Wii Therapy Catching On
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From what I’ve heard, physical rehabilitation can be a painful and difficult experience. But some therapists are using Wiis to lighten the load.
“[T]he Nintendo Wii is winning fans in physical therapy by getting victims of accidents and diseases back on their feet. . . . Dana Ryan, Wake Med director of therapy, said the Wii works because patients buy into the game and the therapy without knowing it,” according to WNCN-TV’s Frank Graff.
I just hope patients don’t get too enthusiastic and injure themselves again - that’s one thing that’s not likely to occur with less fun forms of therapy. Hat tip to Maxconsole’s “malloc.”
Posted By Doug Caverly on 07/20/2007 2:51 pm
July 20th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
[...] By | July 20, 2007 From what I’ve heard, physical rehabilitation can be a painful and difficult experience. But some therapists are using Wiis to lighten the load. “[T]he Nintendo Wii is winning fans in physical therapy by getting victims of accidents and diseases back on their feet. . . . Dana Ryan, Wake Med director of therapy, said the Wii works because patients buy into the game and the therapy without knowing it,” according to WNCN-TV’s Frank Graff. More from wiiblog.net [...]