Eye Health

Your eyes rarely, if ever, get a break while you’re gaming. Learn how to take care of your eyes for optimal performance, health, and longevity. View eye-associated ailments below.

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Eye strain

Eye strain is a condition that occurs after long hours of strenuous activity for the muscles in your eyes.

blue light concerns

Blue light concerns

Concern has risen over the negative health effects of the increased exposure to blue light. In this post, we explain everything you need to know about blue light.

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Gamer warm-up

Our gamer warm-up includes three exercises to warm-up the muscles of your eyes. Performing this warm-up may reduce your risk of eye strain.

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Eye-associated ailments

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Eye strain

Eye strain is the most common ailment for all gamers from the most casual amateur to the most intense competitor. It’s also quite common outside of gaming.

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Tension-type headache

Tension-type headaches are caused by tension in one or more of: upper back, neck, head, and face (including eyes) referring pain to different regions of the head.

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Migraine headache

Migraine headaches are true, primary headaches affecting the brain and its surrounding tissues. This page describes a phenomenon called cortical spreading depression.