William Bates, an American ophthalmologist who practiced in the late 19th and early 20th century, came up with his own method, called eye palming. 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, the eyes are turned, a round shape is made. They are pulled out and seen near and far.
Gymnastics will help to cope with overstrain of both mental and physical nature. For those who constantly sit at the computer, it is not difficult to notice how their eyes are drawn out. In less than a few years, if nothing is done, the muscles forget how to relax, after which myopia soon sets in.
Therefore, in order not to wear thick glasses, because of which (as many are sure), vision falls even more, you should regularly learn how to do palming for the eyes. How to do it? Very simple.
The basic exercise is to cover your eyes with your palms for a few minutes. As a result, they relax, andvision is gradually restored.
Eye exercises: palming and reviews
The following gymnastics will help not only relax the muscles. In addition to a powerful preventive effect, it will help restore vision in case of existing impairments.
Those who have tried the so-called Bates method on themselves, after a few days noted a real healing effect. Therefore, the technique passes from mouth to mouth, gaining more and more adherents.
How to start doing gymnastics
The first exercise is eye palming, as described above. The word "palming" was formed from the English palm, which means "palm". Before performing it, the palms should be thoroughly warmed up. To do this, they rub against each other. Then they put their fingers together and create a small hole for the eyes. For clarity, palming for the eyes how to do look at the photo.
It turns out that the formed holes are placed directly on the eyes, fingers crossed on the forehead. At the same time, complete darkness is created for the eyes, into which you can peer.
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 obsessive appearance of some kind of glare, you can imagine a black curtain in front of you, hiding it all.
If you do the right palming for the eyes, the reviews show amazing effects. A five-minute rest becomes so deep that it feels as if the eyes have not even strained.
Palming conditions
As you can see, the exercise itself is impossibly simple. However, when doing it, you need to take into account some subtleties.
Firstly, it must be performed while sitting at a table. But sometimes, in order to completely relax, people prefer to do palming lying down.
Secondly, based on the task of relaxing muscles and improving cell nutrition, you need to take care of proper breathing. It should be smooth, calm and even.
Thirdly, the hands should be comfortable. It is important that they bend easily and do not hang down. When performing the exercise at the table (and in a different position), the elbows should also be comfortable. If a surface that is too hard causes discomfort, then you need to put a mouse pad or cloth.
Fourthly, when the palms cover the eyes, it is important that there is no pressure. Therefore, a comfortable position for the elbows should be provided.
Fifth, to enhance the effect, it is useful to imagine black. This will help relax your eyes even more.
Sixth, finishing the exercise, you can imagine the color green, and then write a sentence with a dot at the end on a blank sheet of paper. Mentally move the dot around the sheet. After that, remove your palms, shake your head and stay for a couple more minutes with your eyes closed. This concludes the main exercise. Interestingly, it is useful not only for adults, but also for children.
Palming for kids
Of course, young patients need a special approach. PsychologistsIt is advised to turn the exercise into a game. If the child's interest continues, then palming with gymnastics will be done correctly, and even with pleasure. Invite, for example, the child to go to a magical land. The way there should be pleasant and not aggressive. Otherwise, the eye muscles will not be able to relax. The eyes should not squint, and the palms should not press on them. It will be good if pleasant and calm music plays throughout the lesson. Instead of writing a sentence at the end of the activity, have the child draw something in their mind, such as an animal, and also shake their head.
Palming is just as good for children as it is for adults to do on a regular basis.
Having de alt with this first and basic, 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 (up to six months) undergone eye surgery, as well as retinal detachment.
Exercise
Exercise 1. First, you need to effortlessly blink your eyelids quickly, without squinting even slightly. This is how you relax your eyes. Then they need to be raised and lowered ten times.
Exercise 2 starts the same way as the first. That is, many, many blinks are made. But then the eyes turn the same number of times, but already to the sides.
Exercise 3. Again, often, often and quickly you need to blink. Then the eyes are turned diagonally: they look to the right and up, then to the left and down ten times. The same is done on the other side: left-up, thenright-down.
Exercise 4. We start already as usual: with frequent, quick and repeated blinking without effort. After that, we proceed to the "drawing". You should draw ten rectangles in one direction, then relax with the help of frequent blinking and draw rectangles ten times in the other direction.
Exercise 5. Blink. Then we look at the clock face, which should be right in front of our eyes. From above, we begin to move the gaze clockwise and so ten circles in one direction, rest, and ten circles in the other direction.
Exercise 6. Blink. After that, they “draw” a snake with their eyes, 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 7. Blink. After that, both eyes are reduced to the nose. The exercise is repeated ten times.
Exercise 8. Blink. Then you need to close your eyes as tightly as possible, and then open them wide, wide. Repeat ten times too.
When is the best time 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 bit tedious. But when the healing effect is felt, then gymnastics for the eyes becomes joyful, easy to do and even expected.
Eye massage
This is another effective tool aimed at improving vision. Ten minutes is enough for him.day. 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, you should take care in advance and massage your shoulders and neck as well. But we will consider eye massage.
It is made after palming. Repeat the pressure exercise. Then, clenching your hands into fists, you should rub your eyeballs. This is what babies do when they want to sleep.
Only the pads of the fingers are involved in subsequent movements. Feel the superciliary arch. If there is pain, the areas need to be massaged separately. Then comes the turn of the lower part of the eye socket. Press on its edge.
After that, the outer corners are massaged, the inner ones. Moving to the bridge of the nose, they move in an arc. Massage is also important here, as this will reduce congestion in the sinuses and improve blood circulation.
After that, they proceed directly to the sinuses under the eyes, in small depressions on the lower arc. Continuing the vibrating movements, imagine how they feel one centimeter lower. There are biologically active points, the massage of which tones the whole body and improves immunity. Vibrate them for a couple of minutes.
Now we can get back to the eyeballs. On closed eyes, you need to press until pain occurs several times. Then make circular movements clockwise and counterclockwise. After that, as if we take the eye with five fingers and trymassage around it. The massage ends the same as it begins. The Bates method is first performed with pressure several times. At the end they do the usual palming.
Conclusion
If you do vision restoration techniques regularly, it will not take long before you feel a positive result. It is important not to stop doing exercises, palming and special massage, but to continue doing them. This is especially true for those who, due to their professional activities, are forced to constantly sit at the computer.
