Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Eye exercises

That's me, doing my eye exercises.

Okay, not really. I made that about 8 years ago, just having fun with Image Ready. But doing eye exercises is something for Graves' ophthalmopathy suffers to ask their doctors about. It can extend the range of motion of eye muscles and some claim it speeds recovery—putting eyes through full range of motion in all the cardinal gazes. The drawback (and this is why you need to ask your doctor) is that looking up can increase intraocular pressure in Graves' ophthalmopathy patients. Any glaucoma suffer can attest to why this is not a Good Thing.

Why consider doing exercises? Because recovery from having double vision (diplopia) is not a sure thing.

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