Wii Fit Injuries

Nintendo's new Wii Fit has been causing a rash of strain injuries, ranging from minor lower back pain, tennis elbow and carpal tunnel.

Some game players have even reported more extravagant injuries, as detailed by the blog wiiinjuries.
 
Blunt trauma doesn't account for these new strain injuries, however, and according to aboutlawsuits.com they're on the rise.

Nintendo's Wii Fit is an exercise system. Players stand on a small pad, similar to an aerobics step, and perform several repetitive exercises. These exercises run the gamut from track and field to hula hoop, and can be just as vigorous as the exercises they're mimicking.

"I do get a workout from playing it," said Mary Quinsler, a Scottsdale Community College student. "I often feel out of breath after I play."

Just like real exercises, these can lead to various kinds of physical discomforts, such as tense muscles, sore joints and strained ligaments.

Quinsler reported aching muscles after spirited bouts of running in the track and field game.

Jonah Bentz, another SCC student, had no issues with injury, but his girlfriend Emily Stanley, a future SCC student, said she experienced lower back pain after yoga and hula hooping.

Nintendo's Wii System has been the subject of folly and mishap since its inception, initially stemming from its innovative Wiimote controllers. The Wiimotes, when not strapped to the wrist properly, have a nasty tendency to fly out of player's hands and damage friends, family or televisions.

When faced with mounting damages following the initial Wiimote fiascoes, Nintendo introduced a warning screen before each game and warns users to make sure their wrist  straps are fastened.

Nintendo was unavailable to comment on any future blurbs that may be set in place to help Wii Fit consumers, but Stanley and Quinsler both agreed that stretching before playing was necessary.

Quinsler added that users experiencing pain should relax and "get a massage."