Eye strain can make an otherwise delightful day an odyssey of pain and problems. It can destroy your peace of mind and derail your productivity. And even more so, you may never realize that all your problems are coming from those little windows to your souls.
How to Exercise Your Eyes
Learning to how to exercise your eyes can help you condition yourself to eye strain, enhance your visual capabilities and relax. Different exercises can help with different aspects:
- Strengthening Exercises for the Eyes
- Relaxation Exercises for the Eyes
Glare is one of the main overall causes of eye strain. By reducing or eliminating glare, you can prevent a lot of eye strain. From the computer screen to the windows to the sunlight reflecting off of the water vapor in the air itself, glare is all around us. However, with the right ergonomic setup, practices and equipment you can fight the glare monster.
Contrast is another major cause of eye strain. The relative brightness of the things you are looking at can wear your eyes out. If there is too much contrast it is hard for your eyes to focus. If there is too little contrast it is difficult for your eyes to distinguish what it is looking at. Either way, if you do not reduce contrast, your eyes are working too hard.
