This week’s ITConversations show features a cameo appearance by my wife Luann, who came home a couple of weeks ago raving about the Wii Balance Board that she’d been using in physical therapy. I talked with Luann about how her therapists, Anna Domyancic and Darren Gerber, are using the Balance Board — and the Wii Fit software — to help retrain her proprioceptors. Then I visited Keene Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine where Anna gave me a demo of their Wii setup and talked about how and why physical therapists are adopting the technology.
I still haven’t bought one, but there are 6 shopping days until Christmas so there’s plenty of time.
December 19, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Thak you for the news
December 19, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Good luck finding one. Amazon Marketplace shows them starting at $147 ($90 retail, when available).
December 21, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Everything old is new again. I really hope the wii will throw a Guru Meditation Error in homage.
December 22, 2008 at 11:14 am
“I really hope the wii will throw a Guru Meditation Error in homage.”
That would be appropriate!
December 22, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Thanks Jon. It would be good to hear more episodes like this where you go out into the community and report on what real people are doing with technology.
January 4, 2009 at 5:32 pm
At my 30+-year-old son’s insistence, we bought the WiiFit about 6 months ago. It has been wonderful for me. I use it every day.
February 1, 2009 at 2:39 am
[...] Luann Udell has found it helpful to use a Wii Fitness Board in her physical rehabilitation (Wii-habilitation). The Wii system gives her immediate feedback on her balance, improving her proprioception. (Proprioception was a new word for me. It refers to our sense of the position of our body. For example, through proprioception we know the location of our tennis racket even when it’s behind us on a backswing.) [...]
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March 25, 2009 at 3:11 pm
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June 19, 2009 at 2:16 pm
[...] Luann Udell has found it helpful to use a Wii Fitness Board in her physical rehabilitation (Wii-habilitation). The Wii system gives her immediate feedback on her balance, improving her proprioception. (Proprioception was a new word for me. It refers to our sense of the position of our body. For example, through proprioception we know the location of our tennis racket even when it’s behind us on a backswing.) Filed under: General No Comments Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) ( subscribe to comments on this post ) [...]
July 8, 2009 at 8:36 pm
[...] Luann Udell has found it helpful to use a Wii Fitness Board in her physical rehabilitation (Wii-habilitation). The Wii system gives her immediate feedback on her balance, improving her proprioception. (Proprioception was a new word for me. It refers to our sense of the position of our body. For example, through proprioception we know the location of our tennis racket even when it’s behind us on a backswing.) [...]