Information and opinions on health from denise at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/93896/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/93896/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/93896/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/93896/16433/recess Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:13:00 -0500 denise When I started this piece, I didn't really know where I was going with it. As I worked, it brought to mind what my daughter and I call black top recess. The schools today are so afraid of a child falling,getting hurt and of reprocussions from parents, that it seems that so many people are living in fear and missing so much. For example...at recess here in Ontario canada...there is no running on black top...no climbing on piles of snow and if... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/93896/16433/recess http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/93896/15664/breakthrough Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:58:00 -0400 denise I have had fibromyalgia for 16 years following a whiplash injury from an assault. when i first became ill, i was very frightened and no one could help me, not even by acknowledging that this was very real and beyond a hysterical reaction. "shrewdly it spread this pain to my soulbanished my heart and swallowed me whole" Now i have a better understanding of what is happening and am not quite as frightened.  ... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/93896/15664/breakthrough