Wake Up Easier: The Best Morning Tip for Your Dry Eyes 

Do you ever wake up with red, scratchy, or gritty eyes? If so, you’re not alone. Dry eyes in the morning are a common struggle. But there’s a simple way to start your day feeling refreshed, both for your body and your eyes. 

Download the Chapter of Alleviate Dry Eye that will guide you through getting your best rest here, so you can wake up refreshed.

Start Your Day with Excitement 

One of the best ways to wake up easier in the morning is to have something to look forward to. When you wake up motivated and energized, your whole body, including your eyes, benefits. Personally, I love starting my day with exercise. Laying out my workout clothes the night before makes it easier to jump into movement first thing. 

Once I start exerci...

Check out the recent Rent. article we were featured in: 

Creating a serene environment for your sleep sanctuary can make a world of difference when it comes to optimizing your sleep. With the right elements in place, you can foster an environment that promotes restful nights and happy days. 

In this Rent. guide, we’ll take a look at some tips to set up the perfect sleep sanctuary, whether you’re buying a home in Annapolis, or renting an idyllic San Diego apartment. 

Read the full article here: Creating a Sleep Sanctuary  | Rent.   

Here are a few Highlights:

Getting the right amount of sleep is important for our bodies to be able to maintain proper function and heal from the day's activities. When we do not get enough rest the systems in our body's that maintain our health start to br...

In the clinic, I get asked this question all day long, "What's causing my eyes to be so dry?" The short answer is that dry eye is multifactorial. It comes from many different causes. Some of the things we have no control over, like your gender and your age.  Women, especially those over 40, are more likely to have dry eye than men. And, we can't change our gender or age.  But, there are a ton of causes of dry eye that we can control.   

Let's talk about what you can take care or change to help our dry eyes. I like to break this down into three parts. I called it the EYE Method.  The first is E for eyes. The Y is for Your Health. And, the final E is for the Environment. 

Let's look at each part.  Last week, I dove in to how the Eyes play a role in causing dry eye disease.  If you missed it,...

There was a great lecture on Sleep last week sponsored by my friends at Umay.  Poor sleep habits have a direct relationship to the dryness of your eyes.  

You can watch the webinar here.  But, I also wanted to highlight some of the most important points in this blog.  There are several hacks you can use to encourage your body to sleep better.

Here are the best tips:

#1) Keep a Consistent Sleep Schedule 
Getting good sleep starts from the minute you wake up.  Your actions all day long will have an affect on how well you are able to rest that evening.  Thinking about setting your circadian rhythm will go a long way in helping your body wind down at the end of the day. 

Try to keep the same bedtime as well as the same waking time each day.  Being consistent within 15-30 minutes will set yo...

Sleep is very important to the health of your body, as it is the time that your eyes and your body repairs and rejuvenates themselves.  Often, I find that my patients with the driest eyes are very poor sleepers. 

In addition, with the winter season and the holidays going on right now, it may even be a little bit harder to get on a good sleep schedule.  Here are three tips to help you get good sleep this season, which will keep your eyes feeling healthy and happy.

#1) Set Up a Bedtime Routine

You probably have a time that you wake up every morning.  Maybe it's the same Monday through Friday and a little bit later on the weekends, but you have a strict guideline for waking up in order to get to work on time. 

However, not many adults have a set bedtime routine. And having a set bedtime i...