Pencil Push-Up Eye Exercise for Convergence Insufficiency
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This exercise helps improve the convergence of your eyes which is important to help you read or use a computer efficiently and comfortably. Convergence Insufficiency causes eye strain, tiredness, poor concentration and focusing, and headaches after near work. Pencil Push-ups is one exercise that can reduce those symptoms.
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Thank you Doc. I'm doing this for vestibular therapy at home. My PT had me do it in the clinic but never explained it to me like you did.
i have strabismus and im scared about my vision, thanks for this. I was very confused on others instructions
Thanks for this very informative and well presented video. I appreciate your effort.
Thank you very much doctor .
Thanks DOC!!
This is amazinggggg ..
Thanks!
this exercise is good for people who have anisometropia
Wear power glases during this exercise or not?
Thank you for the video
I do candle meditation for months now, everyday 20 min. So far everything is good and research says candle gazing improves vision and strength of the eye muscles. Is there any negative effects of practicing candle meditation ?
Thank you very much for this detailed convergence training vid Doctor. Curious, could it be more helpful doing this exercise without wearing glasses?
Does this help with binocular vision dysfunction?
What excersise is there if your eye is tilted up?
Hi doctor how to increase side view of eyes...and my right eyelid is covering my eye how to tighten drooping eyelids..please reply..
Does this help for double binocular vision?
Trust me I never get satisfie easily but this time I exercise only a day and notice improvement 😮
Thanks for the feedback. A lot of people need much more intensive exercise, but I’m happy to hear when a simple one can make a difference 😍
Does this work for hypertropia ?
Is there any issue if i’m going to do this one week or so after the surgery for intermittent exo or it’s too soon?
there’s still some exodrift left and I’m thinking that maybe I can fix that
What is this eye exercise for? for myopia? astigmatism?
Hey,doc will this bring my lazy eye in proper alignment?
Is this any good for people with double vision ?
Does it work on blurry eyes
U would have used scale instead
I can't see far away objects it gets overlapping why it's happening?
Is this helpful for astigma ??
very helpful
How much did it take to work and do you don’t suffer from it anymore
@drvickyfischer Hi Dr. Fischer, I have been diagnosed with Convergence Insufficiency and Binocular Vision Dysfunction (I am 46). My 10 year old son and I have each followed what you have said to do in the video. I start to see the wall image turn double when the pencil is 38cm from my nose. My son starts to see the wall image turn double at 5.5cm from his nose. Should I get him to my opthamologist? Also, how long should one do this exercise every day? Thank You!
I recommend 5 minutes at meal times to make it easy to remember. I’d go to a doctor that specializes in vision therapy since ophthalmologists tend to know more about surgery than exercise
😵thank you
Dear Doc, one question: this excercise will help to reduce the presbyopia ?
Please could I speak with you
You could bring a branch here to Brazil.
Definitely didn't damage my eyes to watch a sweet doctor like this one.
will this help me with a lazy eye ?
hi doctor we can do in the evening and afternoon or not??
I have my squint in left eye 2 muscles weak what is treatment plz guide what can I do
Do we see double if our eyes is in normal condition?
Please mam eyes divergence exercise tell me
Will this help on binocular vision dysfunction?i think I have that please reply need help
@mimerule hello. I think i have vertical heterophoria which is also eye misalignment. I have a hard time driving and most of the time I get nausea. Will this exercise shown in video is effective. I have heard either wear prism or do vision therapy. Could u please share your experience on how you got it treated. I m really fad up of my condition.
My eye ball moving inward day by day so that’s way my right eye more deep and small rather then other eye
Exceptional well done Dr, I had encouraged my daughter for doing this exercise and she is now v excited that it has really helped her in concentrating her vision, thanks a lot
I went through this at age 7 years.
@@kristenoliver8645 don't click that link guys
How old are you now?
U r well now ?
ho doctor we can do in the evening and faternoon or nor
I have binocular diplopia
Do I need to letters in the background?
so what if there is no point of convergence at all, no matter how far away an object is?
