Eye Strain

Happy July!

I hope you had a safe and festive celebration this week. How are the push-ups and lunges coming along? I KNOW someone is secretly doing them and just isn’t telling anyone…

Exercising muscles that you can see and feel are often given the focus in articles. The muscles in the eyes, however, should be given special attention especially if you are constantly focusing your eyes on a computer screen.

Eye strain and postural problems are the two most common complaints among office workers. Let’s tackle those eyes! The following are a few exercises you should try to implement into your daily workplace routine:

• 20/20 rule: every 20 minutes look 20 feet away for 20 seconds.
• Scanning: Every hour stand up and scan the room by letting your eyes move in a fluid manner without moving your head making sure to look up, down, around, diagonally, etc. This works on the flexibility of your eye muscles. Do this for roughly 2 minutes.
• Head rolls: Every hour also implement rolling your right ear to your right shoulder, then rolling your chin to your chest, then your left ear to your left shoulder. Reverse and repeat it 2-4 times. This movement should be slow, and controlled. Make sure to drop and relax those shoulders, we hold SO much tension there!