Nearsighted eye exercises are designed to help improve your vision with respect to long and short distances. Many people suffering from severe nearsightedness have trouble reading signs and posters that are more than five feet away. According to the American Vision Institute, most nearsightedness is caused by staring at electronic mass media such as television and computers. Focusing on objects for long periods of time can strain your eye muscles. Nearsighted eye exercises can help strengthen your eye muscles and slowly improve your vision from a distance. Most of these eye exercises require months of practice and repetition before having a noticeable effect.
Dodgeball Eye Exercise
This dodgeball eye exercise is designed to improve overall eye muscle coordination as well as that between your eyes and body. Hang a dodgeball or other soft ball from a ceiling inside your house; use enough rope so that the ball hangs down to the level of your chest. Ask a friend to stand on a chair and pull the ball backwards until the rope is taut, and then release it. According to Eye Exercises For Good Vision, if you do not have a partner, you can simply swing the ball away from your body to achieve a similar result. Without moving your feet, try to avoid allowing the ball to hit you. Move from your waist and shift your chest and shoulders as the ball comes towards you to avoid it. This exercise helps to improve your eyes' ability to focus and adjust as an object is moving toward you from a distance.
Removing Lenses Exercise
This exercise strengthens your eye muscles by removing your eyeglasses for several minutes a day. Start by looking at an object that's far away using your contacts or eyeglasses. Then remove your glasses, and look at the image. While the image may be blurry at first, continue to focus your eyes, starting with closer objects first. Wearing glasses can cause eye muscles to atrophy and weaken, so take 20 minutes or more a day to strengthen your eye muscles without the aid of eyeglasses.
Pencil Distance Exercise
This nearsighted eye exercise can improve your ability to shift your eyes' focus from objects that are close to objects that are farther away. Stand up straight while holding a pencil six inches from the front of your nose. From here, look at the pencil for five seconds, trying hard to keep your eyes focused and steady. Lower the pencil, and shift your focus to an object at least 20 feet away. Try to focus on this object for an additional five seconds. Go back and forth between the two objects 40 times for a count of five seconds each or until fatigued.
