Patients of all ages are complaining to their doctors about a variety of aches and pains stemming from their overuse of the popular Wii videogame, the New York Times reported. Doctors are calling it Wii Knee or Nintendinitis.“Skateboarding, replica watch gift snowboarding, you name it,” Dr. William N. Levine,the director of sports medicine at NewYork-PresbyterianHospitalColumbia University Medical Center, told the New York Times. “Take the newest fad, andthere’s always a slew of specific orthopedic injuries associated withit.”
Wii has sold nearly ten million game systems since American sales began in November 2006. At least 6.5 million Wii Fit, the popular exercise program, have been soldl. Wii claims video-induced injuries are not its fault: electronic prompts interrupt best replica watches players on a regular basis, recommending frequent breaks. “It’s a syndrome of injuries and people presenting with complaints thatwe couldn’t have imagined three years ago,” said Dr. John Sperling, a physician at the Mayo Clinicin Rochester, Minn. Dr. Sperling once treated a 22-year-old whose arm had swelled to twice its normal size after a marathon Wii session.Nick Heil wrote about the Wii fad last summer.Melanie LidmanHave you been injured playing Wii? Fess up in a comment below.
by Grayson Schaffer | on April 17th, 2009 | in FeaturesCome, sit down.Dog-friendly hotels provide an interesting training environment, and few hotels are as dog-friendly as the Ritz-Carlton at Bachelor Gulch,in Beaver Creek, Colorado. (The hotel even has it’s own mascotLabrador, Bachelor.) Here are some of the challenges you’re certain toencounter with a cute dog in a nice hotel:1. Aggressive petters: These are the folks who Replica Rolex watches fairly dive in on the poor (lucky) dog and, in no time, have him sprawled on his back like a cockroach receiving affection. Meanwhile, the handler hangs onto the leash and tries to pretend like he doesn’t notice what’s going on. The Opportunity: Learn to identify these people from a distance and beat them to an interaction.
