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In fact, where is the best place to start? Immediately roll your eyes and look at the candles? Don’t rush. If you want maximum results, start with more distant approaches. In a hurry, readers risk missing out on a considerable number of important points.

As mentioned above, vision really largely depends on the work of the eye muscles, but to the same extent, vision depends on the elasticity and purity of the lens, on the condition of the retina, on the health of our spine, on the general tone in which the brain resides. Often the cause of poor vision lies precisely in these factors, and if you have already decided to restore vision, it is worth looking at the problem from a broader angle.

For example, the displacement of the vertebrae in the cervical and thoracic regions can seriously disrupt the blood supply to the brain or cause infringement of the nerve trunk. The result can be anything – and pain in certain parts of the body, and drops in blood pressure, and impaired blood supply to the brain, and the same vision problems. In this case, the exercises generously offered on the Internet may turn out to be ineffective or not give any result at all. As a result, having experienced disappointment, a person stops trying to heal and again turns to the usual means, namely, glasses and lenses.

In addition, according to many ophthalmologists, the process of visual impairment is most often associated not with a single cause, but with a whole list of them. Don’t over-complicate the simple, but don’t over-simplify the complex. Therefore, if there are problems with vision and there is a determination to correct the situation, it is worth conducting a competent analysis of the current situation. Ideally, if advice is given to you by a practicing ophthalmologist (not a dealer in lenses and glasses, but a really experienced doctor). If you have not met such a specialist, start helping yourself – but carefully and from afar. I’m talking about general physical fitness, including walking, running, swimming, gymnastics, yoga, massage or self-massage, thermal treatments and so on. Often this alone gives a long-awaited result. In addition to general strengthening of the body and increasing immunity, you will improve your eyesight. Why? Yes, because eliminate the cause that influenced the deterioration of vision. In any case, such a measure will never be superfluous. And only then you can add those very special exercises, which we will discuss below.

Now I will briefly list the most simple and effective things with which it would be worth starting eye treatment.

1. Start by following your sleep. Is the amount of time you sleep enough to fully rest your eyes? If we are talking about a short sleep (at 4-5-6 hours), if you sleep in fits and starts during the daytime, you should think about how to ensure a proper sleep regimen. It is recommended to sleep 8—9 hours and in the dark. Many doctors advise using a tight bandage over the eyes, because even through closed eyelids, morning or daylight penetrates without any problems, awakening the eye apparatus. If there is no complete twilight, then the production of melatonin, the most important hormone responsible for dozens of physiological functions, decreases, such as the regulation of fat metabolism, normalization of pressure, counteracting stress, and so on. Melatonin has a significant effect on the quality of sleep. Therefore, if you sleep in the light (even if not the brightest), your sleep will be of poor quality, and your eyes (your brain, body and nervous system) will not fully rest.

2. Bring physical activity into your life. The advice is far from new, but still relevant. Even the modern generation, seemingly knowing everything and everything, often suffers from the same physical inactivity. Meanwhile, the truth is simple: our body, consisting of joints, bones, muscles and blood vessels, was created by nature by no means for sitting and lying down. No wonder they say that movement is life. By depriving yourself of mobility, you turn off one of the most important life functions. What does it threaten? Stagnation, multiple failures of certain organs, a decrease in immunity, the development of all kinds of diseases. One misfortune pulls another, and a person, without noticing it, brings himself to an invalid state. And if, being healthy, he did not move because of his laziness, then, having turned into a sick person, he really loses the ability to move. A textbook example is the Russian hero Ivan Poddubny. A man of unprecedented strength and excellent health, already at an advanced age fell and broke his leg. Immobilized, for almost a year, Poddubny did not leave the house, and this was enough to finish off the body of the famous wrestler, leading to death. So declare war on hypodynamia! Forbidding your body to walk, run, swim, sooner or later you will wait for the body to take revenge on you. It will, in fact, lose the habit of moving, the endocrine glands will stop producing dozens of the most important hormones, depression will become a common occurrence, and after it, along with other diseases, dementia will come. It is worth mentioning the extra pounds. In fact, if you like to eat tasty food, then the body just desperately needs movement. Calories eaten must be burned and spent. Therefore, alternate sleep, rest and pauses with mandatory activity. Walking through the streets and parks, skiing, swimming, jogging, outdoor sports – choose what you like more, and this is guaranteed to increase the vital resource of all your organs – including vision.

3. Massage and self-massage. About the benefits of massage, extra words, perhaps, are not needed. Massage of the cervical-collar zone corrects the vertebrae, eliminates pinched nerve endings, stimulates blood circulation, and therefore improves the supply of oxygen and nutrients to your eyes and the entire brain. Usually used manual massage, this is the simplest thing we can do. It should be understood that a sedentary lifestyle has become dominant in our everyday life. We sit at home, we sit at work, we sit in transport and everywhere! Do not believe me, sum up your time spent in armchairs, on chairs, on sofas and all kinds of benches. I think you will be horrified.

By the way, according to doctors, it is considered dangerous to health and life if a person spends more than 3 hours a day in a sitting position. This is especially fraught with disastrous consequences if there are no active pauses. Now think about the regime that our children have to endure in schools! I’m not talking about office workers! Modern research has shown that more than 60% of people in the world spend approximately 4 to 8 hours a day in a sitting position. Moreover, it is in this position that people usually work with their eyes – they write, read, watch TV or on the screens of computers, tablets, phones. Usually the spine at this time is in an unnatural position. The neck is bent, the back is crooked, the muscles are overloaded. Does it affect the state of our vision? DEFINITELY AFFECTS! And here, in addition to the movement, which I mentioned above, massage or self-massage can provide significant assistance. It is not necessary to massage the entire body, it is enough to treat the cervical-collar zone. How this is done, it is better to learn from specialists, watch a video demonstrating the work of professionals. They will also suggest the simplest and most effective methods of self-massage (pinching, rubbing, pressing). Ideally, if you have a skilled massage specialist at hand. If there is none, you can resort to self-massage. This procedure is simple, and the benefits will be obvious. Breaking away from working with documents, watching TV or a tablet, in 5—10 minutes you are able to restore cervical blood flow, straighten the spinal column. Even short pauses dedicated to the massage of the neck and the base of the neck will give your head and your eyesight an opportunity to recover.

4. It is very useful to add a series of special exercises to the massage. I won’t talk about the classic forward and side bends, about the rotation of the body for a long time. Do not neglect these simple, but extremely useful exercises. You can do them in the morning, during breaks at work or not very late in the evening. Over time, bring the number of tilts (or rotations) up to 40—50 times, and the effect will be great! But here I am going to describe the exercises that affect only the cervical region: