If it's not tennis elbow, it may be "Wiiitis"

Iria · Jun 6, 2007, 10:30 PM

Source: Reuters
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When Dr. Julio Bonis awoke one Sunday morning with a sore shoulder, he could not figure out what he had done. It felt like a sports injury, but he had been a bit of a couch potato lately.

Then he remembered his new Wii.

Bonis, 29, had spent hours playing Nintendo Co.'s new video game in which players simulate real movements. Bonis had been playing simulated tennis.

It was not quite tennis elbow, he decided.

"The variant in this patient can be labeled more specifically as 'Wiiitis,'" Bonis, a family practice physician, wrote in a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine.

Judas · Jun 6, 2007, 10:58 PM

omg... lol.... it's just never going to stop now

***craig5320*** · Jun 6, 2007, 11:05 PM

<<< Long time sufferer of Wiiitis :-)

Baseball's the real killer

Erroneus · Jun 6, 2007, 11:24 PM

Yeah baseball is really hard for your joints.

Brutality · Jun 7, 2007, 11:09 AM

Lets Sue Teh Nintendos!!!!

niceguyrichy · Jun 7, 2007, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by craig5320

<<< Long time sufferer of Wiiitis :-)

Baseball's the real killer

damn right, I've pulled muscles playing baseball.
course, not as dangerous as getting over-excited during Zelda and falling off the rocking horse...

Jun 6, 2007, 10:30 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	If it's not tennis elbow, it may be "Wiiitis" Source: Reuters ________ When Dr. Julio Bonis awoke one Sunday morning with a sore shoulder, he could not figure out what he had done. It felt like a sports injury, but he had been a bit of a couch potato lately. Then he remembered his new Wii. Bonis, 29, had spent hours playing Nintendo Co.'s new video game in which players simulate real movements. Bonis had been playing simulated tennis. It was not quite tennis elbow, he decided. "The variant in this patient can be labeled more specifically as 'Wiiitis,'" Bonis, a family practice physician, wrote in a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine.

Jun 6, 2007, 11:05 PM	#3
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Jun 6, 2007, 11:24 PM	#4
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Yeah baseball is really hard for your joints. __________________

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