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The 20-20-20 rule is designed to be an easy to remember caution about doing too much [[near work]] and to give your eyes a break from [[eye strain]] regularly. This rule is supported by conventional optometry<ref name="American Optometric Association 20-20-20 rule poster">{{Cite web |title=American Optometric Association 20-20-20 rule poster |date=2020-05-30 |website=American Optometric Association |url=https://www.aoa.org/documents/infographics/SYVM2016Infographics.pdf |access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref><ref name="Medical News Today: Does the 20-20-20 rule prevent eye strain?">{{Cite web |title=20-20-20 rule: How to prevent eye strain |url=https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321536 |last=Nall |first=Rachel |date=2020-05-30 |website=www.medicalnewstoday.com |language=en |access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> and is a start towards the | The 20-20-20 rule is designed to be an easy to remember caution about doing too much [[near work]] and to give your eyes a break from [[eye strain]] regularly. This rule is supported by conventional optometry<ref name="American Optometric Association 20-20-20 rule poster">{{Cite web |title=American Optometric Association 20-20-20 rule poster |date=2020-05-30 |website=American Optometric Association |url=https://www.aoa.org/documents/infographics/SYVM2016Infographics.pdf |access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref><ref name="Medical News Today: Does the 20-20-20 rule prevent eye strain?">{{Cite web |title=20-20-20 rule: How to prevent eye strain |url=https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321536 |last=Nall |first=Rachel |date=2020-05-30 |website=www.medicalnewstoday.com |language=en |access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> and is a start towards the Reduced Lens method. | ||
* Every 20 minutes | * Every 20 minutes | ||
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* For at least 20 Seconds</big> | * For at least 20 Seconds</big> | ||
==Go Beyond 20-20-20== | ==Go Beyond 20-20-20== | ||
Reduced Lens finds that short breaks are less effective and recommends that you '''take longer breaks''', possibly less frequently to compensate for the longer duration. | |||
* After you do close-up for 20 minutes continuously, take a 5 minute break.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eye Strain Awareness: Prevent Pseudo Myopia - Endmyopia |url=https://endmyopia.org/breaks-are-key-to-build-eye-strain-awareness/ |last=Steiner |first=Jake |website=endmyopia.org |access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> | * After you do close-up for 20 minutes continuously, take a 5 minute break.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eye Strain Awareness: Prevent Pseudo Myopia - Endmyopia |url=https://endmyopia.org/breaks-are-key-to-build-eye-strain-awareness/ |last=Steiner |first=Jake |website=endmyopia.org |access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> | ||
* After you do close-up for 3 hours continuously, take the longest break you can (like an hour) ([[3 hour rule]])<ref>[https://endmyopia.org/how-to-improve-eyesight-five-steps/ How To Improve Your Eyesight: Just 5 Steps]</ref> | * After you do close-up for 3 hours continuously, take the longest break you can (like an hour) ([[3 hour rule]])<ref>[https://endmyopia.org/how-to-improve-eyesight-five-steps/ How To Improve Your Eyesight: Just 5 Steps]</ref> | ||