The Game System Not Just Entertainment Nintendo's Wii game system is far more reaching than just among the teenage crowd. This new fad is now becoming the newest rehabilitation therapy today. It is used in patient therapy for those recovering from strokes, surgery, contact injuries, multiple sclerosis and more.
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Physical rehabilitation therapy is standard in its use of bending and stretching repeated so many times over that it becomes not only painful for patients but after a course of time boring.
James Osborn at Herrin Hospital in Herrin, Illinois who supervises rehabilitation services states that many physical therapy patients refer to physical therapy as "pain and torture". The games require total body movement in the patients which are most like the traditional rehabilitation exercises used however, patients become so absorbed in these games mentally they hardly notice the rigid movements.
Due to the fact the game system is a game format this creates competition within the patient. It may appear to be dull to be playing against a video character on the screen, patients actually give it their all to beat the character on the screen. With their attention span geared towards something else instead of a regular routine they tend to have better improvement.
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