Will this cure myopia
I don't really get it but does it work in double vision (diplopia?)
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I'm only a beginner but wanted to ask if it's ok that I can't focus on the up close letters?
I tried for a few minutes and couldn't bring myself to see up close.
Does it take practice to see up close? thanks :)
SmileyFace as we get older your ability to focus close moves further back and reading glasses are needed. Try to focus them as much as you can but at a certain closeness no one can focus 😅
Boluplim
Did it work
Hello, I wear glasses of 0.5 ... Myopia...
Can this cure it
Maam if i look with my left eye my right eye gets inside (not too inside) and if i look with right eye my left eye gets in so what does that mean do i do pencil pushups from both eye i mean(first 60 pushs by looking from left eye and second 60 pushs by looking from right eye)
Thank you thank you so much mam.. I fix my eyes and today I am very very Happy Thank you very very much...😊😊
Whats the problem with your eyes?
@@hauntedearth8269 squint on one eye exotropia
@@vedurj9723 and how many days ypu fix yput eye?
@@hauntedearth8269 Approx one month .. i am practicing now to make it stable throw all day long..
@@vedurj9723 okk thanks
Interesting. I believe I used to have a problem when I was really little. I ended up having to have one eye covered up for a while. If I hold my finger to my nose it splits in two, and this has always been this way (that is since I could remember). I didn't know convergence was a thing.
Yes, you described a convergence problem perfectly, but patching an eye doesn't improve convergence. Patching only improves vision in the one eye and doesn't teach them to convergence better. You can read the latest studies on patching for exotropia show patching doesn't help if both eyes have equal vision.
@@drvickyfischer - I guess the joke's on me then, I don't have equal vision in both :-P You wouldn't happen to know if any eye exercises could improve distance vision (nearsighted since birth -- of course now that I'm middle-age, my near sight is getting blurry too (age related I suppose)).
hey dr !
my name yasir my eyes became so bad I need connecting with you plz !
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Is it same experience when looking in mirror and try to focus on dirt surface or finger noticing your image doubled. Vice versa if you are now focusing to your face the dirt or finger attached on mirror surface doubled.
yes!
Question, why would you do this up to your nose? Isn't there a point of over 4-5 inches where anything close up like that gets blurry ? What i am asking is,
is it not physically impossible to get the pencil to touch your nose and have the letters be clear?
Rhett and Link hella funny tho
Doc , i have done smile surgery, and it's been a month but my left eye is not completely recovered, can this exercise help my vision? If not what should I do plz tell me
Can u explain how this excercise helps with CI ? Is it reducing symptoms after some time ?
Yes, it may often help with headaches, eye pain, tiredness, eye drifting out, but it is only one exercise in a complete therapy program,
Mam anyone can do this?
Is this applicable both vertical and horizontal? Coz it feels like this exercise will only help horizontal diplopia
I have hypotropia (left eye points downward) and it has somewhat helped. My right eye is very dominant and have bad partial vision loss in my left eye so as a result it goes out of sync when I focus with my eyes. I tried this exercise and i can definitely tell my eyes are not lined up properly. I didn’t realize how bad it was till I recorded myself doing this exercise and saw that my left eye was pointing in but not as far in as it should be when I was tracking it with my pencil. It wouldn’t hurt to try it for a week or two and see if there’s any improvement.
@@stevenvillarreal8970 was their any improvement
Can convergence problems be permanently fixed in adults?
Hi I have crossed eyes since birth does it helps? I'm 16 year old and want to fix my crossed eyes
been two years since i saw an optometrist about this, no improvement with glasses or the eye exercises, should i just give up at this point?
what if its an opposite issue? unable to converge at a distance?
I couldn't focus with this sweet doctor blurring my vision.
I came here cause I heard this could help with binocular vision dysfunction
Thank you. I am doing my Pathology residency in first year, I am starting to get problems like when I look at a microscope and then try to make notes or look at a book my vision becomes blurred for minutes and it is making difficult for me to carry on with my Pathology residency. Recently, I was diagnosed as fusional insufficiency. So , can it be cured so that I can continue with Pathology residency looking the microscope or should I drop the Pathology residency?
