Anything that is good when done excessively is harmful. The same thing can be said for reading. Reading is not only a mental activity. It also involves the body as well. As one reads, certain muscles of the eye are involved. As you read each letter and character, the muscles that hold each eye, moves actively. Just like any voluntary muscle of the body, eye muscles also do get tired when used continuously. It is common for avid readers to experience eye strain. This is often manifested by mild dizziness and visual blurring. In some cases, people complain of heaviness and pressure on the eye’s orbit.

Reading is an excellent medium for sharing information. In order to interpret, store and recall all the information that had been obtained and encoded, certain parts of the brain are needed to function and have to work normally for these data to be processed. Reading requires brain activity no matter how simple or complicated the subject matter is. Reading too much can exhaust specific cortexes of the brain. Headaches, altered concentration and difficulty of understanding are common symptoms of excessive reading.

Oftentimes, resting in between readings is something that a lot of people don’t have the luxury of time with. This is most especially true for students and examineers that have to read and study numerous different subjects within a very limited time frame. Read more…