One of your most important senses is vision. Eye problems are frequently overlooked because they are not always obvious.
As you age, it becomes increasingly crucial to take care of your eye health. Once you pass the age of 40, you are more likely to experience issues like presbyopia, glaucoma, cataracts, and macular degeneration.
Maintaining good eye health requires three main pillars:
- Routine eye checkups
- A healthy diet
- Exercise
It has been demonstrated that maintaining physical activity and making sure to work out at least three times a week will improve eye health and reduce your risk of developing eye disorders that could threaten your vision. These diseases include:
Let’s take a closer look at how exercising benefits your eye health.
Did you know that exercising is good for your eyehealth?
Below are some information regarding exercise and eye health:
- Participating in regular exercise can cut your risk of age-related cataracts by up to 10%.
- Following a recommended physical activity guideline could cut the risk of glaucoma by 40% or more.
- Engaging in exercise three or more times a week can cut your risk of age-related wet macular degeneration by up to 70%.
- High cholesterol and blood pressure are two risk factors for eye disease. Both of these can be lowered with exercise.
- Exercise lowers the chance of acquiring diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. This in turn lowers the chance of developing these disorders’ side effects, like diabetic retinopathy.
- For those who already have glaucoma, regular exercise helps reduce intraocular pressure and enhance blood flow to the retina and optic nerve.
How do you keep your eyes healthy?
To get the health benefits of exercise, it is recommended that adults need a minimum of:
- 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity each week.
Or
- At least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity each week.
Which exercises can improve your eyes’ health?
To safeguard your eye health and vision, try these enjoyable and simple exercises:
- Aerobics exercises
- Cycling
- Swimming
- Walking
- Jogging
- Dance
- Elliptical or stair climber
- Eye exercises: Regular eye exercises could help reduce eye strain.
- Focus change: While seated, alter your focus from near to distance and from distance to near.
- Figure eight: When seated, choose a place on the floor about 10 feet in front of you and concentrate there. Next, for 30 seconds, move your eyes in a pretend figure 8 pattern.
- 20-20-20 rule: Give your eyes a 20-second break every 20 minutes to gaze at anything 20 feet away.
A note from Ojas – Eye Hospital
It’s time to book a state-of-the-art exam with the best eye specialists in Mumbai at Ojas – Eye Hospital if it has been more than a year since you or your family members last had their routine eye tests. A thorough eye exam can help in the diagnosis of chronic and systemic conditions like glaucoma, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, autoimmune illnesses caused by inflammation, and even some forms of cancer.
