Since the docs can make use of iPods to sharpen their medi-skills, it is time for the patients to turn to such entertaining gadgets for recovery too.The physiotherapists at Seacroft Hospital, England, are resorting to Nintendo Wii Fit as part of their physical therapy rehabilitation process. For the first time medicos in this country are using the Wii Fit game and balance board for rehabilitation purposes. Wii Fit allows patients to practice the cooperation needed between a real and prosthetic limb. Progress that is reinforced by visual evidence provides an additional incentive for patients to push themselves during therapy. Even the patients who have used this gaming treatment vouch for the boost in their Wii Fit dependant recovery.

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