About Your Eyesight

Better eyesight with LASIK eye surgery in West Palm Beach, Jupiter, and Stuart Florida

Patient education is the key to optimizing the results of LASIK eye surgery. At Florida Vision Lasik we stress the importance of healthy living and regularly scheduled checkups in maintaining excellent vision for a lifetime.

Many LASIK eye surgery patients want to know what they can do after their LASIK eye surgery to further enhance their results. With pristine weather and the beautiful beaches, it would be easy to go enjoy the outdoors. Instead we advise on many of the daily activities that are important in the lives of our patients.

LASIK eye surgery: Keys to Healthy Vision Before and After Surgery

We sometimes take our vision for granted as we rush through busy days trying to multitask at work or find quality time to spend with our families. We can, however, take active measures to protect the health of our eyes by simply modifying a few of our daily habits.

Guidelines for LASIK eye surgery patients

Reading distance and good sight

When you are reading or writing, close-up work is done best at a distance equal to that between your knuckles and elbows. It is easy to determine this distance. Simply place your knuckles under your chin and measure the distance from your knuckles to your elbow. This will give you a rough idea of optimal distance for reading materials.

Take an occasional break when reading

Reducing eye strain is the key to optimizing your eyesight. When working on your computer or reading, look up every eight to ten minutes and focus on different objects across the room. Focusing from across the room is less work for your eyes, so looking up from time to time can help keep your eyes relaxed.

Good posture: You mother was right

Try to avoid reading while lying on your back, side or stomach. Sitting in an upright position while reading, studying, or working on the computer helps reduce eyestrain.

The positive side of good lighting

It is important to make sure that you have enough light when doing close work tasks, and that your room is generally well lit. Any type of illumination should be positioned to avoid glare from reading material. Positioning lights behind and over your shoulder works well for reading.

Positioning for optimal reading

To ensure that you get the most out of your reading time, tilt your book so that it is raised at an angle of about 20 degrees from your desk. This will provide the best positioning to reduce eyestrain.

The 101s of Television Viewing

While most adults sit at a good distance from the television, children often have to be reminded to be between six to eight feet away as a way to reduce eyestrain. Once again, this is a situation where good posture aids in reducing eyestrain.

Optimal computer workstation set up: What you should know

All of the tips we have mentioned so far are extremely important if you spend a significant amount of time working on a computer. If done incorrectly, computer work can be more of a stressor on your eyes than reading or studying from printed material.

It is important to remember that glare from the computer monitor can be a significant cause of unnecessary eyestrain. It is important to take the time to set up your computer so that it is out of direct sunlight and bright room light. It is also important to remember to take breaks. Why not take a short stretch while looking up from your work?