Injurwii

Wii Sports should come with a serious health warning. I was doing the boxing for just 15-20 minutes on Saturday and I’ve been crippled with shoulder/back pains since. I couldn’t sleep this morning because every time I tried to get comfortable I’d set the pain off again.

In other Wii news, I’ve bought Wii Play just for the ‘free’ Wii-mote and am seriously considering several games you guys recommended to me; thanks for those mini reviews.


29 comments on “Injurwii”

  1. Annie

    Oh yeah I forgot about the after-pain, whoops. Then again I think if you play on the Wii for hours then you’ll really feel the agony the next day.

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 11:33 am
  2. Karl

    Oh well, at least this will help you get in shape :P Have you ever tried lifting some dumbbells? It might help.

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 11:43 am
  3. Jordie

    I’m siding with Karl. I lift dumbbells almost every day. And Wii Boxing is still awesome. :P

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 1:15 pm
  4. Mallory

    Wii Boxing kills my arms. I did it on New Years, while drunk, and couldn’t use my arms for days. I mean really, I couldn’t brush my teeth or feed myself. I stick to bowling or tennis. And WarioWare is really cool. The mini games are crazy weird, but really fun. A great party game too. =D

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 2:22 pm
  5. Sarah

    I’m so thinking of adding a Wii to my wedding list!

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 2:26 pm
  6. Karl

    You might like this video :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjLg1NeWDE8

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 3:10 pm
  7. Rachel

    Wow, is it really that dangerous? Hope you feel better soon!

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 3:40 pm
  8. MarMARmar

    lol you make me laugh. Silly wii…

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 3:46 pm
  9. Derek

    Shoot, I hate it when the Wii gets the best of you and you are in pain for days lol.

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 3:46 pm
  10. Lucia

    Shoulder/back pains? Yup, that’s the Wii! Happened to me too, the day after I played on my friend’s one. They should put that in the manual =P “Please note: dead-feeling shoulders and backs are perfectly normal, will disappear in twelve hours.” Eh great, I make it sound like it’s the actual shoulders and backs that will disappear in a few hours x_x

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 3:50 pm
  11. Jordan

    Aaah Wii Play! Even though I was disappointed with it, I still ask Mark to play it. I like the “new” duck-shooting game that it included. Except Mark hates it–probably because I own his ass at it. I have yet to get extremely sore from playing with the Wii too much. I guess I’m just used to it now?

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 4:37 pm
  12. Renate

    Wii-arm, it’s the new mouse-arm. If you at all have that word in English, I don’t really know and I can’t be bothered finding out now. Anyway, it’s the tennis that always gets me. Have you tried the Wii fitness age yet? If not, I completely understand. It scares me a bit - first time I tried it, it put me at about 50. FIFTY. I’m hardly half that age.

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 5:30 pm
  13. Jem

    @Renate: my first Wii fitness age was 53, which I didn’t consider to be too bad, but after screwing up my shoulder I got a mighty 72! Eurgh :S

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 5:40 pm
  14. Asia

    Heh heh, injurwii, that’s clever. Should it really come with a health warning? After all, if you were to actually go into any of the sports in the game, you go in knowing you could quite possibly get your lights knocked out. If people took Wii Sports for the Virtual Reality game it is, they’d be well prepared! Perhaps you ought to stretch before you play the game in the future. :P

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 6:20 pm
  15. Stephanie

    Hey, at least you’ll get exercise from playing video games from now on.

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 7:18 pm
  16. Kenna

    Silly Jem, it’s probably because you aren’t use to moving that way. I’m sure after some practice, it won’t hurt you. xD Did you stretches before playing? Hahah.

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 8:39 pm
  17. Aaron

    I loved boxing but I think was a little too intense. I stuck with the tennis sport instead. It was much calmer and I was better at it.

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 9:04 pm
  18. Sara

    @Renate & Jem Aw!… Do either of you know what the average age is that most people get?

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 9:46 pm
  19. Chans

    Maybe it just shows how out of shape you are *innocent face*.. nah seriously I hope you feel better soon and it will probably stop being sore if you play it more often :)

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 10:47 pm
  20. Hillarie

    *wants a Wii* Don’t worry, my arms would probably actually fall off! I may be thin, but I’m soooo out of shape! At least I have the summer ahead of me…

    Comment added: May 7th, 07 @ 10:54 pm
  21. Ashley

    I believe when you start up the Wii console, there’s a brief health warning that prompts you to press A :P Baseball destroyed my arm though hahaha.

    Comment added: May 8th, 07 @ 12:47 am
  22. Carly

    Oh.. sounds.. painfull. I still wiily wiily want one, but will never ever be able to save up for one!

    Comment added: May 8th, 07 @ 1:30 am
  23. Yvonne

    Aww, but apparently wii is good for losing weight!

    Comment added: May 8th, 07 @ 3:10 am
  24. Mumblies

    Ibuprofen ! It’s a muscle relaxant-take one and you will be fine.That’s what they mean when they say gentle excersise

    Comment added: May 8th, 07 @ 7:04 am
  25. Mat

    You are seriously unfit if you were injured from wii boxing. Perhaps that doctor was right to perscribe you a brisk walk :P Remember healthy body, healthy mind.

    Comment added: May 8th, 07 @ 8:39 am
  26. Jem

    [quote]Perhaps that doctor was right to perscribe you a brisk walk :P[/quote] … I’m really not sure how a brisk walk is going to stop me straining my shoulders, but thanks for your ..uh, concern.

    Comment added: May 8th, 07 @ 9:20 am
  27. Naco

    Ouch, well I hope that game was worth it at least ;) I am excited, because I should finally be getting my Wii sometime next week plus about 7 games or so. Hope your back stops hurting though.

    Comment added: May 8th, 07 @ 4:45 pm
  28. Cat

    Ah, I know what you mean! I had sore arms after playing too much Wii golf. Perhaps I shouldn’t swing that hard ;) A few of my favorite Wii games are Rayman, Zelda, and Paper Mario. I was considering Trauma Center, but I have it on DS (it is amazingly fun though). Monkey Ball was a big disappointment, and Sonic was kind of mediocre.

    Comment added: May 8th, 07 @ 6:40 pm
  29. Sarah

    Wii boxing is seriously better than a workout at the gym, imo. In regards to new games: ZELDA ZELDA ZELDA. its awesome. It deserves to win the internet.

    Comment added: May 14th, 07 @ 3:47 am

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