Eye muscles need exercise
just as much as the other muscles in
your body.
If you put your arm in a brace for a few weeks, the muscles will get weaker and
smaller (‘atrophy’).
Because of the lack of movement and usage, the blood doesn’t circulate as it
needs to, and the muscles are deprived of nutrition.
Basically, nothing in the living world remains the same, it is either growing or it is
dying. This is where we get the expression –
‘use it or lose it’!!
The eyes’ tiny muscles are no exception.
If they are not exercised and used to their full capabilities, they will begin to
atrophy. In other words, if you are not working on improving your vision, it is going
to
get worse
!
When your eye muscles get weaker, they aren’t able to pull the eye, and the lens
of the eye, into the right shapes to focus your vision correctly.
When your eye muscles are too weak to be able to focus the eyeball on a close
object, you end up with Myopia [nearsightedness). When it’s a distant object you
can’t focus on, you get Presbyopia (farsightedness).
When you begin to do your eye exercises, you’ll start to bring your
eye muscles back into shape. Imagine that when you’re doing your
15 minute exercise session, you’re sending your eye muscles to t
gym to
‘pump some iron’
!
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