Convergence insufficiency is one the conditions easier to improve , but I’d try my best to see if you can improve it ASAP before you commit to a life of tired eyes
Hi doctor im 27 yo can this work for me?
I can switch between which she I am using to look with and focus with, which eye do I use for the exercise the good one or the weaker one?
cover the stronger eye with an eye patch
I had retina detachment a few years ago and the reattached eye has started to position itself outwards. Can I use this exercise to help improve it's position?
I also had retina detatched and one of my eye is leaning inwards when trying to look in certain direction. My eye doctor told me it is a damaged muscle, that happened during the retina reattaching the surgery.
I think I am lucky though I can still look straight with both eyes. I just learned my life never to look left (turning whole head instead).
Also when I work alot on computer, the muscles become weaker and I have more trouble keeping the muscle damaged eye synced with the healtier one.
Have you found out something that helps? I am curious
No, this is NOT for the retina it is for convergence insufficiency or exotropia
drvickyfischer ok, thanks. Can you recommend any exercises for outward positioned eyes?
इस थेरेपी से कितने महीने में eye ठीक हो सकती है
Should I do it with glasses on or off and how many times a day I should do it?
Without glasses
At 2:25, the Doctor says:"WEAR YOUR GLASSES OR CONTACTS...".
Hi, I am a person with exophoria. I still have the ability to cross my eyes without this method (though I've only recently started crossing them again)
Question: Is the goal of these pushups to get your eyes to cross completely? If yes, could one just cross their eyes, or does it require this specific approach of using an object to bring your focus to different distances?
Mako Mori yes, you can practice crossing them as well, but this exercise is about trying to cross them and maintain control 😊
Just crossing your eyes is one type of exercise, and it has value. But using a pencil will work more specifically on accuracy- best wishes!
I have the same condition too, Iknew I have this condition since young and my younger innocent brother use to tease me about it, I got hurt sometimes. My classmates already noticed about it and i got really shy my self steem was really affected since then I avoid to do eye contacts so they won't remember and talk about me having misalligned eye. What should I do???
@Lele’s daegal - I have the same issue. My eyes not only stay crossed but I see more than one image at the same time and I get so easily distracted besides that I get anxious ( eye related anxiety)
I struggle so much and doing vision therapy it’s not only fun but I’m not driven at all ….just so u know u r not alone on this and what’s worse is ppl r not familiar with these problems and instead they pass judgment on something that know nothing about ( total ignorant)
@@drvickyfischer thanks, this answer helped me too ;)
I have squint & i am one eye blind, can i do this exercise ?
If you are blind in one eye then No
Dear mam I hav consulted a ophthalmologist about my squint eye . Its only beginning stages , can it be cured without a surgery and doing pencil push up exercise and tear drops . Plz share your view I would be happy to hear it.
@Akshay what did you do to cure it?
Is it curable or does it only get better ?
It doesn't go away, but you learn to control it
Hi
I Am suffering from diplopia from last 15 years I had childhood squint my one operation has done at the age of 9 years for squint but I had no diplopia before that operation only squint after operation diplopia started it was inward but after surgery it has been ovecorrected it has came out word but I have only little bit squint as examined by doctor as acc to doctor it is crossed dipopia they recommended me prism glassess I worn but nothing helped me
Now tell me can my crossed diplopia corrected
But acc to doctor they said it's very rare that your squint is very less still there is diplopia
Please reply me once
Can my diplopia be corrected
can i hv ur email id?
My age is 22 years , I am suffering from ambylopia , doctor says that there is no treatment ..,, please tell me by these exercises my vision will be increases .....pl tell me
Give it a try
I have strabismus
My eyes wanders around
My left eye is so blurry i can detect only colours but blurry i can't see letters
How would you do this exercise, I kinda have the same issue. My one eye is extremely weaker.
AKA.Footies did this exercise fix strabismus?
