For many of us, using a computer has become a habit, hanging around Facebook, watching movies, surfing, and sometimes starring at the monitor for no reason. Whether you do work on computer or just watch a movie or just play a game or whatever, your eyes are at constant stress and this stress is termed as “Near-point stress”.
10-10-10 Rule
Its simple enough but you should make it as a Habit, here is the rule
While you are engaged in any near point activity, every 10 minutes you should focus on an object that is 10 feet away for 10 minutes
Near-far focus
This exercise improves eye flexibility:
- Hold your thumb six inches from your nose.
- Focus on your thumb.
- Take one deep breath and exhale slowly.
- Then focus on an object about 10 feet away.
- Take another deep breath and slowly exhale.
- Repeat back and forth 15 times
Palming
Not only is this exercise great for the eyes, but it is a great stress reliever that provides a sense of calm at the end of a long work day. Sit or lie down in a comfortable position. Rub your palms together to generate some heat through friction. Place your cupped hands over your closed eyes, right hand over right eye, left hand over left eye, fingers of the right hand slightly overlapping the fingers of the left. Don’t press on your eyes with your palms. No part of your hands should actually be touching the eyes. Sit or lie quietly for a minute or two. You can perform this exercise throughout your workday as well to give the eyes a good rest and renew their energy.Visual Scan
This exercise will help the eye continually adjust between far and near objects. For this exercise, sit back in your chair in your office or any room in your house. Starting at one point, use your eyes to trace the outline of every object in the room, moving along one wall to the other. Allow the eyes to literally trace around every picture frame, piece of furniture, plant, light or bookcase. The eyes should constantly be moving, though not in an erratic fashion. Continue scanning for about two minutes.
Eye Aerobics
Sit in your chair, eyes closed. With your eyelids closed, look upward as far as you can without straining the eye. Pause, then look downward. This exercise is performed slowly and should be repeated three times. Open your eyes and relax for a moment. Close your eyes again. Slowly, with eyelids still closed, move your eye toward the right, and then the left. Repeat this exercise three times and then open your eyes again. You can perform this exercise several times throughout your day to help relieve eyestrain.
