Posted on 06/28/2026 7:06:32 AM PDT by Red Badger
In the information age, we all know what screen-induced eye strain feels like.
One Edinburgh man decided he'd had enough and took a novel approach to relieving his eyestrain.
A massage gun!
I don't know if you've ever used one of these things.
But they feel a lot like getting jack-hammered by a miniature-Bruce-Lee.
So, imagine that in your eyeball.
ArsTechnica reports that the man was seen by ophthalmologists after complaining of an increasing number of floaters and flashing lights in his vision. When they took a look, his eyes were a mess:
In his right eye, he had multiple retinal tears, widespread retinal bruising, and a condition called retinal dialysis — a retinal break at a junction in the front of the eye — that is usually seen after a significant eye injury. In his left eye, he had more widespread bruising and six full-thickness rips in his retina.
The man had been using the massage gun around and on his eyes several minutes per day for three months.
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.
The doctors were able to mend the tears with laser therapy, and at his six month appointment, the man still had his vision — a minor miracle.
However, it was such a novel way to injure one's eyeballs, that the doctors wrote the case up for the medical journals, so the Edinburgh man will live on in infamy as the first person treated for repeatedly bonking themself in the eyes on purpose with a massage gun.
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YIKES!
Thankfully he was not using the pointed attachment.
I do a decent amount of work on a computer. Plus there’s YouTube. So I had quite a bit of screen-induced eye strain. I bought myself a pair of orange-tinted glasses (blue light blockers).
They work, for me anyway. The eye strain is gone.
Plus I look into the distance every few minutes. I’m sure that helps too.
Side note: I never thought about using a massage gun. Sometimes it’s best to NOT think outside the box.
Oh, GREAT:
Yet ANOTHER warning label. /s
Wouldn’t that hurt? Sounds as if drugs were involved as well or the guy has other issues.
He never watched the Christmas story.
Some people need a warning label on them as a public safety notice.
I know it’s early, but I would bet this is the most unusual story I’ll read today.
I bought some of those Tinted Blue Blocker glasses
I’m sure a “Florida Man” story will pop up today.
Yeah, and a lot of times the box is there for a reason.
[Some people need a warning label on them as a public safety notice.]
Unfortunately, the massage gun manufacturer will now have to add a new warning label because of this guys idiocy.
He should have just used Ben-Gay or some Tiger Balm.
If you ever read an outrageous warning label on a product and wondered why….this is why.
I bought some muscle rub at Dollar Tree the other day. 4% Menthol! Works great for $1.25!..........
Yup
Some people are Just born
To be a Teaching Life
Lesson to Others.
Side benefit: It keeps away mosquitoes!!!!!!!!!!..... .....😎
HMMM......4%?
What is the exact brand name?
I’ll order some
Check
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