally presented at your club or business, please contact the Foundation for Wellness Professionals. Dr. Fischer has presented workshops recently at the following locations: Comerica Bank, Flowery Mt. Baptist Church, Tops Weight Loss, Whole Foods in West Bloomfield, Alfred Noble Library in Livonia, Civic Center Library in Livonia, Healthy Jones, Foot Solutions and at Madonna University in Livonia.
Dr. Fischer provides many of the informational handouts found on this website to attendees of her free public workshops. Look at the local workshops scheduled to see if there is one near you. In the near future workshops will also be held via the internet.
Please contact the Foundation For Wellness Professionals at (734)-756-6904 or email them at Speak4Wellness@aol.com for specific dates, locations, and times of the local workshops that you are most interested in and would like to attend. There is no charge to attend these informational workshops. Please note these classes are limited according to those that are the most requested. There is limited seating. Advance registration is required to ensure that you do have a seat, and informational handouts are reserved for you.
Current Topics
Eat Your Way Thin
Is It Really Your Thyroid?
Beat Stress, Be Happy!
Balancing Hormones Naturally: A Holistic Approach To Women's Hormones
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Solutions
Three Solutions To Health Problems
Five Secrets To Looking Younger and Living Longer
Five Secrets To Avoiding Adult Onset Diabetes
Arthritis Relief Naturally - Alternatives To Pain Medications
Headache Relief Naturally
Natural Solutions To Allergies and Sinus Problems
Natural & Effective Solutions To Digestive Distress
Natural Alternative Solutions To ADD and ADHD
Permanent Weight Loss 5 Secrets
Pressure Point Therapy For Pain Relief
Scanner's Syndrome/Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Staying Fit While You Sit
Additional Topics:
A Drug Free Approach to Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity
Safety On the Job: Preventing Musculoskeletal Disorders In the Workplace
Reducing Stress and Achieving Wellness Naturally
Eat Your Way Thin Top
What You Will Learn: If you are looking to lose weight and learn how to eat so that you can burn fat, this workshop is a must. Learn which foods you eat will cause fat and which ones will burn fat. This workshop will explain why you have been gaining weight regardless of what you eat or how much you exercise. The relationship between food, drink, hormones, toxins, and weight will also be covered. Ever wonder how much food and what to eat? This workshop will answer those questions and much more. This is our most popular workshop. Please register early to ensure a seat. Past workshops have been delivered to groups where there was standing room only.
Is It Really Your Thyroid? Top
What Your Will Learn: Are your suffering with cold hands/feet, stubborn weight gain, unwanted pain, and mood swings? Learn the hidden reasons behinds these health concerns and what to do about them. Learn the thyroid's link to heart health, digestive issues, emotional stress and more. There is help the natural way. Help your body get back on track with safe, natural, effective alternatives. If you suffer with unwanted hair loss and feel tired, your thyroid is involved. Learn how to test yourself at home to see if it really is your thyroid. Also covered will be what you can do to help yourself.
Beat Stress, Be Happy! Top
What You Will Learn: Has stress ever had an effect on you? Learn what stress does to your body and how it can contribute to various health conditions. Your body has to respond to stress every time you experience it, even if you are not aware of it. Learn the seven different types of stress and what you can do to relieve each type. There is help the natural way. Help your body get back on track with safe, natural, effective alternatives. If you suffer with unwanted fatigue, overwhelm, difficulty sleeping, feel tired, or just feel stressed, this workshop is for you. Learn what you can do to help yourself recover from the effects of stress by using diet, nutrition and lifestyle changes.
Balancing Hormones Naturally - A Holistic Approach To Women's Hormones Top
What You Will Learn: This workshop is for you if you want to learn what causes hormonal imbalance, PMS, infertility, osteoporosis and menopausal symptoms. The answer to hormone-related problems is not hormone replacement therapy! Find out how to balance hormones naturally using diet, nutrition, exercise recommendations, different lifestyle choices, and other safe, natural and effective alternatives to medications. The role of cholesterol and its relationship to hormones and the significance of high cholesterol will be presented. Information on hormone balancing and slowing the aging process for both men and women will be discussed including alternative hormone testing. Learn about the simple and effective home tests available to determine which hormones are out of balance and how to help restore hormonal balance without drugs or surgery.
Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Solutions Top
What You Will Learn: If you suffer from burning muscle aches and spasms, have to drag your body through the day, or are not living pain-free as you would like, there may be help. Gain an understanding of the hidden reasons behind fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. Learn what the correct indicators are of fibromyalgia to see if you really have the condition. There are effective and easy, natural, alternative, non-drug solutions and lifestyle changes that can ease the suffering and help restore more normal body function. Information on the relationship between diet/nutrition, exercise, lifestyle, and pain reduction will be discussed. A self-help, hands-on treatment will also be presented to help you reduce your fibromyalgia pain.
Three Solutions To Health Problems Top
What You Will Learn: Are you suffering with unwanted aches and pains, fatigue, stubborn weight gain, difficulty sleeping, digestive problems, allergies, sinus problems and/or mood swings? Learn the hidden reasons behind these health concerns and what to do about them. Learn the link to body health and wellness, digestive issues, emotional stress and more. There is help the natural way. Help your body get back on track with safe, natural, effective alternatives. If you suffer with unwanted health problems your body is not working well. Learn how to help yourself achieve better health and wellness using nutrition, diet, exercise, chiropractic and lifestyle changes.