Hi. I'm experiencing some double visions but I do see the single image.its just that
the double vision is seen below )but it's quite lighter and near texts. I do wear glasses but it only clears my blurriness but that lighter doubled vision downwards has no effect.is this exercise for me. I'm not sure and do give me some advice please!
Same here buddy...hows it going?
Justin Nand, I was having double vision for 2 months. I even went into the hospital for blood, CT Scan of head and neck, Heart pictures and more bloodwork. They couldn't find anything wrong. They did tell me my good cholesterol, HDL was low, and bad cholesterol, LDL was a little high. After two months of the double vision, I began to do intermittent fasting to lower to bad cholesterol, and eating better. The double vision after one week is clearing up. I can drive again without using these Prism glasses the eye doctor gave me.
I hope this can help you.
@@ralphborroel5684 hi, has your double vision gotten better? My cholesterol came back same as you. Nothing else was wrong.
@@vero4462 , Hello. I'm happy to hear from someone about this, and my condition with double vision.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED!!... (excited!!) :)
My condition having double vision ONLY last for 6 weeks. As I had posted during the issue of having double vision, and thinking it was my levels of cholesterol, I have to say now that I was wrong. The blood work results had nothing to do with double vision.
I got the first dose of Moderna shot on March 20, 2021. The next day I started having eye problems. The second day I noticed the double vision happened to me. By the eighth day, I was full blown double vision.
So, I went to the emergency room, and they admitted me for 2 and a half days. They tested me with head scans, for Aneurysm, blood clots, stroke, Heart pictures, and many blood tests.
That's when one doctor told me about my low HDL and high LDL. So, I thought that was a start to the answers for getting double vision, and they couldn't tell me it was from getting the first Moderna shot. Three doctors checked me at the hospital stay, but noone had the right explanations or even treatment.
The Infectious Doctor, who talked to me for five minutes told me that I need an Optometrist, an Eye Doctor.
Listen to this; I told them my SYMPTOMS, and they all ignored what I said. I even thought to myself, "these doctors are deaf, and not listening to the patient for the answers."
Well, I was discharged and went straight to the VA (VETERANS) CLINIC, which was a mile away from the hospital. They saw me a couple of hours later as an emergency patient, because of a good Male Nurse who pressed the assistant to the Optometrist to see me. He stuck up for the little guy always being pushed out the door.
The Assistant called me back to be seen by her then the Eye doctor. She looked to the back of my eyes, but showed me that everything was fine. She said, "this is temporary and will go away . We have seen this before but can't find anything. "
She had me return 3 days later to fit a pair of distant glasses that I had been given by mistake for reading glasses. But, because I still had them she could fit a sticker Prism for my right eye to correct the double vision.
Well, that was not a good thing. The Prism in the right glass did NOT correct the right eye to move it totally. It strained my eyes to wear those glasses with that Prism that only helped the double vision slightly. I still had double vision while wearing them, and that lightweight Patch for the eye was useless. It was always terrible to wear. I tried one day for about 2 hours, and never again. The patch and Prism was adding to my issues.
I was scheduled for the second Moderna on April 17, 2021. I was reluctant to take it, since it might bring me more problems. I still didn't know that the double vision was even caused by getting the Vaccine.
Doctors would not say any Covid Vaccine causes double vision, since there were no reports of this.
I got the second dose, to see what would happen. What could be worse, right?
I was overwhelmed by having double vision, and Doctors couldn't tell me what it was. So, I starting searching for myself. I googled my SYMPTOMS on my cell phone for about a week . Then, a breakthrough!
I got an answer!!.. A page came up with my exact Symptoms. It was a Page resulting in Sphenal Cavity Sinusitis. An infection in the right eye, coming from the nasal cavity into the right eye socket.
I had Sinusitis in my right eye!!.
The Page had a treatment for the mild pain in the top right eye and right outer temple. The pain was so mild, it was a 1 on a scale of 1 to 10.
The treatment was to take a pain reliever to kill the infection. They listed different types of relievers. So, I went with the first one, which was to take Ibuprofen every 4 hours until the pain is completely gone. I took one Ibuprofen (200 mg) every 4 hours for two days. The pain went away. I took two more pills the third day just to be sure it gets everything and kills the infection.
