Vision improvement exercises are questionable

4 common beliefs about eye health in Libra

Staring at screens for long hours can lead to dry eyes and stress.

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There are some common beliefs related to eye health, such as the possibility of enhancing eyesight and better vision and giving up the use of glasses through some exercises.

How true are these beliefs?

Next, ophthalmologists put four of these beliefs in balance.

Visual exercises

German ophthalmologist Ludger Fullering looks at targeted eye exercises with a skeptical look, because astigmatism or nearsightedness cannot be changed by eye exercise.

He added, "Visual training may help you get used to temporarily blurring your vision, but it does not help get rid of it."

He continued: "Habituation is due to processing the visual impression in the brain, but this effect does not always occur."

Astigmatism appears at first through the feeling of a headache or pain in the eyes, and then there is a blurring of vision, and usually astigmatism occurs when the surface of the eye is not curved evenly in all directions like the ball, but the radii are curved to different degrees, and here appears the surface The eye is like an egg.

On the other hand, vision coach Alfred Mulbacher, from Tirol, answered whether it was possible to improve vision through clearly targeted exercise with "yes", through simple eye movements, which could be incorporated into everyday life.

Mulbacher emphasized, "Nothing should be exaggerated," and eye training has proven effective in strengthening and improving eyesight in the case of nearsightedness, astigmatism and dry eyes, which is known as "office eye syndrome".

While the health portal «Medicin Transport» indicated that the current studies cannot assume any preventive or curative effect of myopia through eye training.

For most eye diseases, there is no similar evidence for the effectiveness of these exercises, and serious side effects on the eyes are not expected through these exercises.

Squinting strains the eyes

Staring at the screen of a smartphone, game console, or computer for a long time causes eyes to tire.

Vision coach Mulbacher explained: "Tears fall from the eyes at first, then some convulsions appear and you lose complete vision."

Ophthalmologist recommended Fullring avoiding "monotony of vision", and thus avoiding "office eye syndrome", adding that "staring for long hours at screens leads to dry eyes and tension."

Therefore, one should take regular breaks, and walk around for longer distances, as this works to relax the eye muscles.

In addition, the eyes blink less than usual when working in front of computer screens, and as a result the tear fluid is not sufficiently distributed over the surface of the eye, and the eye becomes dry, so a person who works for long hours in front of computer screens must blink consciously a lot.

For children, it is advised to spend at least two hours outside in broad daylight, as this reduces the possibility of their nearsightedness.

Auxiliary tools

Wearing glasses or contact lenses does not help the eyes get used to their required vision.

"The eyes will not get used to anything," Fullring said, "Often people who suffer from short sightedness close their eyes a little unconsciously, in order to see more clearly, or they change the position of the body, and in both cases they suffer headaches and tension."

For children, Fullring advises that myopia should be perfectly corrected, in order to avoid the development of myopia.

Life Style

A healthy lifestyle is beneficial to the eyes, as it limits the development of various eye diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts, age-related macular degeneration, and retinal diseases related to diabetes, in addition to the possibility of affecting them.

A healthy lifestyle includes exercising regularly, eating a varied diet rich in vitamins, and quitting smoking.

And the German ophthalmologist, Fullring, recommended eating carrots and green-leafed vegetables, such as spinach, because they contain "lutein", which protects the retina from damage at the most acute point of view.

Correcting astigmatism

Myopia is usually due to the fact that the eyeball is too long in relation to the refractive strength of the cornea and the lens, so that the rays of light do not fall on the retina, but in front of it, according to the German ophthalmologist, Ludger Wöllring, who adds: “Most of the time astigmatism and myopia are corrected. By visual aids, not eye training.

Ophthalmologists recommend eating carrots and green leafy vegetables such as spinach because they contain a substance that protects the retina.

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