Importance of eye care and exercises

Importance of eye care  and exercises

Regarding eye exercises

Exercises to strengthen weak eye muscles will improve your eyes' muscle tone while also increasing blood circulation to your eyes.

Eye care:

1.   Wake up before sun rise

2.   Look at the green plants whenever possible

3.   Wash your eye with pure cold water two times daily

4.   Change your eye make items in every 3 months  

5.   Daily eye exercise

6.   Regular visit to ophthalmologist

Careful about following topics : 

§  Exposure to Ultra-Violet Rays

Prolong  exposure to harmful UV rays of the sun puts us at risk for major eye diseases like cataracts, and abnormal growths.

 Prevention: avoid prolong and daily sun exposure .  Wearing UV-protective sunglasses when you are outside will protect your eyes from damage and ensure that your eyesight will not go weak.

§  Beware to use old Contact Lenses

Infections and diseases can often arise when we use old contact lenses.

Prevention: proper handwash before handling contact lenses.

Always check  the lenses or the solution they use aren’t past their expiry date.

§  Rubbing Your Eyes

Some person has habit of rubbing eyes . Rubbing your eyes actually increases the chances of damaged eyesight rather than providing relief. It is bad for your cornea. When we rub our eyes a lot, we spread dust and bacteria into them which can lead to vision problems later on.

Prevention : change the habit .

Rise your eye with pure water two times a day in the morning and before sleep.

if you have allergy please contact with your ophthalmologist for anti allergic eye drops.

§  Using Expired Eye Makeup or Products

Don’t use expired eye makeup or products. A lot of people often forget to check the expiry date on eye makeup or products they use on a daily basis. Using expired eye makeup or products can cause allergy which cause itching .

Prevention :

 It is very important to check the expiry date on any product that we use for our eyes.

Whatever the expiry date you should change eye makeup items  in every 3 months.

§  Smoking

Cigarettes increase the risk of age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, and diabetic retinopathy. Working in a smoky environment is also  cause a lot of vision issues.

Prevention :

Don’t smoke. Stay away from secondary smoking. People who work in smoky environment should rise their eye with pure cold water after work.

§  Staring at a smartphone all day

Staring at a digital screen all day puts a lot of strain on our eyes and can lead to weak eyesight.  Computer Vision Syndrome or Digital Eye Strain has become a large issue in today’s world as technology has become a core part of our lives.

Prevention :

Limit your time of exposure. Control the light of smart devices. Use appropriate font to read and typing .

§  Skipping your annual eye exam

 Skipping your annual eye exam can have a massive impact on the health of your eyes.Regular eye check-ups are our first line of defense against vision problems. Diseases like glaucoma can be caught early during regular check-ups and its damage can be limited successfully.

§  Relying on redness drops

Eye drops that reduce redness in the eye can be really great but using them too much can have negative impacts on our eyes. These eyedrops function by constricting our blood vessels and an over-reliance on them can cause damage in our eyes in the future.

For eye care, topics of eye exercises are not popular. But eye exercise reduce eye fatigue and relax your eyes at work.

Below are some of the exercises which promise to improve the eye health. The best thing about these eye exercises is that they don’t take much time, require no equipment and are easy to do.

The Palming Exercise

This exercise is to relax your eyes and take away the stress. It is a short break where you cover your eyes with the cup of your palm and fingers on the forehead. Do not put too much pressure while placing your hands on your eyes. This exercise will help you rest your eyes and mind and take away the stress from your daily routine while working.

Horizontal, vertical and oblique gaze exercise

Horizontally move your eye to the right and count 1-10 , then shift the eye to the left and count 1-10.

Upward and downward eye movement count 1-10

Upward and right . downward and right

Downward and left , downward and left count 1-10

The Blinking Exercise

 When working with digitized media and poorer attention spans, blinking becomes a lost practice. Blinking is an exercise good for tired, itchy and dry eyes. Blink your eyes rapidly for about 5 seconds. You will feel immediate relief from the symptoms.

The Roll your Eyes Exercise

You are required to be seated comfortably. It is a 2 minutes exercise. Firstly roll your eyes in a clockwise direction while keeping your eyes open and then anti-clockwise. Do it slowly, trying to stretch the eyes as far as they can go. This exercise will make your eyes feel relaxed. Do this exercise for about 2-3 minutes and you would be able to focus much better.

The Hot and Cold Compresses

Take a bowl of cold water and hot water. Dip one end of towel or washcloth in each bowl. Then put hot compress first over your eyebrows and eyes respectively. Savor the warmth for at least 5 seconds and then move on to cold compress and let it there for 5 seconds. Do this routine for at least 5 times.

The Focus Shifting Exercise

This is another very simple exercise which can help in strengthening the weakened eye muscles. To start, focus on a nearby object for about 5 seconds. Then move on to distant objects and focus on it for another 5 seconds. This sporadic shifting gives strength to the eye muscles and refreshes them too. Initially, you might find shifting focus with your eyes quite difficult as your eyes have become Lazy. As you continue doing this day after day, you will find it much easier to do. Focusing on one object strengthens eye muscles and it improves concentration power. This is one of the natural ways of improving the strength of your eye muscles if you remember to change focus and move your eyes to encourage relaxation.