When investigating the eyesight problems of primary school students, researchers found that the eyesight problems of urban children are more serious than those of rural children, which may be because rural children have more outdoor activities than urban children.
Most of children's vision problems can be improved, especially preschool children's eyes are constantly improving, and vision can be improved through visual stimulation and training. In primary school, letting children do more outdoor sports and get in touch with natural light will help children reduce the probability of myopia.
What exercise can improve children's eyesight?
table tennis
Table tennis is the most popular sport in China. Table tennis is not only entertaining, but also competitive.
When playing table tennis, we should always keep our eyes on the ball, judge the speed of the ball and the distance of the ball's landing point. The muscles of the eyes contract and expand with the ball, which not only keeps the elasticity of the muscles of the eyes, but also enhances the adjustment ability of the eyes and improves the vision.
Some researchers have followed up the children who practice table tennis for three years and found that long-term regular practice of table tennis can prevent myopia and improve their eyesight. The picture below shows the improvement of children's eyesight in the past three years.
badminton
Badminton and table tennis are similar to eye exercises, and both need to keep their eyes on the ball, which stimulates the tension and relaxation of eye muscles with the distance of the ball. But the badminton court is bigger than the table tennis table, and the amount of exercise is bigger than table tennis. Combined with the dual effects of eye stimulation and aerobic exercise, it can also effectively improve children's vision problems.
run quickly
When running outdoors, the sun and the surrounding scenery constantly stimulate the eyes, and the single rhythmic movement of running increases the coordination, sensitivity and flexibility of the body. This aerobic breathing exercise effectively provides nutrition and oxygen for the eyes, effectively relieves eye fatigue and improves vision.
Basketball and football
Basketball and football are both high-intensity antagonistic sports, but they also need eyes to move alternately with the distance of the ball. Some researchers have also investigated these two kinds of sports and found that antagonistic sports in the same field can also effectively improve children's myopia, and the myopia rate dropped from 72.4% to 68.4% within one year.
How can parents encourage their children to participate in outdoor activities, so as to prevent myopia?
Watch live sports events
Since the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, China's sports are in full swing, and everyone's sports enthusiasm is also high. In various stadiums, there are also professional sports events from time to time. Parents can lead their children to watch sports events, feel the high sports atmosphere and improve their interest in various sports.
Sports star effect
After hard training and tenacious struggle, sports stars have achieved excellent results in the sports arena. Moreover, sports stars not only show off their elegant demeanor in the sports arena, but also often appear in the usual TV programs. They publicize sports and call on everyone to take part in sports.
Parents accompany their children to participate in sports.
Parents are children's role models and models, and growth cannot be separated from their parents' company. Parents playing and exercising with their children can strengthen parent-child feelings, make children physically strong and effectively expand their minds.
Cruise between heaven and earth, beyond seeing and hearing. Outdoor sports can not only strengthen the body, but also play a unique role in improving myopia and protecting eye health. Parents should accompany their children, encourage them to do more outdoor sports, enjoy sports in nature, strengthen their physique, protect their eyes and let them do one more thing. Why not?
References:
[1]. Song Shaoxing, Wang Fengyang, Mars. Study on the influence of table tennis on children's vision [J]. China Clinical Rehabilitation, 2002,6 (7):10/3-1065438.
[2] Ren Wuxue. A follow-up survey on myopia rate of senior high school students in different sports groups [J]. Shenzhou