Nintendo Wii Helps Seniors and Disabled People Stay Active

Nintendo Wii was designed as an innovative, next generation video game. The Nintendo Wii has garnered an unexpected audience. Many seniors who were active in sports when they were younger have been forced into a more sedentary lifestyle after developing hip pain, shoulder pain, and knee pain. The limited mobility that comes with arthritis pain forced them to give up athletics and become spectators. Now, seniors are lining up at senior community centers to play and compete against each other on the Nintendo Wii sports games.

When physical therapists and rehabilitation specialists learned about Nintendo Wii, they envisioned a different use for it. With the Nintendo Wii they could bring fun back into physical therapy, which can be boring and a motivation-killer if the patient doesn't remain enthusiastic. Read more in Nintendo Wii Can Be Therapeutic.

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