Visually impaired people dream of restoring it: they collect money for the operation and take advertised medicines. At the same time, they are skeptical about the possibility of restoring it by recharging, designed to improve vision.
Eye exercises are a simple method to restore and preserve 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 such 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, lack of vitamins and poor visual hygiene do not contribute to strengthening their health.
We often forget it or simply don't want to spend time on visual training. Indeed, why do your eyes need exercise? It's easier to take a miracle drug to gain insight or undergo surgery. But this does not exempt a person from taking care of their eyes. This is confirmed by oculists 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: to rid a person of their glasses. Today it is used in combination with other treatment methods.
You need to practice daily for at least two months, achieve the desired result and only then can you judge its effectiveness.
What exercises to do for the eyes in the morning
One of the most important causes of vision deterioration is systematic eye fatigue, which nothing can remedy. That is why ophthalmologists recommend performing a special set of exercises in the morning, immediately after waking up.
When you wake up, you should stretch well on the bed. Do it with your eyes closed. The whole body will wake up, the brain will receive the necessary signal. Then turn from side to side. Take a few deep breaths.
Open your mouth wide, then open your eyes wide. So do this at the same time. Repeat the exercise four times: mouth – eyes – all together.
The next step. Close your eyes tightly and blink quickly and effortlessly when they are closed. Exercise improves sharpness of vision. You can do this at any time of the day when your eyes are tired and start to see poorly.
Nose gymnastics is the best way to improve the functioning of the eye muscles. To do this, use the tip of your nose to draw numbers, letters and numbers in the air. It is more convenient to do it with your eyes closed. You can do this several times a day.
The eyebrow exercise also helps to energize your vision. Simply lift them up and down until you feel the skin move 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 optimal execution time is 5 minutes. So you have prepared your eyes for the working day.
General rules for training eye muscles
Only exercises performed 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 gymnastics if you are in a hurry to get somewhere. Get the opposite effect. You will be doing gymnastics for show, and not for your health, you risk not using it correctly or overworking your muscles, thus worsening the effect of the exercises.
Do not overdo it. Do not think that the more often you repeat the exercises, the faster you will feel the healing effect. It's wrong. With your unnecessary efforts, you will contribute to putting unnecessary pressure on the visual organs. Maintain intervals.
You should not start a new exercise as soon as you have completed 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 from doing gymnastics and at the same time sitting at the computer. If you decide to undertake vision restoration, be prepared for the fact that you need to approach the process comprehensively - both from the point of view of nutrition and from the point of view of your daily routine.
Principles of rational exercise for the eyes
When you begin exercises, be sure to check with 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, stare at the end point of each movement for a few seconds. 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 to build muscle is particularly necessary for anyone working on a computer.
- The complex should include gymnastics of the cervical spine - head tilt forward, left and right and circular rotations.
- Do not make sudden movements of the eyelids and eye muscles during exercise.
- Perform by removing lenses or glasses.
- Between complex exercises, do simple exercises, in the form of frequent, relaxed blinks.
Visual gymnastics for adults
Gymnastics to improve vision is divided into two categories: relaxation and training. In the first case, it aims to relieve tension in the eye muscles. In the second case, to strengthen them.
Let's start with training. Performed standing or seated. Before starting, calm down and take a comfortable position.
Let's get started:
- By engaging the eye muscles, we close them. We count to 5, we open, we relax the 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, fix your gaze for 5 seconds. Then we look into the distance and hold our gaze. Next, we perform gymnastics with fixation of the gaze to the right, 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 it 3 times.
- Keep your back straight, your head straight, and move your pupils in slow circular movements in different directions: first clockwise, then backwards. After that we look into the distance.
- We first look at the tip of our nose, then we look away. Repeat 7 times.
- Keeping your head straight, focus your gaze. On the count of 4, we move our gaze to the right and fix it. Again on the count of 4 we look to the left and return to the starting position. We continue according to the "top-right", "bottom-right" pattern. Then we perform the exercise in the same way, moving our gaze diagonally.
