My doctor said I should be playing more video games

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My doctor said I should be playing more video games; No joke
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VirtualBoyGamerShow	Dec 8 2010, 08:57 PM Post #1
The Virtual Boy Gamer Posts: 637 Group: Members Member #2,012 Joined: May 16, 2010	I have a condition that gives me bad hand-eye coordination.Unfortunately, that makes me bad at a lot of video games. My doctor told me to play at least an hour of video games everyday to improve my hand-eye coordination. Weird. Have any of you guys ever had to play video games to help you physically?
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sonicguy25	Dec 8 2010, 09:04 PM Post #2
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browland1	Dec 8 2010, 09:26 PM Post #3
Posts: 3,481 Group: Admins Member #719 Joined: May 12, 2009 Currently Playing Bloodborne.	There have been studies done that lend credibility to the claim that video games help reflexes and hand-eye coordination. You, my friend, have just been given the prescription for AWESOME! If anyone gives you flack about your gaming, you can simply tell them that it's doctor's orders



VirtualBoyGamerShow	Dec 8 2010, 09:58 PM Post #4
The Virtual Boy Gamer Posts: 637 Group: Members Member #2,012 Joined: May 16, 2010	I'm pretty happy and releaved too, actually. I never knew I had a hand-eye coordination problem till my last doctors appointment. It's something wrong with my connective tissue, which gives me slow reactions (I might be saying it wrong, all the info went over my head, lol.). I can grow out of it, but it's gonna take some time. He said I should be playing Guitar Hero, and Super Mario Bros.
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eSkilliam	Dec 8 2010, 10:07 PM Post #5
Gamer. Graphic Designer. Geek. Posts: 2,001 Group: Moderator Member #980 Joined: Jul 10, 2009 Currently Playing Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Dorrs Twitter @eSkilliam	They actually have used video game type set ups as physical therapy for a lot of really bad cases of various conditions. If you search around the web some you can find more info on it. Those games aren't your normal video games in most cases, however for just hand-eye coordination, play on! I think the guitar hero style games would give you the greatest benefit in that case, but any controller based games should work. You could probably benefit from the typing tutors as well, even if you know how to type, they will flash a letter or work and you have to type them in a certain amount of time usually, which could help the coordination as well.
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Yung_Gandhi	Dec 8 2010, 10:52 PM Post #6
Level 4 Posts: 331 Group: Members Member #921 Joined: Jun 29, 2009	First off, that is just awesome! If you want to improve on your hand-eye coordination, I strongly recommend playing Multiplayer shooters intensively. Games such as Call of Duty and Halo Reach would be great but there are tons more out there. When I mean intensively, I mean focus. Do not playing casually or while laying down but actually get into the game. Don't play RPGs in this case because I really don't think that would help in your situation.
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eSkilliam	Dec 8 2010, 10:58 PM Post #7
Gamer. Graphic Designer. Geek. Posts: 2,001 Group: Moderator Member #980 Joined: Jul 10, 2009 Currently Playing Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Dorrs Twitter @eSkilliam	-Yung_Gandhi- Dec 8 2010, 10:52 PM First off, that is just awesome! If you want to improve on your hand-eye coordination, I strongly recommend playing Multiplayer shooters intensively. Games such as Call of Duty and Halo Reach would be great but there are tons more out there. When I mean intensively, I mean focus. Do not playing casually or while laying down but actually get into the game. Don't play RPGs in this case because I really don't think that would help in your situation. no, what you do is you play all those games to get better at hand-eye coordination... then you say ok... that was my therapy... now it's time for some fun time and pop in an RPG... you weren't gaming before... then you were in 'therapy'
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KingJames88	Dec 8 2010, 11:44 PM Post #8
Ds Games! Posts: 3,129 Group: Moderator Member #511 Joined: Apr 6, 2009	Sports are also good for hand eye therapy and are great exercise as well. Baseball and handball ( not Olympic, one style only played in the NY area as far as I know), are two that are great for hand-eye coordination.
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FisHeaD	Dec 9 2010, 03:28 PM Post #9
Team Hoff! Posts: 821 Group: Members Member #857 Joined: Jun 13, 2009	I know video games are a good way to improve your reaction time and hand-eye co-ordination but I would think a doctor would suggest a more physical activity such as tennis as a better alternative.



Eltimo21	Dec 11 2010, 09:47 AM Post #10
Halopwns Before Posts: 1,099 Group: Founding Members Member #77 Joined: Jan 27, 2009	I heard First Person Shooters were the best for this problem also throwing a football around could help.



Kharnivore2099	Dec 11 2010, 10:13 AM Post #11
Retroverdose Posts: 3,313 Group: Moderator Member #47 Joined: Jan 27, 2009 Currently Playing Dark Souls III Twitter Kharnivore2099	Congratulations on the best medical advice i've ever heard. Pity he didnt dive you a prescription to take into your local game store. Imagine that, a 360 game, a ps3 game and something from the retro section, each to be played for 6hrs minimum a week. Doctors orders.
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Goza	Dec 11 2010, 10:17 AM Post #12
a.k.a. sexy Posts: 270 Group: Members Member #2,374 Joined: Jul 21, 2010	My doctor actually said the same thing back when I was 5ish for the same reasons. He started my ~~addiction~~ love for video games.
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VirtualBoyGamerShow	Dec 11 2010, 10:41 AM Post #13
The Virtual Boy Gamer Posts: 637 Group: Members Member #2,012 Joined: May 16, 2010	I have been playing sports a bit more. But around where I live, it's freaking too cold to even go outside. I went to play baseball yesterday, and I had to leave the game after playing only 20 minutes. It was that freezing. When I was in Kindergarten, till about 3rd grade, I was in Occupational Therapy (sorryfor bad spelling.) And Physical Therapy. I used to do a lot of physical things that tried to help my hand eye-coordination. It helped, but not a lot. I told this to my Doctor, and he said to play more video games, which will help my reflexes and reaction time. I'm not going to be using this as an excuse all the time. I still want to be active. But so far, the video games have helped a lot.
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mp4podcastDOTcom	Dec 12 2010, 12:25 PM Post #14
Level 1 Posts: 35 Group: Members Member #2,844 Joined: Oct 6, 2010	Studies have showed that Doctors that play videos games are better at operating on people. The small tools they use they need good hand and eye coordination to operated on people and playing videos games give doctors better hand and eye condition. That's why he told you to play videos games because that's what doctors are doing today to improve their own coordination.



Gameworldish	Dec 12 2010, 12:52 PM Post #15
Level 3 Posts: 143 Group: Members Member #1,968 Joined: Apr 29, 2010	once my doctor told me to play video games so i get distracted by pain and stuff
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Overtimee	Dec 12 2010, 01:21 PM Post #16
Run! Posts: 1,434 Group: Members Member #1,313 Joined: Oct 10, 2009	Call of Dutys (or any other FPS) need alot of of reflexes.
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