You have been staring at the computer all day as you work, and your eyes are extremely tired. In fact, your eyes have been tired since you have been working and may not even realize it. That is because you are overly focused on the work you have been doing. Therefore, the idea of acknowledging your tired your eyes is not something that would enter your mind while your mind is too busy anyway.
However, it is important to keep your eyes from becoming too strained which is why there are 9 exercises to do when your eyes are tired:
#9 – Put Your Palms On Your Eyes
During the day, you will want to try the exercise that involves the palms of your hands going over your eyes. Take your palms and rub them together in order to make them warm. Then put your right hand over the right eye gently. Then put your left hand over your left eye with the edge of your hand on the lower part of your eye socket.
Keep tilting your hands to your nose and make it so that your index and pinky fingers are overlapping with one another. Then put your fingertips on the top of the forehead and make sure that you keep your hands together to close any gaps. You want to block out all of the light. You will only see darkness and it helps your eyes reset themselves.
#8 – Massage Your Eye Corners
You can literally do hand exercises that involve your fingers massaging your eye sockets in a gentle fashion. You will want to take a tiny amount of castor oil as you do the massage. Do it gently and carefully, and it is ideal to do the massage right before bed. Make sure the oil is kept from the eye and to not pull or drag the skin.
#7 – Blinking
When you are tired, you may not be blinking too often and when you don’t blink, your eyes dry out quickly. Blinking is involuntary in most cases but you will do it less when you are heavily focused on something. It is important to look away from what you are doing to blink every now and then. It helps to lubricate and relax your eyes.
#6 – Think 20/20
Remember the 20/20 rule. Set your alarm on your watch or phone to look at something every 20 minutes. And look at something for 20 seconds that is 20 feet away from you. If you are sitting in your office, then look out the window at a tree or a building that is approximately 20 feet away. You can start off by doing this once an hour if every 20 minutes is too difficult for you.
#5 – Add An App To Your Smart Device To Do Eye Exercises
There are apps you can download that can help you prevent eye strain as you do simple eye exercises. One that is highly recommended is Eyeleo that you can download on your PC. That is one example.
#4 – Give Your Eyes A Break And Use Your Ears Instead
Listen to podcasts and audiobooks during your off times so you give your eyes a break instead of watching videos where you have to strain your eyes more. There are plenty of podcasts to listen to as well as audiobooks that would interest you.
#3 – Drink Plenty Of Water
Did you know that tiredness from eye strain is often caused by dehydration? If you are not drinking enough water, your eyes will become more tired. Be sure to drink 6 to 10 glasses of water a day so you stay properly hydrated which includes your eyes.
#2 – Rose Water Or Aloe Helps
Take some cotton balls and saturate them with rose water. Or, if rose water is too strong, then use aloe. Close your eyes, and place the saturated cotton balls on your eyelids. Lie down or lean back as you place the cotton balls on your eyes for a few minutes after having a hard day at work.
#1 – Yoga And An Eye Pillow
Before bed, try the yoga pose savasana. Then take an eye pillow and put it on your face so it covers both of your eyes. Do this exercise for 10 minutes in a dark comfortable spot. Focus on your breathing and focus on relaxing.
If you try any of these 9 exercises to keep your eyes healthy, you won’t struggle with eye tiredness and strain too much anymore. Be consistent.