If 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 the eyes is no less important than training them. Excessive muscle tension is considered one of the causes of myopia. Let's take a look at some exercises to help them relax.
They can be run multiple times, in any order. Any pose - sitting, lying, the main thing is to get into the right mood - to get rid of all problems, calm down, relax.
To start:
- We do this exercise in a sitting position: close your eyes, make several circles with your head along the clock, then against it. We rest with our eyes closed for a few minutes.
- Rub your palms together until they become slightly warm, apply and lightly press them to your eyes. Massage eyes with gentle circular movements for 5 seconds.
- A similar exercise, but you don't need to press your palms to your closed eyes. Simply apply it and imagine the warmth emanating from your palms.
- Having taken 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 yourself and perform them daily and regularly. Charging is especially useful for those who have vision problems and work a lot of time on the computer. To restore and support the visual organ, you need to change your lifestyle.
Methods for training vision in children
It is important that the lessons are neither boring nor tedious. Then 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 greatly delight his eyes. To start, do gymnastics three times a day for 5 minutes, then let the child walk around and frolic.
Consult an ophthalmologist first, discuss the technique you will use and get recommendations.
Attach 3 large circles of different colors in different corners of the ceiling. The child should carefully examine each circle in turn. Approximately 10 seconds are allocated to a topic.
Invite your baby to look 4 times, first up and down, then right and left. The child should close their eyes tightly, count slowly to 10, then open their eyes.
Show your baby the clock face with arrows. Let him imagine that the numbers are painted on the ceiling and his eyes, like arrows, should go around all the numbers in a circle.
Glue or draw a light circle on the window. Go to the window, point to an object that is very far from you. He must alternately consider one or the other object. When the child masters all the exercises well, the complex can turn out to be complicated.
Suggest that while looking at a dot, "draw" a circle, square, letter, or number in the air with your nose. When the exercise goes well, tell the preschooler to draw a figure himself and you must guess it.
Accompany your lessons with funny fairy tales, jokes and try to learn poetry with your child. You can take a text describing exercises for each day of the week - perform the appropriate movements every day.
Dedicate Sunday to a massage: through closed eyelids, pass your finger over the eyeballs in a circular motion, first in one direction, then in the other direction.
When walking, ask your child to keep an eye on the car, dog, or other moving object, closing their right and left eyes alternately.
Take a ball with you and teach your child to throw it at a target; this exercise is useful both for vision and for developing coordination of movements.
There are many options for outdoor activities: "tracing" a large object along the contour; without turning your head, name everything your little eyes could see; find and describe the furthest 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 huge amount of time. Spending a lot of time in front of a screen puts a lot of pressure on the eyes, leading to deterioration of vision.
And if we can't reduce the time spent in front of the computer at work, then we can increase the time spent at rest.
You can relax, stock up on positive emotions, new knowledge and skills away from screens. At the same time, there will be great benefits, not just 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 fans of this technique among people with vision problems. It is based on training the eye muscles and confidence in one's strength.
The doctor claims that if a person believes and persistently pursues his goal, he will definitely achieve the desired result. He considers that the main objective of this technique is to improve vision to the point that a person can do without glasses.
The first thing the teacher advises is a total or initially partial refusal of 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 one must always look in 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 their vision deteriorates.
Visual training according to the author's method
Such an exercise will be an effective way to restore vision. Do the exercises gently, slowly. There are only 6, the 6 best exercises to maintain vision. They must be performed in the order in which they are described.
Exercise 1. Curtains
When doing this, you should blink rapidly 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 and far" series: it is very useful for both nearsighted and farsighted people.
Go to the window, stick a piece of paper on the glass - a mark. If you blink, you look at the piece of paper, you see it; blinked - looked into the distance, saw a tree or a house. Here again: on a piece of paper - in the distance, on a piece of paper - in the distance. . . Perform the exercise at least twenty times.
Exercise 3. Big eyes
Breathe deeply, closing your eyes as tightly as possible. Tighten the muscles in your neck, face and head. Hold your breath for 5 seconds, then exhale quickly, opening your eyes wide as you exhale. Repeat 10 times.
