EYE EXERCISES FOR KERATOCONUS

Although it is best to stop the progression of the keratoconus at the earlier stage, as soon as it is diagnosed. Some eye exercises are also there which can help in reducing the rate of progression of the keratoconus to some extent and are good for entire health of the eye. Such eye exercises which are useful for keratoconus are elaborated here-

·      Palming

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Palming eye relaxation technique was developed by Dr. William Bates. The main function of the palming is to relax the eyes by reducing eye strain.
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Method- Sit comfortably at some place and put your right palm over your right eye and left palm over the left eye gently, without applying any pressure. Now inhale and exhale deeply for approximately 10 minutes. One thing that should be kept in mind is that, you should not open your eyes in bright light immediately after finishing the palming.

·      Focusing

By improving the focusing ability of eye muscles, it is possible to improve visual acuity to some extent. In this focusing technique you need to stand with your feet, shoulder length apart.
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Now choose any object at some distance and sway your body from side to side but don’t let your eyes move from that object while swaying. Perform it at least for 5-10 minutes.

·      Sports

Certain types of sports too can help you a lot especially which involve lots of eye movements. These sports include badminton, football, volleyball, tennis etc. These sports improve the eye tracking capability, reaction time, peripheral vision skills, depth perception and visual memory. Hence such sports help in improving overall eye health and vision quality. 

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    2 comments:

    1. Good job lalit, your blog is really good and helpful...

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    2. Keratoconus is an eye disorder which can affect both eyes. In this problem cornea of eye is not able to hold the round shape which leads to double , blurry and irregular astigmatism problem. Keratoconus can be managed and in severe cases corneal transplant may required.

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