In Response to Re: poker headaches : Hi Rock I had a similar thing a while back. I work in IT so I am at a PC for long periods. Doc said my computer screen and Chair were at the incorrect height giving me eye strain which caused head aches. Make sure that the monitor and chair is at the correct height. My Monitor was far too low so I put some books underneath to bump it up a bit. Now don't get headaches when in work. Posted by stuarty117
i have a belter chair mate, cost me £275 so it should be really, its one of them reclyning chairs so i have it tilted right back with my feet on a footrest so im allways looking up to the screen so that could maybe be a problem.
been suffering from an ongoing headache for 2 weeks now, went hospital to get checked out tuesday because i was concerned as id had a serious fall from a 10 foot drop on my head while out on the drink around 4 months ago and i stupidly discharged my self from hospital against the advice of the doctor, i got the all clear anyway although no scan was done but i forgot to mention to the doctor that i spend a lot of time playing poker and looking at a computer screen. does anybody else suffer from headaches threw playing to much poker and could this be why ive had a headache for going on 2 week now? Posted by THEROCK573
There was already a post in the "feedback" area on the problem skys new layout causes some people, me being one of them.... it was titled "ONLY PLAYED A HANDFUL OF GAMES ON HERE BUT" and dated 25/12/13.. you might find it useful
Try f:lux. It changes the colour temp of your screen very gradually to match your lighting and the time of day. Helps maintain sleep oatterns. http://justgetflux.com/ Posted by TeddyBloat
This is great . . .i used to get headaches a lot when playing for long periods. . This made a big difference, at nighttime it changes the very harsh light to a much more subtle light on the screen. V easy to download.
If it is eye related a trip to your local opticains should sort it out. There are usually half price or free eye exam vouchers floating areoud online.
If you are approaching 40 and have always had perfect eyesight your near vision maybe beginning to fail. WHen we look at things that are close the muscles that hold the lense of the eye in place tighten to refocus the lense close at we get older this muscles become weaker meaning that out eye cannot focus properly hensce why everyone eventually needs reading glasses.
Computers fall under what is classed as intermediate distance alot meaning that these muscles tighten abit but not as fully as to read something close. This muscle can become fatigued like any other muscle though and this is what leads to eyestrain/headaches. Its fairly simple to fix if vision is the problem you can get a cheap pair of specs just for the computer which allow you to view this distance without the mucles having to work.
If you think you are getting conned and you don't need glasess (alot of opticains do this) PM me your prescription and i will take a look for you. I should clarify i am not an optomitrist but i did work in an opticains for 2years and 1 day a week and a nhs eye surgury clinic so i know the basics
As stated previous regualr headaches 1st port of call will be the opticains most GPs will tell you to go there 1st before they will try anything else anyway.
In Response to Re: poker headaches : This is great . . .i used to get headaches a lot when playing for long periods. . This made a big difference, at nighttime it changes the very harsh light to a much more subtle light on the screen. V easy to download. Posted by seadragon
downloading this wont bug my computer up will it? ive just had the thing fixed.
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If you are approaching 40 and have always had perfect eyesight your near vision maybe beginning to fail. WHen we look at things that are close the muscles that hold the lense of the eye in place tighten to refocus the lense close at we get older this muscles become weaker meaning that out eye cannot focus properly hensce why everyone eventually needs reading glasses.
Computers fall under what is classed as intermediate distance alot meaning that these muscles tighten abit but not as fully as to read something close. This muscle can become fatigued like any other muscle though and this is what leads to eyestrain/headaches. Its fairly simple to fix if vision is the problem you can get a cheap pair of specs just for the computer which allow you to view this distance without the mucles having to work.
If you think you are getting conned and you don't need glasess (alot of opticains do this) PM me your prescription and i will take a look for you. I should clarify i am not an optomitrist but i did work in an opticains for 2years and 1 day a week and a nhs eye surgury clinic so i know the basics
As stated previous regualr headaches 1st port of call will be the opticains most GPs will tell you to go there 1st before they will try anything else anyway.