Your
Golden Years and Your Vision
Human vision is more than just seeing. The
human
eye
is more
than a mechanical tool for vision; it
is hardwired into your brain, and
therefore is an extension of your brain, which affects your perception and
vision of
the
outside
world, as
well as reflects what and how you think. As such, it is the most
important human organ, and is your greatest asset in your golden years.
Unfortunately, as you get
into your golden years (that is, age 65 and beyond)), you will have noticed the
deterioration of your vision. As a matter of fact, vision loss begins as early
as in the 30s, and its deterioration accelerates in the 40s and 50s. By now, in
your golden years, you may have considerable vision loss that affects the
quality of your everyday life. Getting older has taken its toll on your body in
many ways and your eyesight deterioration is just one of them.
Your vision loss is
indicated by your difficulty in focusing when you look at near of distant
objects (nearsightedness or farsightedness) or your
predisposition to focusing more slowly and less accurately (presbyopia).
These debilitating eye conditions are caused by the hardening of the eyes’
lenses; resulting in inflexibility of eye muscles and hence difficulty in
focusing.
Presbyopia makes it increasingly difficulty
for you to read or do close-up work, while nearsightedness or farsightedness
requires you to wear bifocals or different pairs of eyeglasses.
By now, in your golden years, is there
anything you can do to retard your vision loss?
Absolutely! It is never too late to
do something to stop your aging process. Using medications, eye drops,
prescription lenses, and even surgeries may not have long-term side effects on
your overall vision health. There are other natural ways to promote natural
healing of your eyes at any age.
In your golden years, take extra care of
your vision health and eyesight issues to reduce the risk of eyesight
deterioration or even blindness further down the road. Check your health,
especially your eye health, on a regular basis. This may play a pivotal role in
your vision self-healing. Prevention is always better than a cure. Make
sure that you have eye tests done at least once a year and if you start to
notice a steady decline in your ability to focus or see clearly.
To correct your vision problems, your eye
doctors and opticians may be too ready to prescribe corrective lenses or even
talk you into the possibility of having surgery to fix any vision problem.
Remember, natural healing holds the key to reversal of any disorder, including
your problematic eye conditions.
You can use of eye exercises to help you
correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and presbyopia. Eye exercises are easy
and simple to do and you can even do them in the comfort of your own home. A
few eye exercises each day can really help you improve your vision
significantly. But you must be consistent and persistent in pursuing your eye
exercise regimen-- just like any type of physical exercise to have any benefit,
you must be diligent; healing your vision loss is not an overnight endeavor.
Most vision problems, whether
nearsightedness, farsightedness, or presbyopia, have to do with eye stress and
strain affecting the shape of the eyes, and hence their capability to focus
images correctly on the retina. But the eyes cannot be relaxed if the body and
mind are not. Therefore, it is important to have a holistic approach to vision
improvement. Self-healing is always holistic.
Your Golden Years and Santa Claus
is a 252-page book on how to live well in your golden years, including how to
overcome your vision loss as well as other health issues and challenges
encountered as you continue to age.
Stephen Lau
Copyright © by Stephen Lau
