DDR- Is it helping our health or just killing us?

Red L!NK · Trick Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: Anderson SC

Have you slowed with DDR in the past week or 2?
Your body gets to a point where it thinks what you do is what you need.
I know you like "WTF" but it true.
So I say you need you play more DDR.

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Bliznab · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:06 am Post subject:

A good warmup is probably good to have, but I never really stretch/warmup. I just try and jump into Candy or Bag ... then begin transformation from sleek & dry man to shiny & drenched man.

Pains are a part of DDR if you weren't ever that active before. I had mucho pain in the areas where Liquid Zero wrote.. and in my feet too. Back aches are probably due to bad posture or just not enough upper body strength maybe? Considering if you do not use the bar, your back might be overloaded.

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Maxevans · Trick Member Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Location: Poughkeepsie NY

i to have some pains right behind my left hip I think we should stop playing for a while until the pain is gone. I know its hard but u can do what anyone without ddr would look up porn chill and relax
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Sinistar · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:54 am Post subject:

I typically play DDR first thing in the morning right after rolling out of bed, so I need to start out by stretching my feet and legs a bit or else I'll be in pain for the first 15 minutes of play.

I also do back stretches before play just for the heck of it. So far, I haven't had any major pains/injuries over the past year of playing.
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Tanarus · Basic Member Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada

The first time I attempted Endless Mode on Heavy I made it to just over half an hour before one of my legs cramped up and I immediately stopped.

Then, on another occasion, I was doing a little freestyle thingy on I Like To Move It Light. Somehow, my foot landed on my pad funny during a spin, and I went tumbling down. My foot had a huge black bruise on the side for at least two weeks. ...Funny thing was, I tried to finish the song with my hands before I figured, "...Yeah. Not worth it." XD
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I've had some minor neck-pain lately too.

I used to play on my toes and the arches in my feet would hurt like hell the next morning so now I play completely flat-footed...but I don't know if that's too good for my knees and ankles either. When I completely fall apart I'll let you know -_-.

Ryudori · Trick Member Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Location: New Jersey

Ankle and shin pain for the most part, but nothing that could seriously affect my playing. Maybe I should start warming up instead of jumping right into Tsugaru heavy.
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claw · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:22 pm Post subject:

i dont know whats wrong with you guys, i can hop on a pad and do virgin so deep or max300 or unlimited and be fine (virgin - a prefix suggesting your first song of the day, feel free to use the term because it sounds cool just know that i started it)
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ryu4366 · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:29 pm Post subject:

You gotta remember too, when you play long enough, you will start to wear out the cartiledge (sp?) in your legs, so that will explain some of the pain... so yes, vitamins and milk would help a little in this situation.
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Loogaroo · Trick Member Joined: 06 Feb 2002 Location: Glendale, CA

I wonder if 10-20 years down the road there'll be a mysterious rise in young adults with bad knees and ankles on accounft of stomping and jumping on a hard plastic surface thousands of times.
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CaptainCraka · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:10 am Post subject:

mr_zelda · Trick Member Joined: 10 Nov 2004

Hello everyone!
My back pain has gone away for the most part. It may not have been DDR at all that caused it. Of course I recently busted a blood vessel in my eye too and my mom pointed the finger to DDR again for busting my eye too. Maybe she's just trying to coax me into not playing the game since she hates it so much.

Also, I DO drink milk and it IS doing my body good.

FierceStrife · Basic Member Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Location: Georgia, USA

Its good to play DDR as hard as you can, cuz thats what makes you better. But know your limits. Take breaks in between extreme game play, stretch out before starting, drink water, stuff like that. Thats what I do at least.....

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greyGizmo · Trick Member Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Location: Draper, UT

My achilles tendon near my ankle never fails to get sore when I play.
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pooface · Trick Member Joined: 27 Sep 2004

The other day at a local Fry's Electronics, I did something I definitley should not of done. I played nothing but catas and diffucult 8 footers (plus an attempt at LOM) for around an hour with absolutley no water at all. What happened to me? I threw up my whole lunch in the cafe' in the store.

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Johnny Rainbow · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Fukuoka, Japan

On Black Friday, I sprained my ankle from falling down the stairs. I could barely walk by the time I got to the mall. By the end of the day, I could barely pass Maxx Unlimited. I guess this game helped out my sprained ankle because of constantly making it move? I guess..
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