Beware Of The ‘Wii Syndrome’
There’s another medical condition to hit the market and it’s affecting Nintendo gamers everywhere. It’s called the ‘Wii syndrome’. Medical physicians in Britain are blaming the Nintendo Wii for some minor injuries that thousands of people have been experiencing.
Osteopaths have said middle aged parents roped into playing the games with their children are especially susceptible to neck, shoulder and elbow problems that can result from playing for extended periods of time. “We noticed we were getting a number of middle-aged parents coming in having played for far too long on the Nintendo Wii that they had bought their children,” said Martin Davies, who runs five osteopathic clinics in Cheshire county.
Of course that doesn’t mean that the Wii is all bad to people. Davies stated that there might be a little good to come out of playing it. “But it is not all bad,” Davies said, “One parent reported that his son had lost a stone in weight (14 pounds) since getting a Wii for his birthday.”
So it seems that the Wii is great for the younger generation. The older generations just have to pace themselves. Or they can read the manufacturers’ guidelines for instructions to playing well said Davies.
Daemon said,
Wrote on February 2, 2008 @ 5:13 pm
I have been reading many articles on Wii related injuries and it is upsetting to me because, quite frankly, these are people just looking to sue Nintendo for reasons stemming from their own negligence.
My thoughts are summed up here.
It is so wonderful that Nintendo came out with a platform that provides people with a workout. The USA is a nation of fat people and so wii need the Wii! But, we are also a nation of get-rich-quick schemes and so this post and others point to a possible downfall of the Wii.
CANDACE said,
Wrote on March 24, 2009 @ 12:28 pm
YOU ARE ABSOLUTY RIGHT! I AM A FIFTY YEAR OLD WOMEN, I PLAYED THE WII ELEVEN HOURS LAST SUNDAY, AND ONE HOUR ON MONDAY NIGHT, BOY! I AM IN PAIN, MY SHOULDERS, BACK, ARMS AND LEGS,(MY WHOLE BODY) IS IN PAIN. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN RUNNING AND LIFTING WEIGHTS. I WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE WII BUT NOT AS LONG, I KNOW IF I KEEP THIS UP I WILL LOOSE WEIGHT.
CANDACE said,
Wrote on March 24, 2009 @ 12:41 pm
JUST TO ADD TO DAEMONS COMMENT:
These people probaly are looking to sue Nintendo for reasons stemming from their own negligence, and mabey their not. Personally, the WII is a great investment. I have been trying to workout at the GYM for two weeks Iv’e tryed in the morning before I went to work, that didn’t work for me because, I would be so tired during the day because I wasn’t getting enought sleep, In the evening after I get off of work run errons, go home and perpare dinner, I’m to tired to go to the GYM. I find that the WII is not only intertaining it is convient all I have to do is turn it on . It is also a great way for me and my husband to spend quality time together while we are working out.