7 EASY Tips and Eye Exercises for Eye Strain Relief

Date: 2025-07-29 12:03:45

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Experiencing digital eye strain or computer eye strain? Learn simple lifestyle tips and eye health tips to relieve eye strain! Practicing the these tips and eye exercises can help prevent digital eye strain symptoms and promote healthy vision.

Major topics covered:
How to take effective screen breaks
– You may have heard of the 20-20-20 rule, but research shows 20 seconds is not long of enough break, best to go longer such as 2-5 minute breaks.
Here the desk timer I use when I work: https://amzn.to/454jPN7

How to enlarge font size to reduce eye fatigue
– Easy tip in case you struggle with seeing the font

Simple ways to improve computer ergonomics
– Sitting with poor posture can contribute to back, neck and shoulder pain.
Setting your computer screen at the proper distance, angle and height can go a long way to help.
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How to blink more often and why it matters
-Much of the symptoms of digital eye strain or eye fatigue is actually related to dry eyes. This is largely due to poor blink rate and incomplete blinking.
To help with this, you can try blinking exercises or perhaps try the new Winq eye serum from tear restore.
Blinking Exercises: https://youtu.be/aVGFFHyRCGQ?si=0hI2Qu2F9dppYaHS
Winq Product from Tear Restore: https://amzn.to/3INymW5

Also treat and manage dry eye earlier
– Tips for Dry Eye!

See an eye doctor and see if you need eyeglasses or computer glasses
– Sometimes getting glasses is an easy fix to help get eye strain relief.
Learn about computer glasses here:

Eye strain exercises like pencil pushups and near-far focus
– Eye exercises are often used for people with ocular movement disorders, fixational abnormalities or binocular vision disorders. At home vision therapy programs have historically not done as well as in office treatment programs, however this is likely from poor adherence to the treatment plan and lack of guidance through the exercises. The few eye exercises described in this video are for educational purposes only and I always recommend discussing eye exercises with your local eye care professional.

These tips are backed by eye care research and can be done at home to give your eyes a break. Whether you’re a student, office worker, or gamer—learning how to stop eye strain can make a big difference.

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About this video
Feeling eye strain from staring at screens all day? You’re not alone. In this video, I’ll show you 7 easy tips and eye exercises to relieve digital eye strain and fight computer vision syndrome. Whether you’re dealing with eye fatigue, blurry vision, or dry eyes from screen time, these strategies can help!

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Chapters:
0:00 7 EASY Tips and Eye Exercises for Eye Strain Relief
0:48 Schedule breaks from the screen
1:25 Desk Timer I use
2:16 Computer Settings to change for eye strain
3:29 Computer Ergonomics
4:21 Eye Strain Symptoms are Dry Eye related
4:52 Blinking Exercises for dry eye
5:34 Winq Eyelid Serum
6:18 Computer glasses for eye strain
7:30 Blue Light Glasses for Eyestrain?
8:17 Eye exercises for eye strain