Deal with glare before anything else
Position the monitor at a right angle to windows rather than facing or backing onto them. Use a blind to break direct sun. Avoid working with a bright screen in an otherwise dark room; matching screen brightness roughly to the room reduces the contrast your eyes keep adjusting for.
Fix flicker and refresh
Old fluorescent tubes and failing bulbs flicker in ways people notice as unease rather than as flicker. Replace them. On a monitor, use the highest refresh rate your hardware supports, and raise text size rather than leaning in.
Set the geometry once
Top of the screen at or just below eye level, an arm's length away, shoulders down, feet flat. Neck and shoulder tension is one of the most commonly reported companions to head pain, and a monitor set too low quietly generates it all day.
Break on a timer, not on instinct
Instinct will not remind you. Use the 20-20-20 habit: every twenty minutes, look at something roughly twenty feet away for twenty seconds. Once an hour, stand, roll the shoulders, drink water. A short walk at lunch away from screens does more than a longer break at your desk.
A closing sensory reset
Marking the end of screen work helps you actually stop. Wash your hands and face, apply an aromatic roll-on to the temples and nape of the neck, and take three slow breaths before moving to the evening. It is a cue, not a cure.
This article is general education, not medical advice. Rapha Organics products are cosmetics, not medicines, and we make no claims that they prevent, relieve or cure migraine or any other condition. Please speak to a healthcare professional about your own symptoms.
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