The Patella Wiinjury

The article i read called "The “Wii Knee”: A case of patellar dislocation secondary to computer video games," was basically talking about how video games today are not as sedentary as they once used to be. He explains that video games, especially the Wii, needed to be treated as any other athletic event. By this he means stretching and preparing your body for physical exercise before commencement. His ideas about the Wii are a little extreme. Personally, I have a wii and it is in no way something that a person should get injured by. Sure, the remote might slip out of your hand once in a while if youre really going at it, but to jump in the air for a tennis serve is a little overkill. People should not be treating the Wii sports as actual sports, because it is a virtual game that cant tell the difference between a wrist flick or a full arm swing. There is no reason to be falling over on a tennis serve in real life, let alone the wii. To fall and dislocate your patella means that you either had objects in your way, things laying on the ground, or you let your arm swing propel your whole body down. The wii is not meant to simulate real sports, but rather virtual ones, where not as much athleticism is needed.