Injuries/Pain Playing DDR

[Halo001]

I have never been injured playing DDR. I NEVER play barefoot or on cheap pads
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"You have spilled the blood of the innocent!! Now begins 2 million years of dark rule!! "Satan, South park Bigger Longer and Uncut

[isthisusernamedisallowed]

the front top part of my left foot hurts after playing for a while. especially on tsugaru w/ all the bouncing.

will damage my pad to where shoes on it? cuz i normally play in socks. It's a soft pad with a 1 inch foam insert by mymybox.

[Bubblegum]

One day I did every song ( in workout mode) and I had this horribile hurting pain in my shoulder! Or how My feet get really heavy on me and I don't want to walk.
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I am broke cause of anime and ddr tokens....

[Disillusioned]

The only thing that happens to me is I get sore quads and calf (sp?) muscles.
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[zoolander101]

while freestyling in the arcade some stupid peoples who were older then me through a shoe(a big skateboarding shoe) at me right when i was turning around and it hit me in the nuts. i then fell off in pain and hit my head on another machine. i had to get stitches for my head
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[Atomsk255]

Busted up ankles, always. I always find some way in order to blame them on something else so I can continue playing DDR.
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hardest song beaten:
Max.(period) standard or
Paranoia Survivor Heavy

[darkhour]

Their was this one time at home where I was practicing a routine. At the end I topped it off with a handstand, while doing this, I lost control and tumbled into my closet.

Was not fun.

[BandGeekGirl]

well i have gotten blisters on my feet (gross ) but thats about it.. i play on my toes as well just because..

[robotfactory]

lol, i remember this guy at the arcade with a loud, annoying voice who tried to leap-frog over the bar and hit his.. stuff. it was the funniest thing ive ever seen at the arcade, mostly because he was annoying. some people were chanting for him to do it again, lol.

for me, nothing besides sore feet.
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xanga

[earthwindandfire]

it was the winter and my feet where wet i sliped and twisted my foot.

[goodtimesddr]

I sometimes get sore legs after playing a vigorous session of DDR. What happens the most though is those dam stomach cramps!!!!
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I took the path least taken. Now where the hell am I?

[pidgezero_one]

I've never had any serious injuries before, but I've fallen off the arcade machines a few embarrassing times. Also I tend to pull muscles while playing. This is because before I started playing 3 months ago, I was freakishly out of shape (which DDR has helped me improve upon, I don't pull muscles as easily now), and it was painful, to say the least.. nothing that didn't recover easily though. As my friend says, "In DDR you pull muscles you never knew you had before."
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this is the best signature in the world

[penguin334]

Well, I think I have shin splints form all the running we do in football practice. It hurts a little while I play, but once I stop, I can barely walk. So, I don't play much now. I will start again once it heals.

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[brie84]

well this has nothing to do with ddr...but it does keep me from playing...my heart is acting weird. I had a heart moniter on for 24 hours...but till I find out whats wrong...I'm stuck playing on my controller. So this sucks for me...and I'm out of work till I get a note to go back...so now I'm stuck at home...no money, and I can't play my game...damn this sucks
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[aperfectfailure]

I pulled the muscles in my calves. Yeah. They were so sore I could barely walk.
me: -wakes up, gets out of bed, and promptly falls on the ground and hits her head on nightstand.-

Yeah, I'm not the most graceful thing.

[PezCat]

I'm actually currently nursing a DDR-related injury. 'bout 8 years ago I tore my ACL and had to have surgery on it, so it's not 100% to begin with, but normally I'm okay. Not this time. While I was playing the other day some middle-school-aged idiots (PLEASE NOTE: I am -not- lumping all middle schoolers as idiots in this statement, just this particular batch of giggling dolts) kept poinging around like ferrets on too much sugar, to the point where they were interfering in my steps by crossing over to the side I was playing on while their buddies were laughing like stoned hyenas. They weren't even shadowing, they were just jumping around like morons.

Anyway, as I was doing Cartoon Heroes on Standard, I made a jump from the left side of the pad to the right side (I was on the left pad), and the jerk crossed over again. I shifted to avoid landing on him and sprained my bad knee. So now I'm not going to be playing at least until sometime next week.

That band of brats suddenly thought it was a lot less funny.

I want it to be next week so I'm well enough to play again.

PezCat
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Fatcatting on the pad since Jan. '04

[Rara]

To anyone who ever gets blisters - it's more than likely from your shoes. I used to get the most painful blisters on my right foot, but my parents took me out to buy some good quality athletic shoes, and I haven't gotten anything since. It's seriously worth a shot.

Other than that, I've accidently made myself physically sick before by not warming up before launching myself into a hard set to whore out for a crowd. I really regretted that - I had severe pains in the right side of my ribcage, I had over worked just my right leg and could barely walk, and I was at the verge of throwing up. Not too fun. :(
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