In the same week that Nintendo has sold 7.1 million Wiis in the days leading to Christmas, the Sun (London) is reporting that Wiis are putting ten Brits in the hospital a week. The study focused on reports coming from Briton’s state run hospitals about Wii related accidents and muscle strain and did not include data from other countries and their clumsiness. In a related discovery, people who don’t exercise at all are found to get hurt easily.
From general accidents involving a controller to the face, kicking a coffee table and other general slapstick level accidents, new reports of Wii-itus are being reported. That’s right, the minimal effort of flicking ones wrist to hit a tennis ball in a video game is causing a strain in people’s wrists, and doctors are calling it Wii-itus. There is even a double Wii-knee for those heavy Wii Fit users.
Doctors are taking the injuries seriously. Doctor Dev Mukerjee, of Broomfield Hospital commented on increase of injuries, stating “It’s possible that Wii-itus may lead to rheumatism and arthritis in later life. Patients often have inflammation of the shoulder or wrist.”Common treatments include cortisone injections and anti-inflammatory painkillers. They are recommending that all Brits stretch before engaging in a heavy Wii session. The rest of us should just stay clear of over-competitive drunken family members who complain that “it isn’t like real bowling.”
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