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The Cure: Eye exercise : The following exercises will loosen the strained and contracted muscles surrounding the eyes :

a. Keep your head still and relaxed. Gently move the eyes up and down six times.Repeat the same movement twice or thriceat 2-second intervals. The eyes should move slowly and regularly as far down aspossible and then as far up as possible.

b. Move the eyes from side to side as far as possible, without any force or effort six times. Repeat two or three times.

c. Hold the index finger of your right hand about 8 inches in front of the eyes,then look from the finger to any otherlarge object ten or more feet away - the door or window will do. Look from one to the other 10 times. Do this exercisefairly rapidly.

d. Move the eyes up gently and slowly in a circle, then move them low in the reverse direction. Do this four times in all.Rest for a second and repeat the movements two or three times, using minimum efforts. All eye muscle exercises should beperformed while seated in a comfortable position.

Side to side - Moving your eyes from side to side being careful to move your eyeballs only, not your eyebrows with them.This exercise will take care of the muscles on each side of your eyes, it can bedone with both eyes simultaneously andsingularly while having one eye closed. Try to do some both ways to get the mostbenefit from this eye exercise.

Eye rolling Its not just for teenagers, this is actually a very good eye exercise. Eye rolling can be a tedious exercisethat can make your eyesight funny when you get finished with it but it is worththe aggravation. Be careful as with any

other eye exercise, not to overdo it.Visual push ups - This is a good eye exercise for helping your eyes to have goodclose up vision. You can use a pencil orsuch for this, simply hold the object in front of you and focus on something onit such as a mark you make or some distinguishingfeature and bring it towards your nose until your eyes see double. A few minutesa day is all it takes to see a difference.

Near and Far Focus on a far away object for a moment and then a near object forand equal amount of time, repeat for aboutfive minutes. This is to help aid the focusing of your eyes. Do not make the object so far away that you cannot focus fullyon it or too close that it is right in your face. A good few feet in front of yo

u and a good few meters is a generalizeddistance for each.

Eye strengthening exercises will not be some miraculous cure all for your eyes and dont ditch your glasses and contacts,but you will see an improvement in the fatigue of the eyes and focusing ability.Less eye fatigue means feeling better whichnaturally leads to being more productive at whatever it is you are doing, work or play. Another overlooked aspect of eyeexercises is getting the proper amount of rest for your eyes. How can you expect

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your eyes to benefit from all those exercisesif they are too tired to work properly? So, do your eye exercises, it wont take too much time out of your busy day, but dontforget to balance that exercise routine with a rest and relaxation routine also.