Eye Exercises for Exophoria

Exophoria is a muscle imbalance that causes the eyes to move outward, or diverge, according to the State University of New York Optometric Center. Eye exercises for exophoria can strengthen, condition, train and relax the eyes while also increasing your visual acuity. Do 30 minutes of eye exercises daily.

Crystal Welch
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Cross Eye Dominance Exercises

Cross eye dominance refers to having opposite hand-eye domination. Most commonly, it means being right handed but being left-eye dominant.

Tonya Edwards
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Adverse Effects of Gentamicin Eye Drops on Babies

Gentamicin ophthalmic solution, also known by the brand name Genoptic, is a prescription antibiotic commonly prescribed to prevent and treat bacterial eye infections, such as conjunctivitis, in infants and children. The adverse affects associated with gentamicin use are typically mild.

Kimberley Zagoren
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Hand-Eye Coordination in Sports

Hand-eye coordination is used in many daily activities. Pour the milk, fold the clothes, set the glass on the coaster. In sports, it's used from start to finish. Throw the ball, stop the puck, hit it straight, pass the ball, catch the ball. Each sport uses it in a different way.

Nicholas Bragg
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Exercises to Strengthen Feet Turning Inward

For adults, when feet turn inward, it is usually to compensate for another problem that involves connective tissue in the foot or leg. Put simply, you walk differently because something else hurts.

Darla Ferrara
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Adverse Reactions to Vitamin E Drops in the Eye

Vitamin E is an antioxidant nutrient that may help prevent damage to cells in your body. Other roles of vitamin E include helping your immune system and various metabolic processes. Foods such as almonds, spinach and mango contain vitamin E, but your doctor may recommend a vitamin E supplement.

Kate Beck
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5 Things You Need to Know About Foot-Eye Coordination

Most sports played in America require hand-eye coordination. Soccer, more than any other sport, requires foot-eye coordination. Research done at the Institute for Neurology in London confirms vision controls the movement of the foot.

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Dangers of Lotemax Eye Drops

Lotemax, a corticosteroid ophthalmic drop used to treat dry eye as well as to decrease inflammation after eye surgery, is a potent medication that can have serious side effects on the eye in some people.

Sharon Perkins
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Eye Exercises to Decrease Ptosis

Ptosis is the drooping of one or both of the upper eyelids below the normal position. In severe cases, the drooping lid can shield part or the entire pupil and block your vision. Ptosis usually occurs due to weakened eyelid muscles or a separation from the muscle tendon and the eyelid.

Sarah Thompson
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Photochromic Vs. Polarized Sunglasses

Sun exposure can cause damage to your eyelid, cornea, lens and additional eye parts. Sunglasses can protect the eyes from the sun’s harmful rays -- however, some types of sunglasses provide added benefits. Photochromic and polarized are 2 types of specialized sunglasses.

Rachel Nall
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VMO Strengthening Exercises

The vastus medialis oblique muscle, more commonly called the VMO, sits above your knee on the inner front part of your thigh. While usually associated with assisting in leg extension, the results of a 2007 study published in "Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise"

Lisa Mercer
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Eye Exercises to Improve Astigmatism

Some people believe astigmatism comes from heredity and eye socket formation. However, astigmatism often develops or is worsened after an injury to the neck or head, according to the American Vision Institute. Vision is distorted and blurred with astigmatism because of a refractive error with the eye.

Cat North
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