Physician Diagnoses Wii-itis
While this is hardly the first case of a Wii-related injury being reported, it is the first time the injury was given a name.
Dr. Julio Bonis -- a Spanish biomedical researcher -- woke up one Sunday morning with what felt an awful lot like tennis elbow. But the thing is, Dr. Bonis wasn't playing tennis the day before. That's when he remembered his Nintendo Wii gaming console. He had been spending a lot of time playing the motion-sensitive, gesture-based gaming console and developed what he ultimately diagnosed as "Wii-itis".
This isn't the first time video game-related injuries have been diagnosed. In the '70s, "Space Invaders' Wrist" became the first gaming injruy: The carpal tunnel-wrecking shoot 'em up forced hundreds of players into doctors' offices with strange limb ailments. Then, in 1990, after spending five straight hours playing her Nintendo console, a woman was diagnosed with "Nintendinitis."
We fear for the future of game-related injuries, because they're just getting wrose.
What could be next? "Halo Eye?" "Madden Neck?" "Brain Age Damage?"
Thankfully, the cure for Wii-itis is simple: Take two ibuprofens and stop playing Wii for a week.
From AOL Body
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