People with vision problems dream of restoring it: they raise money for surgery and take advertised medicines. At the same time, they doubt that it can be restored through charging, designed to improve vision.
Eye exercises are a simple method of restoring and preserving vision. The main thing is to do it regularly, especially in combination with drug treatment. Let's try to convince those who doubt the benefits of these exercises.
The benefits of visual gymnastics
Like all organs, the muscles and nerves of the eye are subject to various diseases and weakening. They need metabolism, blood circulation and good nutrition. Spending a lot of time in front of the computer, a lack of vitamins and poor visual hygiene do not contribute to improving your health.
We often forget this or simply don't want to waste time on visual training. In fact, why do your eyes need exercise? It's easier to take a miracle drug for information or have surgery. But this does not exempt the person from taking care of their eyes. This is confirmed by opticians around the world.
More than a hundred years ago, W. Bates developed a unique exercise to restore and improve vision. It is remembered, followed and produces effective results. Over the years it has undergone changes, but the meaning has remained the same - freeing a person from glasses. It is used today in combination with other treatment methods.
You need to practice every day for at least two months, achieve the desired result, and only then can you evaluate its effectiveness.
What exercises to do for your eyes in the morning
One of the most important reasons for deterioration in vision is systematic eye fatigue, which cannot be alleviated by anything. That's why ophthalmologists recommend performing a special series of exercises in the morning, as soon as you wake up.
When you wake up, you need to stretch out well in bed. Do this with your eyes closed. The whole body will wake up, the brain will receive the necessary signal. Then turn from one side to the other. Take some deep breaths.
Open your mouth wide and then open your eyes wide. Then do this at the same time. Repeat the exercise four times: mouth – eyes – all together.
Next step. Close your eyes tightly and blink them quickly and effortlessly while closed. Exercise improves vision clarity. You can do it at any time of the day when your eyes get tired and start to see poorly.
Nose gymnastics is the best way to improve the functioning of your eye muscles. To do this, use the tip of your nose to draw figures, letters and numbers in the air. It is most convenient to do this with your eyes closed. You can do this several times a day.
Eyebrow exercise is also involved in energizing your vision. Just lift them up and down until you feel the skin moving around your ears. The functioning of the visual organs improves, blood circulation increases and the tone of the facial muscles increases.
A good conclusion to morning exercises is palming. The ideal execution time is 5 minutes. This way, you have prepared your eyes for the working day.
General rules for training eye muscles
Only exercise done regularly will bring benefits. Choose a gym routine - twice a day, once in the morning or evening, once every few days. Consistency and the absence of omissions are the key to the effectiveness of the complex.
Be patient when doing the exercises. You shouldn't even start doing gymnastics if you're in a rush to get somewhere. Get the opposite effect. You will do gymnastics for show and not for your health; you run the risk of not straining adequately or overloading your muscles, thus worsening the effect of the exercises.
Do not exaggerate. Do not think that the more you repeat the exercises, the faster you will feel the healing effect. This is wrong. With your futile efforts you will contribute to unnecessary tension in the visual organs. Keep breaks.
You should not start a new exercise as soon as you finish the previous one. Sit for about half a minute with your eyes closed. Then move on to the next one.
Rest. There is no benefit to doing gymnastics and sitting in front of the computer at the same time. If you decide to carry out vision restoration, be prepared for the fact that you will need to approach the process comprehensively - both from a nutritional point of view and from the point of view of your daily routine.
Principles of rational eye exercise
When starting exercise, consult your doctor about the diagnosis that caused your vision to deteriorate.
- All exercises are performed in a comfortable position. The back is straight, the neck and shoulders are as relaxed as possible.
- In exercises where the eyes move in certain directions, focus on the end point of each movement for a few seconds. It can be performed in different sequences, an unlimited number of times.
- It is recommended to select several exercises and repeat them throughout the working day. This mini exercise for muscles is especially necessary for those who work at a computer.
- The complex should include gymnastics for the cervical spine - tilting the head forward, left and right and circular rotations.
- Do not make sudden movements of the eyelids and eye muscles during the exercise.
- Perform by removing lenses or glasses.
- Between complex exercises, do simple ones, in the form of relaxed and frequent blinking.
Visual gymnastics for adults
Exercises to improve vision are divided into two categories: relaxation and training. In the first case, it aims to relieve tension in the eye muscles. In the second - to strengthen them.
Let's start with training. Performed standing or sitting. Before starting, we calm down and assume a comfortable position.
Let's start:
- By straining the eye muscles, we close them. We count to 5, open, relaxing our muscles. We look into the distance for 5 seconds. Repeat 5 times.
- Back straight, head straight, 10-15 seconds. we blink slowly.
- We quickly move our gaze diagonally: first to the right - down, to the left, 6 seconds. we look into the distance. Then we do the exercise in reverse.
- Keep your head straight, without turning, look to the left, stare for 5 seconds. Then we look into the distance and fix our gaze. Next, we perform gymnastics with fixing our gaze to the right side, up, down. Repeat 2 times.
- We close our eyes for 5 seconds without straining our muscles, then we open them wide and look into the distance for 5 seconds. We do this 3 times.
