Many people today are wondering whether it is possible to restore vision without medical chemicals, procedures, operations, using simple methods and exercises for this. Today, unfortunately, more and more people notice a rapid decrease in visual acuity due to various factors of modern life.
Why is it important to do eye exercises?
The lifestyle of many modern people leads to the fact that the eyes experience a very high load every day. Almost every person today has a variety of computer equipment, phones, tablets, smartphones. Most people spend almost the entire day behind a monitor or smartphone screen, not only working, but also relaxing here. This group also includes children who spend most of the day playing computer games.
At the same time, most people sit in front of a computer or laptop monitor almost point blank, which causes severe eye strain.Human eyes are designed in such a way that in order to stay healthy it is necessary to constantly change the visual distance., shifting the focus of vision from distant objects to near objects and vice versa.
But for most people today, the virtual world replaces all aspects of life, it has become more important and much more necessary than reality. If before people tried to relax in nature to admire its beauties, today we can visit any country in the world without even leaving home. And by going for a walk in the park, many people do not leave their smartphone or tablet.
As a result, the eyes experience very serious overload, and if it is observed daily, vision begins to decrease, because nature does not provide for such a lifestyle. To avoid such problems,doctors strongly recommend doing simple exercises to improve vision, especially when a person spends all day in front of the screen or monitor.
Efficient charging to improve eyesight
Many people choose the easiest way to normalize lost visual acuity - glasses or their more modern version - contact lenses. But in this case, the muscles of the eyes, instead of the strengthening they need, begin to degrade, which is why vision decreases even more.
It is believed that the first and most important condition for restoring previous visual acuity is the refusal to use optical devices.. If you remove the glasses, the eyes begin to experience increased stress, trying to focus the image, thereby strengthening the visual muscles and starting to restore vision.
It is important to remember one rule: any exercise, such as playing sports, should begin with a warm-up, and the eyes are no exception. As a warm-up, you can use a simple exercise.
Exercise for the eyebrows
It is from this task that it is recommended to start any set of exercises aimed at restoring lost visual acuity. If the eyes are constantly overloaded and severely stressed, the eyebrows begin to drop and crawl over the lashes, creating additional heaviness. To get rid of this, it is recommended to often raise the eyebrows as high as possible.
This should be done with effort, so that tension is also felt in the ears., holding the eyebrows up for a few seconds. It is important to remember the feeling of tension in the ears and to try to achieve it without raising the eyebrows. Of course it won't work the first time, but after a few workouts everything will be fine.
Exercise "write with the tip of the nose"
Many ophthalmologists find this exercise very effective, especially when it is necessary to quickly eliminate existing eye fatigue, for example, accumulated during the day.
To do this, you need to close your eyes and imagine that the tip of the nose is a pencil with which you should write the alphabet and numbers. Movements should be smooth and slow.
It is important to pay attention to the fact that in the eyes, when performing movements, a special weak vibration is felt that occurs involuntarily.
This exercise is very useful for the eye muscles, especially the deep ones. This exercise should be repeated several times.
Label on the window
To perform the exercise, you need to put a mark on the window at eye level. As a label, you can use a piece of plasticine or cut out a small circle from dark paper.
After attaching the label, you should move away from it about 40 cm, then select a distant object outside the window and look at it through the established label, keeping your head and eyes in one position without moving. After 30-40 seconds, you need to look from the selected object to the mark. The exercise must be performed at least 10 times.
If there is no chance to go to the windowsFor example, when a person works in a crowded office, you can use the second version of this exercise. Visually select any distant object, examine it as closely as possible for about 20-30 seconds, then observe your hands, the clock on them, a paper clip or pen on the desktop. Repeat about 10 times.
Reduction of the eyes at the bridge of the nose
Those who often perform this exercise can do without the help of foreign objects, performing the task only with the eyes. But if you are doing it for the first time, take a normal pencil, bring it to your eyes at a distance of about 15 cm, focus your gaze on its tip, then move it from side to side, following the movement of your eyes without look up. Then, without taking your eyes off the tip of the pencil, bring it to the bridge of your nose.
It is necessary to follow the pencil in this position until the image in front of your eyes begins to double. After that, you should return to the starting position and let your eyes rest for a few seconds before repeating the exercise. It should be done at least 5 times.
Instead of a pencil, you can use your finger, diligently focusing on it., especially when pressed against the bridge of the nose. It is important to see all the folds of the skin on it. Next, you need to look at any object located about 40 cm from the eyes and examine it thoroughly.
This exercise allows you to develop the ability to quickly focus your eyes on objects.
Circular movements, or "quadrants"
This exercise forces the eye muscles to work intensively, which helps restore visual acuity. It is easier for someone to do this by imagining an old watch with a large round dial. The point of attachment of the arrows should be exactly opposite the eyes. Do the exercise with your eyes only, without turning your head.
From the central point, you should look at 12 o'clock, after which you should look several times at all the numbers in a circle, then, having reached 12 again, you should go through the dial in the other direction and return your gaze to the center again . Also, without moving your head, you should look at the numbers randomly, quickly moving your eyes from the center point to different numbers.
You can thus view the numbers in order, each time returning your gaze to the center, performing the exercise in both directions in turn.
Additional exercises to restore sight
In addition to the basic exercises recommended by ophthalmologists to restore lost visual acuity, additional activities can be performed to improve the overall effect.
handheld
The effect after this exercise, as a rule, is felt from the first time, and many ophthalmologists call it a fundamental exercise for restoring vision. If your eyes are tired of reading or working on the computer, you need to take a break of only 5 minutes to perform such an exercise.
