Dr. La Rosa discusses how to improve vision naturally through simple exercises that take no more than 10 minutes a day. These exercises have been used in yoga for thousands of years and are also used by people in aviation to improve their visual quality.
The exercises can be divided into two parts: muscular and neurological. The muscular exercises aim to relax and tone the extraocular muscles, improving blood flow to the eyes and brain. These exercises include:
* Rotating shoulders
* Moving head from side to side and in a circular motion
* Palming (generating heat with the hands and placing them on the eye orbits)
* Massaging the eye socket
* Moving eyes laterally and diagonally
* Rotating vision in a circular motion
The neurological exercises aim to improve visual processing and accommodation by training the brain to better process visual information. These exercises include:
* Changing focus between near, medium, and far objects
* Zooming in and out with the finger
* Drawing an imaginary infinity symbol (∞) with the eyes
* Focusing on a small point on a colored surface to improve close vision
Dr. La Rosa emphasizes the importance of relaxation and proper breathing while performing these exercises. He recommends doing them daily and giving them a few months to evaluate the results.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The exercises to improve vision naturally take no more than 10 minutes a day.
2. Eye exercises have existed in yoga for thousands of years.
3. Many people in aviation use eye exercises to improve their visual quality.
4. The loss of visual acuity is often considered normal with age.
5. From the age of 50, many people have difficulty reading or seeing up close.
6. The extra ocular muscles can hinder the ability of accommodation in the eye.
7. There are two types of solutions to improve visual quality: exercising the eye muscles and training the brain to process visual information.
8. The occipital lobe in the brain is responsible for processing visual information.
9. The occipital lobe can enhance visual information, similar to how software like Photoshop enhances images.
10. Scientific studies support that people with difficulty accommodating, such as those with presbyopia, can improve their visual acuity through brain training.
11. The exercises to improve vision include rotating shoulders, relaxing neck muscles, and massaging the eye socket.
12. The palming exercise involves generating heat with the hands and placing them on the orbit of the eye.
13. The eye rotation exercise involves rotating the eyes in a circle around the entire visual field.
14. The focus-changing exercise involves alternating focus between close, medium-distance, and long-distance objects.
15. The zooming exercise involves training the ability to focus at short distances by zooming the finger in and out.
16. The movement of the 8 or infinity symbol exercise helps with visual coordination.
17. The exercise for people with difficulty with close vision involves distinguishing a barely distinguishable point on a colored surface.
18. Neurological skills, such as visual processing and accommodation, can be trained and improved with practice.