Post by el JOKER5 on Nov 27, 2006 9:02:21 GMT -5
found this on the web...yo the is going to kill someone...LOL
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A Wii Workout: When Videogames Hurt
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The Wall Street Journal Online details several accounts of Wii related soreness as well as the opinions of a physician and the big N on the matter.
Ryan Mercer, a customs broker in Indianapolis, lifts weights several times a week. But that hasn't helped much with the Wii. After playing the boxing game for an hour and a half, his arms, shoulders and torso were aching. "I was soaking wet with sweat, head to toe -- I had to go take a shower," he says. And the next morning? "I had trouble putting my shirt on," says the 21-year-old avid gamer.
"It's harder than playing basketball," says Kaitlin Franke, a 12-year-old from Louisville, Ky. She has been camped out in front of her family's TV, fine-tuning her bowling motion and practicing boxing footwork in two of the Wii's games. Almost immediately, she says, her right arm started to feel numb.
Doctors advice: Stretch out and be sure to take care of any injuries afterwards. "It's just like athletic play," says Lana Kang, an orthopedic hand surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Ms. Haefele, who along with her fiancé is also a gamer, has been heeding that advice. Last year, she suffered a tendinitis injury and started wearing an elbow brace. Now, she also wears it when she plays the Wii.
How long until we see pediatricians suggesting the Wii to help combat childhood obesity?
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A Wii Workout: When Videogames Hurt
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The Wall Street Journal Online details several accounts of Wii related soreness as well as the opinions of a physician and the big N on the matter.
Ryan Mercer, a customs broker in Indianapolis, lifts weights several times a week. But that hasn't helped much with the Wii. After playing the boxing game for an hour and a half, his arms, shoulders and torso were aching. "I was soaking wet with sweat, head to toe -- I had to go take a shower," he says. And the next morning? "I had trouble putting my shirt on," says the 21-year-old avid gamer.
"It's harder than playing basketball," says Kaitlin Franke, a 12-year-old from Louisville, Ky. She has been camped out in front of her family's TV, fine-tuning her bowling motion and practicing boxing footwork in two of the Wii's games. Almost immediately, she says, her right arm started to feel numb.
Doctors advice: Stretch out and be sure to take care of any injuries afterwards. "It's just like athletic play," says Lana Kang, an orthopedic hand surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Ms. Haefele, who along with her fiancé is also a gamer, has been heeding that advice. Last year, she suffered a tendinitis injury and started wearing an elbow brace. Now, she also wears it when she plays the Wii.
How long until we see pediatricians suggesting the Wii to help combat childhood obesity?