- Keep your back straight, head straight and move your pupils in slow circular movements in different directions: first clockwise, then back. After that, we looked into the distance.
- First we look at the tip of the nose, then we look into the distance. Repeat 7 times.
- Keeping your head straight, stare. When counting to 4, we move our gaze to the right side and fix it. Again, counting to 4, we look to the left and return to the starting position. We continue according to the "straight up", "straight down" pattern. Then we perform the exercise in the same way, moving our gaze diagonally.
If the exercises intended for training are performed for the first time, you should not be too zealous and repeat the exercises several times. This can cause pain and discomfort if you are not used to it. The number of repetitions gradually increases.
Relaxing your eyes is no less important than training them. Excessive muscle tension is considered one of the causes of myopia. Let's look at some exercises to help relax them.
They can be performed multiple times, in any order. Any pose - sitting, lying, the main thing is to tune in to the right mood - put all your problems out of your head, calm down, relax.
To start:
- We do this exercise sitting: we close our eyes, we make several circles with our head along the clock and then against it. We rest with our eyes closed for a few minutes.
- Rub your palms until they are slightly warm, apply them and press them lightly on your eyes. Massage your eyes with light circular movements for 5 seconds.
- A similar exercise, but you don't need to press your palms to your closed eyes. Just apply it and imagine how heat emanates from your palms.
- After taking a comfortable position, we close our eyes, relax and begin to remember, memories should be pleasant.
- We blink frequently for several seconds.
It is advisable to choose several exercises for yourself and perform them daily, regularly. Charging is especially useful for those who have vision problems and work at the computer for a long time. To restore and support the visual organ, you need to change your lifestyle.
Methods for training vision in children
It is important that classes are not boring or tedious. This way, the child will be happy to perform therapeutic exercises, restoring the ability to see well.
Invite your child to play an interesting game that will delight their eyes. To begin with, do gymnastics three times a day for 5 minutes, then let the child walk and play.
Consult an ophthalmologist first, discuss the technique you will use, and get recommendations.
Attach 3 large circles of different colors to different corners of the ceiling. The child needs to carefully examine each circle in turn. Approximately 10 seconds are allotted for one subject.
Invite your baby to look 4 times, first up and down, then right and left. The child needs to close his eyes tightly, slowly count to 10 and then open his eyes.
Show your baby the clock face with arrows. Let him imagine that numbers are painted on the ceiling, and his eyes, like arrows, must run through all the numbers in a circle.
Glue or draw a shiny circle on the window glass. Go to the window, show an object that is very far from you. He must alternately consider one or another object. When the child has mastered all the exercises well, the complex can be complicated.
Suggest that, looking at a point, "draw" a circle, square, letter or number in the air with your nose. When the exercise goes well, tell the preschooler to draw a picture on his own, and you should guess it.
Accompany your lessons with funny fairy tales, jokes and try to learn poetry with your child. You can take a text that describes exercises for each day of the week - do the appropriate movements every day.
Dedicate Sunday to a massage: with your eyelids closed, run your finger over your eyeball in circular movements, first in one direction, then the other.
When walking, ask your child to keep an eye on the car, dog, or other moving objects by closing their right and left eyes.
Take a ball with you and teach your child to throw it at the target, this exercise is useful for both vision and the development of coordination of movements.
There are many options for outdoor activities: "outlining" a large object along the contour; without turning your head, name everything your little eyes could see; find and describe the farthest and closest object.
Eyes need rest
The life of modern people is organized in such a way that the TV or monitor screen takes up a lot of time. Spending too much time in front of a screen puts strain on your eyes, causing your vision to deteriorate.
And if we can't reduce the time spent on the computer at work, we can increase the time we rest.
You can relax, receive positive emotions, new knowledge and skills away from screens. At the same time, there will be great benefits not only for the eyes.
Author's technique for improving vision
The technique was developed based on the already known Shichko-Bates methods. There are a large number of followers of this technique among people with vision problems. It is based on training the eye muscles and belief in one's own strength.
The doctor claims that if a person believes and persistently pursues his goal, he will definitely get the desired result. He considers that the main objective of the technique is to improve vision so much that a person could do without glasses.
The first thing the professor advises is to completely or partially refuse glasses. Glasses distort the image received by the eyes and do part of the work instead of the muscles.
The doctor calls glasses "crutches for the eyes. "At the same time, glasses are designed in such a way that you always need to look at the center, while the human eye is designed in such a way that it looks in all directions. This makes them even more tired and worsens their vision.
Vision training using the author's method
This exercise will be an effective way to restore vision. Do the exercises gently, slowly. There are only 6 of them, 6 best exercises to maintain vision. They must be done in the order they are described.
Exercise 1. Curtains
When doing this, you need to blink quickly for about two minutes. This improves blood circulation in the face and eyes.
Exercise 2. Looking out the window
This is a universal task from the "near-far" series: it is very useful for both nearsighted and nearsighted people.