The next few days I was experiencing my eyesight coming back to normal. As I woke up my sight was normal for a few minutes. Then, a little more the next day. Then, a little longer the next day.
For about 8 days this took place. By the 9th day, this was May 3rd, my eyes were completely back to normal.
The treatment I found online myself, through frustration of dealing with double vision, paid off.
Sorry, for such a long response, but that is everything what I went through.
Please let me know if this can be of any help for you. :)
@@ralphborroel5684 omg!!! You gave me chills!! I felt like I was reading my story!! I have had all kinds of symptoms (everything on my left side of body) including double vision due to the 1st dose of Pfz on 8/1. I did not take the second dose, the neuro told me not to. It’s gotten much better, except at times, the double vision comes and goes which I am not sure if it contributes to dizziness. I would get a pain in the back of my left eye at times and when I would take ibuprofen, it would help. Wow!! I could write so much about what I went through. But I am glad to know you are much better. I’m definitely going to look into this for sure and see if I can get back to normal. Thank you soooo much for sharing your story!
Hai Madam,
Will it cure presbyopia ?
no, you need reading glasses... sorry :-/
1:59 is it Jesse from AthleanX???
Or his lookalike?
😂 no, that’s good mythical morning. Does look like Jesse though
Dude! Hahaha, I was not expecting this comment. I thought he looked like him too hahah!
hi doc!
I'm also doing bs optometry can you please tell about this field like scope or other things?
Optometry does vary in different countries. In the USA, optometrists can prescribe oral/topical medications. Optometrists can specialize in many things like contact lens for keratoconus or pediatrics like me 😊
@@drvickyfischer hi! first of all thanks for replying me ,
can an optometrist named doctor?
But what does it mean if one eye won't cross?? I cant seem to find the answer any where
It means that your eye isn't cooperating with the exercise and focusing on something else, specially if u have amblyopia. Don't worry about it, train it and slowly u may see growth and one small tip is that when one eye doesn't cross, blink a little and give it your full attention. You got this.
Why i see double pen when the pen js not totally closely to my nose? How to focus for one pen only?
Slow down and back the pen away until it's single and then go closer to your nose again.
The background needs to have only one stripe with letters right?
if you eyes are working together as a team you should see background double
@@drvickyfischer thanks.
@drvickyfischer I have a squint since being a child which was corrected with surgery. Now 33 it has returned. My left eye has a esotropia vision +7.00 right +2.75 I don’t want to go making things worse, would this exercise help me?
@@andreah7696 Yes looks the same
@@andreah7696 Have you found these exercises work for you ? I’m so down about my eyes it makes me sad
At which age u did your surgery?
@@zainabfarhad1149 I was 18 months old. Sorry , i never saw your question until now. I just had corrective surgery again last week
Hi does this help hypertropia?
Hypertropia is very difficult to exercise and usually doctors prescribe prism in glasses.
@@drvickyfischer thank you
Whenever I think about something suddenly my eyes get crossed for few seconds what is this condition called??can u please help me out
Would this help with misaligned eyes for people with digital vision syndrome? According to my doctor the Neurolens check determined I have trouble relaxing and bringing in the eyes for focusing on something up close.
this helps with the alignment if your eyes drift out
So I (think) I have diplopia (?) seeing double especially past 10 feet away when it progressively gets worse (like watching TV, I see two people instead of one). Is this the right exercise to help it? Looking at the video, so basically I have to actually get my eyes to cross to the center? Wouldn't that make the eyes seeing double instead of making the object looks like a single object? Thanks for the clarification in advance..would love to improve my vision as I'm frustrated multiple docs/optometrists say I only have "cylindrical" vision and they're negligible according to them!
Check COVD.org to find a doctor that specializes in vision therapy. I can't diagnose this over a computer, we have to check your eye muscles in person.
I have been practicing these eye exercises for a few weeks. And I'm facing severe headache issues also my eyes hurt really bad. My left eye is kinda crossed so I do these to cure that. Should I stop? Or the pain is normal?
