It's so great to see a video game console being used for more than just entertainment. Today, we hear another story of the Wii being used for rehabilitation, this time for the U.S. army. The fact that players have to move the Wii Remote in different directions to play the game is why therapists saw some benefit of introducing it to patients.

For example, one of the patients broke his wrist, elbow, and partially tore his rotator cuff in a vehicle accident. A couple of months later, this same person is playing Wii Sports Tennis as part of his therapy routine.

According to the doctors, the Wii is healthy and fun. Now that's a great combination.

Army Spc. Shawn Roberts must play video games.

It’s doctor’s orders.

Every week he goes to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and plays games on the Nintendo Wii to help him recover from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident in Kuwait last April.

The Army hospital is experimenting using the popular video game console as a physical therapy tool for wounded servicemembers. Playing the game makes the often painful and boring therapy session fun, Roberts says.

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