You may have had cause to ask yourself of late if there is any correlation between blurred vision and your computer usage time. If up till now you did not know, I will tell you the answer right now. Yes, it does. Computers, when used over a long period of time, affect how sharp you see. Deviation from 20-20 vision when your eyes try to focus on an image, is what is called Blurry vision.
Research has shown that people who work on computers for long hours at a time without taking breaks tend to have headaches. This is as a result of the eye strain generated by staring at the oncoming rays from the computer monitor.
The computer screen emits light rays which hit our eyes whenever we make use of the computer. From prolonged use, these rays make our vision blurry. This blurriness is not caused by the light rays alone but also from the tiredness of the eye muscles.
This is the way the body works: if the body discovers muscles within it that are not being utilized, it fails to develop them. The same principle applies to our eyes. By continually staring at the computer monitor from a fixed distance for years on end, only those eye muscles designed to work and focus at such short distances become developed. All the other muscles become under-developed from lack of use. When the need arises for these under-developed eye muscles to be used, we then struggle to see clearly.
As more and more people spend more of their waking hours in front of their computers, an increasing percentage of people are now encountering blurry vision and it is causing havoc to many.
Blurred vision can affect both eyes (bilateral blurred vision), or affect only one eye (unilateral blurred vision). The problem is further compounded by Optometrists, who relish prescribing glasses at the earliest opportunity.
If you do not already know, glasses and contact lenses are not the ideal solutions for blurry vision treatment. A famous nineteenth-century Ophthalmologist, Dr. Bates, once asked, “Why, if glasses are correct, must they continually be strengthened because the eyes, under their influence, have weakened? Logically, if the medicine is good, the dose should be weakened as the patient grows stronger.”
Blurry vision is not a static condition. The eyesight gradually changes for the better or worse throughout the day. On the other hand, glasses and contact lenses are fixed corrections. They do not change dynamically throughout the day like the eyes. They can be compared to trying to overlay a straight line onto a wavy line. Sometimes, the straight line will coincide perfectly with the wavy line and at other times it would not. This imbalance worsens the eye over time.
But all hope is not lost. There are steps that you can take to eliminate the blur. First of all, to reduce the impact of the rays coming from your computer, ensure you work in well-lit surroundings. Preferably, let a light hang out from the ceiling over your computer desk. Also, it is advisable to look away from your computer monitor for about five minutes after working for about one hour.
However, for eyes that are already damaged or for general preservation of the eyes, there are techniques available with which you can restore your 20-20 vision without glasses.
Some of these methods involve:
1. Palming
2. Swinging
3. Thumb To Forehead Focusing
4. Distant Focusing
5. Sunning and many more.
These techniques mentioned above greatly relax the eye. If practiced often enough the tired, under-developed eye muscles will become gradually developed. You will then be able to see and focus on long-distance objects once again. The efficacy of these eye exercises is such that there are accolades now pouring in from numerous reputable organizations like the American Army. They have attested to the fact that it is possible to train eyesight and restore natural vision without glasses.
An in-depth explanation of these techniques can be found in the program released by Dr. Duke Peterson in his all revealing and insightful book, titled “Vision Without Glasses”.