William Bates, an ophthalmologist from America, practicing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, came up with his own method, called palming for the eyes. How to do it and why it helps, we will consider in the article.
Eye muscles
But let's start the story with the structure of the eyes. Each of them has six muscles responsible for movement. Thanks to them, eye turns are made, a round shape is made. They are pulled and seen near and far.
With overstrain, both mental and physical, gymnastics can help. Those who are constantly sitting at the computer, it is not difficult to notice how their eyes are extended. Not even a few years pass if nothing is done, and the muscles forget how to relax, after which myopia soon sets in.
Therefore, in order not to wear thick glasses, due to which (of which many are sure), vision falls even more, you should regularly learn to do palming for the eyes. How to make it? Very simple.
The basic exercise is to cover your palms with your eyes for a few minutes. As a result, they relax, and vision is gradually restored.
Eye exercises: palming and reviews
The gymnastics below will help you not only relax your muscles. In addition to a powerful preventive effect, it will help restore vision with existing disorders.
Those who tried the so-called Bates method on themselves, after a few days noted a real healing effect. Therefore, the methodology passes from mouth to mouth, winning more and more adherents.
How to start doing gymnastics
The first exercise is palming for the eyes, as described above. The word "palming" was formed from the English palm, which means "palm". Before performing it, palms should be warmed up well. To do this, they rub each other. Then the fingers are folded together and a small pit for the eyes is created. For clarity, palming for the eye how to do look at the photo.
It turns out that the formed pits are laid directly on the eyes, crossing fingers on the forehead. In this case, complete darkness is created for the eyes, which you can peer at.
In this case, it is advisable to think only about the good in life, so that not only the eyes, but also the nervous system rest. With the appearance of some glare, you can imagine a black curtain in front of you, hiding all this.
If palming for the eyes is done correctly, reviews indicate amazing effects. A five-minute rest becomes so deep that it feels as if the eyes did not even strain.
Palming conditions
As you can see, the exercise itself is simple to impossible. However, when performing it, some subtleties must be taken into account.
Firstly, it should be performed sitting at the table. But sometimes, to completely relax, people prefer to do palming while lying down.
Secondly, based on the task of muscle relaxation and improving cell nutrition, you need to take care of proper breathing. It should be smooth, calm and uniform.
Thirdly, the hands should be comfortable. It is important that they bend easily and do not hang. When performing exercises at the table (and in a different position), the elbows should also be comfortable. If the surface is too hard to cause discomfort, you need to put a mouse pad or cloth.
Fourth, when the palms cover the eyes, it is important that pressure is not created. Therefore, a comfortable position for the elbows should be ensured.
Fifth, to enhance the effect it is useful to imagine black. This will help to relax your eyes even better.
Sixth, completing the exercise, you can imagine a green color, and then write a sentence with a dot on the end on a blank sheet of paper. Mentally move the point across the sheet. After that, remove your palms, shake your head and stay a couple of minutes with your eyes closed. On this, the main exercise can be considered completed. Interestingly, it is useful not only for adults, but also for children.
Palming for children
Of course, young patients need a special approach. Psychologists advise turning exercise into a game. If the child’s interest is preserved, then palming with gymnastics will be done correctly, and even with pleasure. Invite, for example, the child to go to the magic country. The path there should be pleasant and not aggressive. Otherwise, the eye muscles cannot be relaxed. Eyes should not squint, and palms should not press on them. It will be good if pleasant and calm music is played throughout the lesson. Instead of writing down the sentence at the end of the exercise, invite the child to draw something in the imagination, such as an animal, and also shake his head.
Palming for children is also useful to do regularly, as well as adults.
Having dealt with this first and main, you can begin to master other exercises that improve vision.
But before that, you should know that gymnastics is contraindicated for people who have recently (before six months) undergone eye surgery, as well as with retinal detachment.
Exercises
Exercise 1. First you need to effortlessly quickly and quickly blink for centuries, without even squinting slightly. This achieves eye relaxation. Then they need to be raised and lowered ten times.
Exercise number 2 begins the same way as the first. That is, there are many, many blinks. But then the eyes turn as many times, but already to the sides.
Exercise number 3. Again, often, often and quickly you need to blink. Then the eyes are turned diagonally: they look right-up, then left-down ten times. The same thing is done on the other side: left-up, then right-down.
Exercise number 4. We start as usual: with frequent, quick and repeated blinking without effort. After that we proceed to the "plotting". You should draw rectangles in one direction ten pieces, then - relaxation with frequent blinking and ten times in the other direction, draw rectangles.
Exercise number 5. Blinking. Then we look at the watch dial, which should be right in front of my eyes. From above, we begin to move the gaze clockwise, and so ten circles in one, rest, and ten circles in the other direction.
Exercise number 6. Blinking. After that they “draw” with their eyes a snake, that is, winding lines, first in one from the beginning to the very stop, relaxation, and then in the other direction, also to the end.
Exercise number 7. Blinking. After that, both eyes are reduced to the nose. The exercise is repeated ten times.
Exercise number 8. Blinking. Then you need to close your eyes as tight as possible, and then open them wide, wide. Repeat also ten times.
When to do gymnastics
Gymnastics for the eyes (palming) can always be performed when eye fatigue occurs . But repeat them at least three times a day. At first, this may seem a little boring. But when the healing effect is felt, then the gymnastics for the eyes becomes joyful, easily fulfilled and even expected.
Eye massage
This is another effective tool aimed at improving vision. Ten minutes a day is enough for him. But the results in a month will be impressive: dryness and pain in the eyes will disappear, and the eyes, with the same employment, will become much less tired.
In order to enhance the effect, it is worth taking care in advance and massage the shoulders and neck as well. But we will consider eye massage.
It is done after palming. Repeat the exercise with pressure. Then, clenching your hands into fists, you should rub the eyeballs. Kids do this when they want to sleep.
In subsequent movements, only the fingertips are involved. Feel the brow arc. If there is pain, the areas need to be massaged separately. Then comes the turn of the lower part of the orbit. They press on its edge.
After that, massage the outer corners, inner. Moving to the bridge of the nose, they move along an arc. It is also important to massage, as this will reduce congestion in the sinuses and improve blood circulation.
After that proceed directly to the sinuses under the eyes, in small depressions on the lower arch. Continuing the vibrating movements, imagine how they feel a centimeter below. There are biologically active points, the massage of which tones the whole organism as a whole and improves immunity. Act on them with vibrating movements for a couple of minutes.
Now you can return to the eyeballs. Closed eyes must be pressed several times until pain occurs. Then do circular movements clockwise and counterclockwise. After that, as if we take an eye with five fingers and try to massage around it. Massage ends with what it begins. The Bates method is first executed with pressure several times. In the end they do regular palming.
Conclusion
If you do vision restoration techniques on a regular basis, then quite a bit of time will pass before you feel a positive result. It is important at the same time not to stop performing exercises, palming and special massage, but to continue to do them. This is especially true for those who, due to professional activities, are forced to constantly sit at a computer.