Five Secrets to Looking And Feeling Younger Top
What You Will Learn: Learn the five secrets to looking younger, feeling younger and living longer. Learn why diets don't always work and what your primary reason for weight gain may be. The safe, natural, effective alternatives to looking younger, feeling younger and being healthy naturally, without injections, drugs or surgery, are discussed with specific actions you can use to lose weight, prevent aging and prevent such conditions as adult onset diabetes. Presented information will include how to look younger with exercise, diet, and nutrition and how to live longer with different lifestyle choices. Also included will be information on the calculation of an individual's Actual AgeTM and health status compared to his/her chronological age. How does yours add up?
Five Secrets To Avoiding Adult Onset Diabetes Top
What You Will Learn: Learn the five secrets to preventing diabetes and why diets don't always work. The primary reasons for adult onset diabetes will be discussed along with the relationship between diabetes and other hormones in the body. What cholesterol has to do with diabetes will also be presented. Learn specific actions that you can take to prevent adult onset diabetes and what you can do to help lose weight. Presented information will include the role of exercise, diet, and nutrition and the impact of different lifestyle choices.
Arthritis Relief Naturally - Alternatives To Pain Medications Top
What You Will Learn: Learn about the different types and causes of arthritis and when arthritis is not arthritis. The relationship between osteoarthritis as it relates to the bones and osteoporosis will be discussed. Since arthritis can affect people at any age, information on natural, effective, non-drug solutions including diet, nutrition, simple lifestyle changes and exercise will be presented. If you suffer from osteoarthritis, the information in this workshop will help you ease your suffering, increase your mobility, and understand how to prevent additional arthritic changes. Learn how drugs work to reduce the pain of arthritis but how many doctors feel the side-effects of the medications can cause other health problems.
Headache Relief Naturally Top
What You Will Learn: Learn what you can do to stop being one of the millions of headache suffers who have just learned to live with headaches and migraines. What too little or too much blood supply has to do with headaches and what causes the blood supply to be different from normal will be explained. Learn the different causes of migraines and headaches and how you can prevent them instead of experience them. Natural, effective, non-drug solutions including diet/nutrition, exercise and lifestyle options will be presented. A self-help, hands-on treatment will also be presented to help you reduce and/or eliminate the debilitating pain of migraines and headaches.
Natural Solutions To Allergies and Sinus Problems Top
What You Will Learn: If you or a loved one are one of the over 100 million Americans suffering with allergy related problems this is the workshop for you. Learn what causes allergic reactions and what symptoms may appear or already exist that indicate an allergy problem. Learn simple tests that can be done at home to identify allergic substances. The dangerous side effects of over the counter and prescription medications will be discussed along with safe, effective, non-drug solutions. The importance of diet/nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle choices will be explained in relation to helping sinus and allergy problems.
Natural & Effective Solutions To Digestive Distress or Tummy Trouble Top
What You Will Learn: If you are one of the 61 million Americans suffering with digestive disorders such as acid reflux, hiatal hernia, ulcers, colitis, irritable bowel and other disorders, this informative workshop is for you. Learn the different types and causes of digestive disorders and how to prevent them. Information on the physical mechanics of the digestive process will also be explained. Learn what cholesterol is, what its role in digestion is, and what the significance of high cholesterol is. Natural, effective, non-drug solutions and alternatives including diet, nutrition, exercise and lifestyle choices will be presented to help people reduce and repair their digestive distress.
Natural Alternative Solutions To ADD and ADHD Top
What You Will Learn: Learn the criteria for diagnosing ADD and ADHD. Conventional and alternative solutions will be discussed with effective natural solutions that can be easily applied at home including diet/nutrition and lifestyle modification. Learn the relationship between ADD and ADHD and allergy problems and how you can find out what can be causing your child's allergic reactions. Find out the influence of the different hormones on a body and their role in ADD and ADHD. Learn how to help your child without sacrificing his/her future.
Permanent Weight Loss 5 Secrets Top
What You Will Learn: Learn the five secrets to losing weight and why diets don't always work. The primary reason for weight gain will be discussed. Ways to avoid weight gain, how to lose weight with diet/nutrition, exercise and lifestyle choices will also be presented. Learn what can block normal metabolic pathways that stop weight loss. Find out how cholesterol plays a role in weight and what the significance of high cholesterol really is. The relationship between diet, hormones, body fat and body weight will be explained. Information on the importance of the BioStatusTM calculation of the body fat to muscle ratio will also be presented.
Pressure Point Therapy For Pain Relief Top
What You Will Learn: Learn a 5 - 10 minute massage therapy technique that can be used to relieve headaches, neck tension and stress. The treatment can be done anywhere once learned. It helps reduce stress and makes it easier for people to work and enjoy life with less pain. This is a self-help treatment that can be used at home and/or work but requires two people to work together.
Special Notes: This overview will describe how pressure points develop and how they can be reduced. Participants will receive handouts on locating pressure points. This is a hands-on workshop and requires audience participation with other audience members. Bring a friend or meet a new one.
Scanner's Syndrome/Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Top
What You Will Learn: Learn what using computers can do to cause wrist/hand/arm problems and what you can do to prevent these problems. People who use scanners at work with repetitive motions or those who are injured playing sports can also experience hand/wrist/arm problems. A review of the different treatments will be discussed including exercises, nutrition, and lifestyle choices along with non-surgical alternatives. Specific exercises that can easily be learned to speed healing time and to prevent future injuries will be presented. Participants will receive an exercise handout.
Staying Fit While You Sit Top
What You Will Learn: Some people spend 80% of their waking time sitting. Learn how to sit properly and the impact that sitting has on your health. Learn about the impact of different sitting positions on the neck and back and how to minimize the effect of sitting on the health of your body. Simple exercises you can do at your desk to maximize your work time and to minimize your chance of work injury will be presented. Exercises reduce fatigue while sitting on the job. They increase both job productivity and morale. Participants will receive handouts of specific exercises and Dos and Don'ts.
