CINCINNATI -- The Nintendo Wii might seem like a great way to get the family together and have some fun.

But one local doctor says it can be downright dangerous.

Complaints of muscle soreness and injuries from playing the game are piling up.
So fast, there are Web sites out there showing injuries gamers have gotten -- a black eye, a bloody hand, a knot on the knee, and arms in slings.

"Those type of injuries you wouldn't expect from indoor play with a video game," Dr. Bret Bruder said. "The popularity of it, the explosion of this has been unexpected and amazing."

Bruder, an emergency department doctor, said injuries are adding up as more people get the game.

Unlike previous game systems, the Wii often demands considerable physical motion to play effectively.

And the sheer popularity and fun of the game system doesn’t help matters.

"You get caught up and you don't want to quit and take a break," Matt Vieth said

"Young children through middle-age people being overexuberant, coming in after hours and hours with their arms, shoulders and joints aching," Bruder said.

Zach Martin had problems with his arms after boxing a few rounds on the Wii.

"It kind of stresses out sometimes," he said.

Bruder said a little common sense goes a long way.

"A little bit of stretching if you're going to be doing some of the more vigorous activities like the golf and tennis,” he said. "Don’t play for hours and hours on end. Try to spread it out. We know it's fun, it's addictive, but keep it to a limit."

 

Five bucks says they WERE playing nonstop in order for that to happen. People need to know when to take a break...when your hand starts to bleed from playing Wii Sports, any person with half a brain would know to put the damned controller down before it even got to that point.

 

The same thing can happen when playing basket ball, swimming too long or walking around at the zoo all day.

One of my kids did get a swollen lip from standing behind one of the other kids when he was playing bowling on the Wii, but the son in question is seven and should have known better - though he hasn't done it again since.

 

pussies!

 

Exactly.

 

wow, lame. People shuld realize their own limits.

 

People having fun excersizing? And Excersize makes you tired if you do it too much? Is this the twilight zone?

 

In a nation of fat ass kids that sit all day long playing games, a video gaming system that makes kids exercise to some degree comes along, and yet some people will still complain about it. What a sad development indeed.

 

a guy in his 40's i think was out of shape swung the controller
like a bat and hurt himself

 

I hope he youtubed it cause I need something to laugh at.

 

I love my Wii......exercise and fun at the same time....

A buddy of mine at work was gonna get one for his son.....as soon as his son found out how you play it, he didnt want it anymore......true story

 

Of course there will be sore muscles. You're using your muscles. They get sore when they're healing/getting stronger. Your muscles will eventually stop getting sore.

It's as if these people never heard of excersize.

 

i don't own one but my nephew does. that household has 5 kids. lol. play responsibly. i never thought saying that about a videogame console.  

 

Aw shit. Excercize while gaming causes injuries? I had better not play Wii, and just go outside instead.

Oh no... wait...

Better stay inside and play XBL. It's the only way to be safe!

 

Welcome to America: Common Sense Not Required

 

Haha, QFT.

 

What Smag said.

 

Let me see here. How is the best way to put this....if your fat, lazy ass isn't used to doing anything but sitting on the freaking couch, and all of a sudden you actually start DOING something, HELL yeah, you're fat ass will hurt. Go run, go work out, go do anything physical. Guess what, all those muscles you're not used to using are gonna hurt. Stupid people shouldn't breed, or in this case, play video games.

 

Ha ha too true.

Just another sign of the impending Idiocracy that will run this country.