Nintentinitis, is it an Epidemic?
I am not, nor have I ever been a fan of Nintendo or any computer gaming. It was not allowed in my home when my kids were growing up. Playing video or computer games does not create social situations. Instead gaming creates very lonely people who have no real-world experiences.
Now I have further proof that gaming is not good for anybody. It’s called Nintentinitis or Wiitis caused by repetitive stress injuries due to playing computer, video or Wii games. Okay there are few serious injuries, but physicians in sports medicine are seeing a rise in strains and swelling related to the use of these popular games.
These physicians claim that anytime there is a new fad, there’s always a bunch of specific orthopedic injuries associated with it. In the case of Wii, gamers complain of pain due to repetitive stress injuries or twists and strains from playing in a confined space. Due to the small space, gamers are not completing full motions on certain activities such as tennis or bowling. Players figure out that a full swing is not required to return a swing or bowl a strike. They concentrate the force of the swing in the muscles of the forearm creating tennis elbow.
If you must play these silly, waste of time games; give yourself plenty of room, play the game properly and take plenty of breaks. OR you could get out and have a social life!
July 15th, 2009 at 12:49 am
I was reading through your blogs and loving your web site until I came to this post. I have to greatly disagree. I am a gamer and I would not call myself lonely by any means. In fact, I’m very social and I go out in f2f situations at least once a week. I have an immense amount of real-world experiences, too, having traveled around the United States, explored Portland and surrounding areas in depth, worked many jobs just to find out what it was like, etc. I can’t help but think that this blog was written from a very close minded point of view. The injury you describe in this article is caused by people not playing the game correctly. It is not the Wii’s fault. Would you blame the car for killing someone who chose not to wear their seat belt? I think not. I’m sad to see that someone who is so driven by new experiences can be so close minded to a large group of people.