Eyestrain Exercises

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Eyestrain Exercises

HOW TO DO SIX CHINESE EYE

EXERCISES

I've worn glasses since the age of eight;

how about you? Many of our children may be better off knowing about the

following ways to reduce eyestrain. These exercises probably help anyone,

so take off those specks or take out those contacts, and let's begin.

 

EXERCISE #1: TEMPLE MASSAGE

With the pointer finger of each hand,

massage your temples (the side of the head on the level with the eyes) in the

depression that you will find there. If you wear glasses, the depressed

location is right underneath each side of your glasses frame.

EXERCISE #2: NOSE-BRIDGE MASSAGE

 

Use the finger and thumb of one hand to

gently pinch and massage the uppermost part of the nose. Again, if you

wear glasses, this is right under where the center of the glasses sets upon

your nose.

You may have, unconsciously, already been

doing the above two exercises when you've had a headache or sore eyes.

Here's four more for you to try:

EXERCISE #3: FOREHEAD AND SCALP LINE

MASSAGE

This is a tricky one. Place the ball

of your thumb along the underside of the upper margin of your eyesocket, find

the supraorbital notch, and press. ( " What? " ) In

other words, press up under the eyebrow with the ball of your thumb. Just

under the top of each eye socket there is a little notch. No kidding, you

can feel it. This tells you that you've got the right place. Press

carefully upward.

Now, at the same time, take your fingers and

rest them along your front hairline (or where your front hairline used to

be!). Draw the fingers DOWN together, while drawing the thumb up,

bringing it all together as you gently mush your forehead skin in the

middle. I call this exercise the " Boris Karloff Exercise "

because you feel (if not look) like the Frankenstein monster in full forehead

make-up.

EXERCISE #4: MID-FACE MASSAGE

Smile. No, really: smile. An

upper line formed by your grin curves up on each side towards your nose.

One finger's distance out from each nostril, right on this smile line, is the

location for this massage point. The facial nerve emerges from the

maxilla bone at this point. After stimulating this point, try a deep

breath through your nose. Many people find that it helps clear their

sinuses.

So far, we have massaged, and relaxed, all

four major muscle areas around the eye. The eye can move in all directions

because of the four attachments. It is much the same control provided by

a joystick in a computer game or airplane. We've just relaxed all

" remote controls " to the eyes. Ophthalmologist William Bates,

M.D. explains how this can improve one's vision in Better Eyesight Without

Glasses (available through interlibrary loan if out of print).

 

EXERCISE #5: CLOSED EYELID

MASSAGE

One of my favorites, and Dr. Bates would

agree that it is quite relaxing. Close your eyes and lightly and rapidly

stroke the lids with your fingertips. Back and forth, top and bottom lids

as well.

EXERCISE #6: ACUPRESSURE POINT ON THE

HAND

We're not even close to the eye muscles, but

there is reason to believe that reflex or trigger points operate throughout the

human organism. Utilization of such a point is in your hands,

literally. With your palm open and your thumb up, you will notice a ridge

of skin between your thumb and a top plateau that runs flat up to your

forefinger. Take the thumb of your opposite hand and place it over this

fold of skin on top, like a tent. Roll the thumb further over the side

and you will locate a point about a thumb's distance in. Meet your thumb

with the forefinger and press together. You have the point if you feel a

wincing pain like when the dentist is drilling a tooth. I hate going to

the dentist as much as any one, but after stimulating this point a few times

daily I can take my glasses off and see better than I should be able to.

To learn other pressure points, please refer to The Natural Healer's

Acupressure Handbook, by Michael Blate.

HELPFUL HINTS WITH THE CHINESE EYE

EXERCISES

1. Always stimulate points

bilaterally. That is, be sure to do the points with each eye,

on both sides of the face and on each hand.

2. Your fingernails should be short to

avoid hurting yourself.

3. Do not do the exercises if you have

a good reason not to. It is probably best to avoid using any

pressure points while pregnant unless you have first checked them

out with your doctor or midwife.

4. One may generally do the exercises

several times a day. I do each one for a count of about

fifteen.

5. Behavioral optometrists are often

willing to provide additional vision training. If you want to

know if your practitioner is qualified (and interested), ask! Or,

try writing to the Optometric Extension Program Foundation, Inc.,

P.O. Box 850, Duncan, Oklahoma, 73533 for information and

referrals. Or, ask at a health food store.

6. Here's a book that's good for your

eyes: Total Vision, by Richard S. Kavner O.D., and Lorraine Dusky

(A & W Publishers)

Copyright C 2005, 2003 and

prior years Andrew W. Saul. From the books DOCTOR YOURSELF and FIRE

YOUR DOCTOR, available from Andrew Saul, 23 Greenridge Crescent, Hamlin, NY

14464.

 

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