We've all heard stories about Wii-related injuries and peple causing damage to their houses via overenthusiastic Wii-ing.

Well, the New England Medical Journal has reported of a girl who recently broke her foot from falling off her Wii Balance Board. They also mentioned other common Wii-related injuries include
"traumatic hemothorax (from a fall while playing), dislocations, and head injuries (from being struck accidentally by a gaming partner)."

Ouch!

In the United Kingdom, a healthy 14-year-old girl presented to the emergency department at Horton General Hospital in Banbury (near Oxford), having sustained an injury to her right foot with associated difficulty in mobilization. She had been playing on her Wii Fit balance board and had fallen off, sustaining an inversion injury. (The Wii Fit replaces handheld controls with a pressure-sensitive board about 2 in. off the ground that lets the user participate in tricky games that can improve balance.)

Other reported Wii-associated injuries have included traumatic hemothorax (from a fall while playing), dislocations, and head injuries (from being struck accidentally by a gaming partner).

Miss Razz via content.nejm.org »