📖 Static demo — read-only snapshot

You’re browsing a static build of the Body IQ knowledge graph, so everything loads with no backend. A few things that need the live server are turned off here:

  • Global search (sidebar) is disabled — it queries the API.
  • The JSON API and the API “Try it” playgroundaren’t included.
  • The data is a snapshot — it refreshes only when the demo is rebuilt, not live from the database.

Everything else — the body map, progression ladders, coverage heatmap, exercise finder, and all anatomy/exercise/source pages — works fully. The full app (live search + API + database) runs from the source on GitHub.

Slow Eye Circles

Draftsensory55%beginnerlimited evidence
View FHIR resourceFHIR R4 ActivityDefinition — the interoperable form of this exercise

Positions & Range of Motion

Start
seated upright, head held completely still, gaze directed forward ready to begin tracing a circle
End
gaze having traced a large smooth continuous circle in one direction, then reversed to trace it in the opposite direction, head unmoved throughout
Range of Motion
full oculomotor excursion tracing large slow circles (clockwise then counter-clockwise); head isometrically still with no cervical movement

How to Perform

Eyes only (head still), trace large slow circles with the gaze — clockwise then counter-clockwise. Aim for smooth, continuous movement without skipping.

Watch on YouTube

Opens a YouTube search for “Slow Eye Circles

Starting position: seated

Coaching Cues

  1. 1

    Head stays completely still — only the eyes move

    (verbal)
  2. 2

    Move at a pace where the eyes never jerk or skip

    (verbal)

Evidence-Based Dosing & EMG Data

Recommended Dosing

5 circles each direction.

Muscles Involved (0)

No muscles linked.

Easier Variations ↓

1

Up-Down + Left-Right Only

Cardinal directions only; skip the curves.

Harder Variations ↑

1

Figure-8 Tracing

Trace a figure-8 with gaze, then both directions.

Research Notes

Reduces extraocular muscle fatigue from sustained near focus.