Man used massage gun on his tired eyeballs. It went as well as you'd expect.
Describing the man as a “hesitant historian,” the doctors said he eventually confessed to using the massage gun directly on and around both eyes on a weekly basis for three months to help with his eye fatigue. They noted that he did not have a history of psychiatric conditions or drug use.
Occular offense
The doctors acknowledged that percussive massage therapy may be helpful for some soft tissues, like muscles, with the vibrations possibly relieving pain, improving blood flow, and promoting relaxation. But it can demonstrably cause serious damage to the eyeballs.
The ill-conceived thwacking therapy likely caused all of the damage to the man’s eyes, the doctors concluded. The gun would have rapidly compressed the eyeballs back, causing them to squish out from the sides, which is thought to lead to retinal dialysis. Still, the doctors noted that the retinal dialysis was unusual because it was seen in the...
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