You should close your eyes with your palms and remain in this position for about 5 minutes, without being distracted by anything. After such a procedure, the eyes gain new strength, as if a person had not looked at the monitor for several hours, but had just opened his eyes after a night of sleep. With severe eye strain, in cases where 5 minutes of rest is not enough, you can extend the session, listening to your feelings.
It is important to perform this exercise correctly.. The palms of the hands should be pressed firmly against the closed eyelids, so that no gaps form between them and the rays of light do not penetrate the eyes. It is important that the eyes are in absolute darkness throughout the session. The right attitude is also very important. It is necessary to imagine how visual acuity is restored after each exercise, while the eyes should be relaxed and rest.
An important point of this gymnastics for improving eyesight is that the palms of the hands should be warm, therefore, before starting the exercise, they should be intensely rubbed against each other or warmed up in another way. You can complete the activity for a long time and repeat throughout the day as many times as you want.
The doctor who promotes the technique of palming has shown that this exercise is practically indispensable and very effective when it is necessary to restore lost vision.
sunburn
You can perform such an exercise using almost any light source, including the sun, fire, candle, lamp, but it is better to complete the task with the help of the sun. In fact, sunburn is the treatment of the surface of the eyes with light rays, which is one of the effective methods not only to relax the eye motor muscles, but also to restore lost visual acuity.
Never look at the sun or any other light source: This can cause corneal burns. This exercise should be done correctly:
- It is necessary to close your eyes and raise your head towards the sun so that it is on one side and not directly in front of your eyes.
- Under closed eyelids, you should move your eyes from side to side so that when you reach one corner, the light is visible, and in the other side there is a shadow.
- It is important to alternate the shadow with the light.
You can run another version of the task. Stand behind a tree or other object, behind which the sun is shining, close your eyes and simply swing with your whole body or just with your head so that when you move in one direction you enter the light, and the other - into the shadow. . You can simply move your palm in front of your closed eyes, without touching your face, so that shadow and light alternate.
Eye massage
It is a long-established and fairly effective method of restoring visual acuity. With the help of this technique, with constant exercise, it is possible to solve not only the problems of myopia, but also astigmatism. But, in addition to this, massage can be considered an excellent prevention of the onset of serious eye diseases, such as cataracts or glaucoma.
The massage must be performed without contact lenses or glasses.. The essence of the technique is to massage a few points on the surface of the closed eyelids, but all movements must be light and soft, without causing discomfort and pain. The fingers should be lowered above the eyelids at the desired points and performed with gentle movements up, down and to the sides, or press the tips lightly several times to create a gentle vibration.
The vibration of each point should be repeated three times, after which you should open your eyes and actively blink, and only then move on to the next point. Wash your hands thoroughly before starting the lesson.
It is possible to massage more points:
- By placing 2 fingers of each hand in the center of the upper eyelids and then the lower ones.
- With your middle finger you can massage the corners of the eyes, first the outer ones and then the inner ones.
- Put 4 fingers on the eyelids and massage the eyeballs.
- The index fingers massage the point of astigmatism.
In addition, you can perform other massage actions.: squinting, closing eyes, blinking intensely, making eyes "Chinese". Remember to blink and rest your eyes after repeating an exercise three times.
Pirate glasses or Bates method
This method is considered to be one of the most powerful ways to restore visual acuity. For this, special glasses are used, which are not difficult to do on their own. In such glasses, one eye must always be closed. You should have 2 pairs of such glasses, in which different eyes will be closed, or make the flap and universal holder removable, allowing you to rotate the bar.
With such glasses, you can carry out almost all household chores, reading, watching TV, only periodically rearranging the shutter so that it closes the other eye or changing glasses. In general, it is recommended to close each eye for no more than an hour, and it is better to change the glasses or rearrange the bar every half hour.
The principle of the technique is that when a person looks at a monitor, screen or book for a long time, the eye muscles stop contracting, which is why vision deteriorates. At the same time, the eyes are tuned to close perception, and the muscles do not take the correct position, as they do not receive the necessary signal from the brain. If one eye is closed at the same time, with normal blinking, the eye muscles receive a signal to focus. If one eye sees only darkness, the eye muscles are forced to work constantly, as a result of which the necessary training takes place.
This technique allows you to turn the visual load into an excellent workout that does not require you to spend time on lessons and exercises. Everything happens as if by itself, like a normal daily job.
Thus, it turns out that if you read a book or work on the computer, keeping both eyes open, your visual acuity decreases. If only one eye is open at the same time, it is restored.
Focus change
Exercise is performed without lenses and glasses. You should sit down, focus your eyes on the house outside the window or on another object, such as a tree. When the image is clearly visible, you should blink intensely, then adjust the focus of the eyes on the window frame, then on the flower on the windowsill, on the pattern on the wall and so on.
It is important to move from large objects to smaller objects, considering even the smallest details they contain.. You can perform this exercise in the course of normal household chores.
Finger-Through Method
This exercise also relaxes the eyes and helps restore lost visual acuity. You can perform it not only sitting, but also lying down. The arms should be bent at the elbows and brought to the eyes so that only the fingers are at their level, which should be open.
Next, you need to smoothly turn your head in different directions, while looking through your fingers, smoothly moving your eyes into the distance and back. The gaze should glide smoothly over objects without dwelling on them.
If the exercise is done correctly, the person begins to feel that the fingers are moving.
Morning exercises for the eyes
Upon waking up in the morning, you should not immediately get out of bed, it is better to perform a few simple exercises:
- First, you should roll from side to side several times, while watching your breath, it should be deep and even without delay.
- After that, you need to lie on your back and open your eyes as much as possible, and then your mouth.
- Next, you should close your eyes tightly, stay in this position for several seconds, then blink intensely at least 12 times.
- You have to repeat this action about 7 times.
- After that, you can massage your eyes and do palming.