Blinking exercises. This is a great tip for dry eyes.

No I am not being rude, but one of the best tips I have ever been told is to do blinking exercises for treating dry eyes. It really does work and strengthens the squamous muscle of the eye and produces the eye to water almost straight away and keeps it healthy.

My job and hobby involves a great deal of time sitting on the computer and so I find myself at times just staring (unconsciously not literally) at the computer screen, but I have found much more of late that I will sit there and do blinking exercises (consciously).

You can do them quickly or hold your blinks. You will thank me for this after reading my article and it will be something that you do on a regular basis, I promise and its a great conversation piece of the dinner table as well.

Many of my friends who use computers on a regular basis either through their work or pleasure have found doing blinking exercises is a quick fix for their dry eyes. Its amazing how such a simple little thing can be so healing.

I wear contact lenses and fluctuate between wearing glasses as well, my prescription in my glasses is slightly stronger than my contact lens prescription and I find I get very tired eyes from wearing the glasses, but doing blinking exercises whilst wearing the glasses prevents my eyes from feeling heavy and dry.

I must admit my boss caught me doing them once and made a comment, but he now does it from time to time as he has to do a lot of reading as part of his role and being presented with medical records to review. He has said that it helps a lot.

The other little tip is to put a very fine mixture of warm natural yoghurt and honey on some cotton wool pads and place them over your eye lids for about 5 minutes. If you mix the honey and yoghurt just right it does not get too sticky, honey is a great healing agent for the skin as well.

I dont like putting drops into my eyes, there are many over the counter rememdies to choose from, I have tried and tested many things, but, I have to say, my favourite is blinking and its free, just blink away.

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