We used to have workplace health checks every now & then and although eye exercise wasn't mentioned, taking a break from looking at a monitor definitely was. From memory, they reckoned looking away & focusing on the far distance every 15 minutes or so was needed. It's really to relax the eye muscles more than anything else.
As you get older your lenses harden, and I don't think eye exercises stop that at all, it may strengthen the focusing muscles a bit but after a curtain age I don't think that's going to compensate for a hardened lens.
But yeah, if by losing sight, you mean losing focus, definitely visit an optician. They'll ask what job you do which means they want to know what distance you spend most of your time focusing at. Any glasses they give you will let your eyes focus at the distance in a relaxed way. The alternative is a good chance of getting headaches.
I don't think glasses stop your eyes from changing focus, you still have to do the same amount of focus changes as you would do without them... it's just that the range shifts in accordance with the prescription, if you see what I mean.
RedRizla said:
@DaftnDirect @Syrellaris - Yeah, it was mainly about the eye muscle I was thinking about and that's why I thought it might be credible. The things I read suggested focusing on text you could see close up as possible for 3 seconds and then to look at an object 15 ft away for 3 seconds. Basically to strengthen the eye muscles that concentrates on focus. Sounded quite convincing tbh.
From what I read it also mentioned that wearing glasses only damages your eye sight quicker, by making your eyes lazy instead of using these focus muscles more through exercise. I don'y normally fall for such suggestions, but it did get me thinking. I might give it a try since you are supposed to see a difference in a months time. It consists of rolling your eyeballs and things, so I better not do it when the girlfriends around. She might get the wrong idea and think it's something she said..
You're exactly right @RedRizla, the irony is that looking at the screen of a mobile phone is likely going to give you eye strain if you need glasses.
Edit: I'd just visit your local optician and get their advice, I don't think they're just out to sell glasses, I'm pretty sure they'll give you honest advice about whether exercise works... plus you really get to see what difference the right prescription makes when both reading and looking far distance, before deciding to buy anything. I'm always surprised at the difference, as it creeps up slowly on you over the period of time since the previous test.