Go to the window, stick a piece of paper on the glass - a mark. If you blink, look at the piece of paper, you will see; blinked - looked into the distance, saw a tree or a house. So again: on a piece of paper - in the distance, on a piece of paper - in the distance. . . Do the exercise at least twenty times.
Exercise 3. Big eyes
Take a deep breath, closing your eyes as tightly as possible. Tighten the muscles in your neck, face and head. Hold your breath for 5 seconds and exhale quickly, opening your eyes wide as you exhale. Repeat 10 times.
Exercise 4. Massage
The most common massage technique is with two fingers - the index and middle - in the form of a figure eight movement. Along the lower edge of the eyelid move towards the nose, along the upper edge of the eyelid - above the eyebrows. This movement is repeated 10 to 15 times. Massage improves blood circulation and intraocular fluid circulation.
Exercise 5. Hydromassage
You need to wash your face morning and night. This is not only a hygienic procedure, but also a way to improve microcirculation in blood vessels. Morning washing is done first with hot water and ends with a cold water rinse. At night everything is done in reverse order.
Exercise 6. Drawing
Drawing a snake in the air. Look to the right and draw a curved line in the air with your eyes looking to the left. So do this from left to right. And they blinked again.
Palm for 1 to 2 minutes.
Original gymnastics for the eyes - pirate glasses
This simple and original gymnastics can completely restore vision. It doesn't require any effort.
It is necessary to make unusual glasses, in which one lens is covered with black paper, and the other with plain paper. If you don't wear glasses, wear frames without lenses. Use them and feel free to watch TV or work on the computer.
Remember to change the lens tint every 30 minutes. This way, you will rest one eye and train the other. What is important is that vision not only does not deteriorate, but also begins to recover.
What is palming and how does it differ for nearsighted and farsighted people?
Palming is the key to a quick and healthy rest, an essential part of any gymnastics to restore vision. Before doing any exercise, you need to prepare properly for it.
Palming is gentle and effective. The duration depends on the emotional state, as not only the eyes, but also the human psyche relax. The result is achieved when the color behind the closed eyes is black.
To complete this task, you need to relax and sit up straight. Subject to all the rules, the eyelids must be lowered. The eyes must be closed and protected by the palms of the hands. This ensures complete relaxation of the visual organs.
What we have to do:
- Rub your palms well. Your hands will not only warm up, but also receive the necessary boost of energy;
- Fold your palms into the shape of a boat, as if you want to get water out of them. Place them over your eyes so that they are right in the center of the void, your palms on your cheekbones, your fingers on your forehead, your little fingers on the bridge of your nose. Place your elbows on the table or press them to your chest, they should not hang down. Do not leave spaces under your fingers. Is important. Don't pinch his nose, he should breathe freely. Closed eyes;
- think or talk about your eyes in a positive way: my eyes are good, my vision is improving every day;
- the following action will be different for myopes and hyperopes, although it is also associated with self-hypnosis:
Nearsighted people should imagine that their eyes become round like balls, this will help relax the transverse muscles and improve distance vision.
Nearsighted people imagine that their eyes are stretched out like cucumbers. This relaxes the longitudinal muscles and will help you see even small objects, for example, tiny letters, beads.
- a good memory, it must be calm, very positive. It could be the bank of a river or the sea, a warm bed, delicious food – anything that brings pleasant sensations;
- get out of palming. To do this, you need to close your eyes directly under your palms. Then blink. Remove your palms and blink, shake your head and breathe deeply.
That's it, your vision has improved, you can continue working. Palming is done not only to improve vision but also to rest the eyes. If there is no impairment of visual acuity, there is no need to do exercises to improve it (for nearsighted or nearsighted people).
Eye prophylactic complex
- Relaxation.Close your eyelids tightly and try to relax. To carry out this exercise, it is worth remembering some pleasant moments in life.
- Circular movements.Make circular movements with your eyes open: first clockwise and then counterclockwise.
- Movement in straight lines.Move your eyes intensely horizontally: right and left, and vertically: up and down.
- Flashing.Squeeze and open your eyelids intensely.
- Diagonals.Direct your gaze to the lower left corner, look at your left shoulder and focus your gaze on this point. After three blinks, repeat on the right side.
- Diagonal mirror.Similar to the previous exercise, squint to the top left corner and then to the right.
- Dark relaxation. Place warm palms on closed eyelids and fingers crossed on forehead. Relax and try to get a deep black color.
- Flashing.Blink lightly and quickly at least a hundred times.
- Slanted eyes.Bring the pupils towards the nose. To perform this exercise, place the tip of your index finger on the bridge of your nose and look at it - then they will easily "connect" with each other.
- Near-far or working at a distance.Go to the window and look closely at the nearby detail. It could be a leaf from a tree growing outside the window or a small dot of paper glued to the glass at eye level. Then draw an imaginary straight line over the selected point, moving away, and direct your gaze forward, trying to see the most distant objects.
conclusions
All described recommendations allow you to restore vision that has decreased due to overwork or prolonged exposure to a computer or TV screen. If the problem arose against the background of any pathology, it is necessary to diagnose and treat the cause of visual impairment.
Regular exercise and hygiene procedures will help maintain good vision and restore normal eye function.