SIGHT PROBLEMS: ROLE OF EYE EXERCISES
Much of modern life makes our eyes lazy-eye exercises appear to help improve vision simply by re-educating the eyes. There are several exercises that are claimed to help. For example, memories a small object with your eyes open, then after getting a clear mental picture, close your eyes and try to remember it as well as you possibly ^an. Open your eyes, look at the object again and repeat the cycle. Do this for five minutes every day without your glasses.
Reading without glasses is good eye training. The secret of this is to read without strain. Here’s how to do it. Palm (see above) for a few minutes, then take a book or magazine and start to read at the distance at which you can best see the print. Read a few lines, or however much you can until you feel your eyes becoming tired. Stop. Close your eyes completely for a few seconds and then start again. Blink frequently and consciously as you read. Try this regularly and you will find that you can read more and more without eye strain. Ensure that these exercises are done in a good, non-glaring light.
Another useful exercise is to practice moving your eyes up and down, round and round, from side to side, and so on, rhythmically and systematically for a couple of minutes at odd times during the day (when standing in the queue at the supermarket, for example). Rest in between each exercise.
Yet another exercise involves holding up your index finger about 8-10 inches in front of your face and looking intently at it. Then look away from the finger to an object on the other side of the room. Look back and forth from one to the other ten times, rest for a few seconds and then repeat the sequence.
Some people find that doing simple neck exercises helps improve their vision. These should be done on rising in the morning. Raise first one shoulder and then the other and rotate them so that the point of the shoulder describes circles in the air. Do this twenty or thirty times on each side.
Allow your chin to drop as far forward as possible into your chest, keeping your neck relaxed. Raise the head and allow it to fall backwards as far as possible. Repeat ten times. Now rotate your head so that your ears come close to your shoulders as you do so. Do this ten or twenty times slowly.
If done daily, these exercises and diet changes should start to produce positive results in a very few weeks. You may need to see your optician to get weaker glasses over the first few months, or you may find that you can leave them off for longer periods during each day.
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