Exercise 4. Massage
The most common massage technique is done 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 circulation of intraocular fluid.
Exercise 5. Hydromassage
You should wash your face morning and evening. It 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 rinsing in cold water. In the evening, everything is done in reverse order.
Exercise 6. Drawing
Draw a snake in the air. Look to the right and draw a curved line in the air with your eyes to the left. Then do this from left to right. And they blinked again.
Do 1 to 2 minutes of palming.
Original gymnastics for the eyes – pirate glasses
This simple and original gymnastics allows you to completely restore vision. Requires no effort.
You need 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, use an eyeglass frame without lenses. Wear them and feel free to watch TV or work on the computer.
Remember to change your 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 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 element of any gymnastics aimed at restoring vision. Before doing any exercise, you must prepare for it properly.
Palming is gentle and effective. The duration depends on the emotional state, because not only the eyes, but also the human psyche relax. The result is obtained when the color behind the closed eyes is black.
To accomplish this task, you need to relax and sit up straight. If all the rules are followed, the eyelids should be lowered. The eyes must be closed and protected by the palms of the hands. This guarantees complete relaxation of the visual organs.
What do we have to do:
- Rub your palms well. Your hands will not only warm up, but also receive the necessary energy boost;
- Fold your palms into a boat, as if you were trying to draw water from them. Place them over your eyes so that they are in the very center of the void, palms on your cheekbones, fingers on your forehead, little fingers on the bridge of your nose. Place your elbows on the table or lean them against your chest, they should not hang. Leave no space under your fingers. It is important. Do not hold your nose, it should breathe freely. Eyes closed;
- think or talk about your eyes in a positive way: my eyes are fine, my vision is improving day by day;
- the following action will be different for nearsighted and farsighted people, although it is also associated with self-hypnosis:
Myopic people should imagine that their eyes become round like balls, this will help relax the transverse muscles and improve distance vision.
Hyperopia people imagine that their little eyes are stretched like cucumbers. This relaxes the longitudinal muscles and will help you see even small objects, for example small letters, beads.
- a good memory, it must be calm, very positive. It can be the shore of a river or sea, a warm bed, delicious food - anything that will bring pleasant sensations;
- exit from palming. To do this, close your eyes directly under your palms. Then blink. Remove your palms and blink, shake your head and take a deep breath.
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 deficiency in visual acuity, then there is no need to do any exercise to improve it (for hyperopia or nearsighted people).
Eye prophylactic complex
- Relaxation.Close your eyelids tightly and try to relax. To carry out this exercise, it is appropriate to remember some pleasant moments in life.
- Circular movements.Make circular movements with your eyes open: first clockwise, then counterclockwise.
- Movement in straight lines.Intensely move your eyes horizontally: right and left, and vertically: up and down.
- Turn signal.Intensely squeeze and loosen your eyelids.
- Diagonals.Direct your gaze to the lower left corner, look as if at your left shoulder and focus your gaze on this point. After three flashes, repeat to the right.
- Diagonal of the mirror.Similar to the previous exercise, squint your eyes to the upper left corner, then to the right.
- Dark relaxation.Place your warm palms on your closed eyelids, cross your fingers on your forehead. Relax and try to achieve a deep black color.
- Turn signal.Blink your eyes lightly and quickly at least a hundred times.
- Slanting eyes.Bring your pupils towards your nose. To perform this exercise, place the tip of your index finger on the bridge of your nose and look at it - they will "connect" easily.
- Near or far, or work remotely.Go to the window and look closely at the details nearby. This could be a tree leaf growing outside the window or a small dot of paper stuck to the glass at eye level. Then draw an imaginary straight line on the selected point, going into the distance, and direct your gaze far ahead, trying to see the most distant objects.
conclusions
All of the recommendations described make it possible to restore vision diminished due to overwork or prolonged exposure to a computer or television screen. If the problem arose against the background of pathology, it is necessary to diagnose and treat the cause of the visual impairment.
Regular exercises and hygiene procedures will help maintain good vision and restore normal eye function.