Helpful eye exercises that you must do Exercising keeps your body fit and therefore, AusSpecs strongly recommend you to exercise your eyes everyday to keep them fit and fine. Just like your body and mind, your eyes also get stressed and strained by dealing with all the day’s activities. Exercising is a great way to relax them. Many exercises are considered to help improving vision as well, however, AusSpecs do not advocate them due to lack of medical evidence. Nevertheless, exercising your eyes is sure to protect them from getting strained. Whether you are a busy professional or a stay-at-home mom, below are some exercises that will take only few minutes to soothe your eyes. You must try them. • Most people won’t consider it as an exercise but blinking is actually an extremely helpful process for your eyes. We blink involuntarily whenever we are awake but most people don’t know their blinking rates are lower than what they should be. People blink less when they are using PCs, mobiles, playing video games, or watching Television. Since more concentration is required to do such activities, people involuntarily blink less. Voluntary blinking is therefore, strongly recommended for them. Blink you eyes for 3-4 seconds at regular intervals. Initially you may find it little odd but slowly, you will develop the habit of blinking your eyes voluntarily. Blinking will keep your eyes fresh and hydrated. • Close your eyes slightly hard for 5 minutes and open slowly. This is a very relaxing exercise for strained eyes and is most recommended for people who use computers for long hours. • Whenever you feel your eyes are tired, massage your eyebrows and forehead lightly using your fingers. Start from the centre of your forehead and massage along the eyebrows by moving your fingers in a circle motion. Repeat the process for 5 to 6 times and then massage your eyes very lightly in circular motion. You can do it during your lunch breaks, coffee breaks, or at night before sleeping. • Eyelid massage is also great. Just close your eyes and massage them by moving your fingers in circular way over your eyelids. • Cold compress is also found to be very relaxing for eyes. Wet a towel with ice cold water, squeeze it properly, put it on your eyes for 30 seconds to 1 minute, and press it lightly on closed eyelids, focusing on your eyebrows. Repeat it at least 5 to 8 times. Cold compress is very helpful for people who are suffering from dry eyes. • Rotate your pupil in clockwise and anti-clock wise directions for 3- 4 minutes at least 2 times a day. Blink in between each rotation. Keep your head, neck and body fixed and move your pupil to look up, down, sidewise, left, right, etc. Don’t force your eyes if they are not moving in any particular direction. Your eyes get tired constantly looking straight and this exercise is sure to break their monotony. Go to a park, a playground, or in your backyard. Look at any object that is quite far away, concentrate on it for a few seconds, and then suddenly move your eyes to look at any object that is too close to you, maybe your nose. Focus on it for a few seconds and repeat this exercise for at least 10 times. Do not to move your head and body; only exercise the eyes
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 05:11:46 +0000