by Administrator
15. December 2009 10:35
Just like our body, our eyes need adequate relaxation and exercising. Exercising eyes, keep eye muscles active and well maintained. A person who exercises his eyes regularly can focus well and has lesser chances of developing eye problems.
Below are some of the exercises that can be performed easily. Please do consult an eye specialist if you have some serious eye problems.
- After sitting in a comfortable position, rub your hands to make them warm and place them on eyes. You should keep your hands in such a way that there is no pressure on your eyeballs and no light should pass between your eyes and nose. Your eyes should be closed. Start focusing on pitch black color. In start you will see different colors but continue till you can view pitch dark black color. Once you view it, remove your hands. You should repeat this exercise for 3 minutes.
- You can release stress by closing your eyes tightly for 3-5 seconds and then opening them for 3-5 seconds. This exercise should be repeated 7-8 times.
- Light massage of eyes in circular motion for 1 to 2 minutes can relax them. Do not press your eyes very hard as you can hurt them.
- Stress of eyes can be relieved by pressing 3 fingers of each hand on upper eyelids. Hold your hand in the same position for 1-2 seconds and then release. You can do this exercise 5 times.
- Rolling your eyes in clockwise and anti-clockwise direction and frequent blinking can relax your eyes from stress. It should be repeated minimum 5 times.
- You can increase vision focus and concentration by sitting about 6 inches from a glass window and making a small round mark on the glass (at eye level). Now you should focus on something far away for 10-15 seconds and then focus again on the mark made on the glass. You can repeat it 5 times.
- Hold a pencil in front of you at arm’s length and slowly move it towards your nose. Until you can maintain it in focus keep following the pencil with your eyes. Repeating the exercise at least 10 times is useful in enhancing concentration.
- Imagine that you are writing something on the wall in front of you with your eyes. Try to write bigger words. This exercise is good for eye muscles.
- Focus your eyes on a nearby (less than 30 ft) object and then focus them on something far (more than 150 ft). Repeat this exercise 5 times
- For few minutes, focus on some far off object with low contrasting background. This exercise is beneficial for maintaining your eyesight level.
Performing eye exercises is simple and do not take much time. It is important to do them on regular basis. While working on computer or watching TV, one should take a little break and try to refresh your eyes. You should blink your eyes as much as possible. Splashing your eyes with cold water relieves strain and is also very useful. With the help of these few eye exercises; one can easily take good care of eyes and enjoy colors of life.
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