Think of it like this, you are improving the muscle of the eye which controls movement along with the brain, while training your eyes to work together.. In the midst of doing so, keep in mind that you are exercising muscles. Just like within the body, eye muscles will be sore and subject to over exertion as well. So you may need to reduce the amount of times you are doing this per week and the length of time you are actually performing the exercise.Hope this helps.
@@finewine8886 thank you..
Mujhe b pain hota h jb exercise krti hu toh phir Sahi ho jata h ek ghnte bad
@@riddhikaushal9260 pta h mai ab bich me kar pati hu dono eyes lekin kuch dikhai nhi deka saaf.. meri lazy eye me power 10+ h but specs me to dikhna chaiye na par nhi jab dono eyes bich me hoti h to sab blur ho jata hz😐🤷🏻♀️
@@DivyaSingh-gv1dl mtlb apki lazy eye Sahi ho gye h bus dikh ta n h kya
Hi this is Nauman from pakistan I have a amblyopia issue and yesterday I know about that issue kindly guide me what i can do I was 20 year old know Reply me fast as you can see my comment Thankyou.
Ma'am is this effective for lazy eye, my son is 16 years old, and he's also practicing eye patching, will he be able to cure it?
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Will it improve nearest vision too
It’s been two years did he get cure
Lazy Eye is called Amblyopia. In that case the exercises are different, retina needs to be stimulated... Carry on the activities that your eye doctors have prescribed. Like separating small grains or beads from a mixture during patching. Or playing a video game on a computer while using patching etc. Amblyopia is cured with the appropriate exercises.
This will give me a very bad headache
I'm a bit overweight pounds so do these type of push ups count as a workout
yes, definitely . . . I think your will burn 5 calories ;-)
@@drvickyfischer lmfaoooo ur funny
How many days does it takes to cure if I exercise daily for 5-5minutes two times?
Did it work?
@@alii8075 haven't tried
@@RajuRajput-lv9qh why?
Can I ask a question please? I have double vision but it's in a level where it looks transparent (I see 3 things actualy to be exact...). But, will this exercise work on astigmatism?
And my other eye has a worser state than the other, it's like "when I read a book, I can see the duplicated letters clearer than the other eye" so... Will covering my good eye helps me? I think if I don't, my brain will start to ignore the weaker eye
Also, I'm just 16 and none of my family has double vision so I think I didn't inherit it.
I have too... When I saw a board or anything in littlebit far I should see a duplicate one too... I'm just 19 yr old... Pls anyone tell me a Solution for this.. When I consult the doctor they said to do the pencil push ups.... I tried it one year but there is noo difference in my double vision 😭😭😭pls anybody help me
You need to get an eye exam with specialist in vision therapy. This does NOT correct astigmatism
You need to get an eye exam with specialist in vision therapy since your double vision sounds more serious
@@drvickyfischer thank you mam.. 🤗❤
My issue is the opposite, I have double vision from far away but up close it’s fine.
Same here, have you found a solution?
@@philipmakafuiamewonor1188 Well it slowly went away on its own. I still have a little trouble but try raising your eyebrows, pulling/pointing your ears back(with your head muscles not with your hands lol), and focusing as hard as possible on something you're seeing double with. To fix the issue long term, if you're on your phone a lot, hold it as far from your face as possible. When you're in bed, lie on your back and hold it far from your face. If your looking at something try to keep it at at least arms length, your eye muscles are having trouble coordinating the eyes to look at a far objects but not close ones so when you're always looking at far objects, your muscles slowly adjust back to binocular vision. You should always be looking at things at least 100 feet away from you and keep pushing yourself to make it better. Good luck.
then it means its a short term problem I guess probably from exhaustion
@@phobos1826 I have my double vision 3 years. Can phone cause this?
@@yanna222 Do you use your phone in bed?
I had glaucoma eye operation at when I was 11 months old..my left eye vision is perfectly normal..but right eye vision is blurred how to repair it please reply please mam