Improve Eyesight with Eye Exercises
Eye exercises improve eyesight by relaxing the external muscles of the eye.
There are six external muscles attached to the eye. Four of these muscles extend back from the eye and are intended to rotate the eye up and down, and right and left. Two of the muscles go partially around the eye. Dr. Bates indicated that these two muscles that partially go around the eye are responsible for accommodation (allowing the eye to see close objects clearly).
When the external muscles are at rest or relaxed the eye is nearly spherical. This is the proper shape for seeing objects at a distance. To see near objects the two muscles going around the eye contract and cause the eye to elongate. Near objects then focus clearly on the retina.
According to the Bates theory, chronic tension in the external muscles cause the eye to deviate from its normal spherical shape. Chronic tension in the muscles extending back from the eye will pull it into the eye socket pressing on the back side of the eye and producing farsightedness. Chronic tension in the muscles that go partially around the eye squeeze the eye to become too long and produce nearsightedness. Tenseness in these muscles can also cause astigmatism.
Thus, to improve eyesight and see more clearly, you must release the chronic tension in these muscles and allow the eye to regain its normal spherical shape.
Eye exercises such as the long swing, palming, and sunning help relax these muscles and improve eyesight.
As you practice these eye exercises you will begin relax your eye muscles. At first you will improve your eyesight only immediately after the exercise. After a few days or weeks, your eyesight will improve for a considerable time after you have completed the exercises.
The more you practice eye exercises, the easier it will be to relax your eye muscles. Not only will you improve your eyesight, but you will likely have fewer headaches and will feel generally better.
I suggest you read Relearning to See as an up-to-date reference about the Bates method. This book explains how the eye works and gives an excellent explanation of the Bates method that will improve your eyesight.
]]>2. There are lot of books on Eye exercises, Bates method and lot of reviews for them on Amazon claim their vision improved from 20/60 to 20/40. Is that possible?
Books that claim to reverse or delay nearsightedness, or farsightedness, or any other refraction error of the eyes can not be fixed with exercises.
Rolling the eyes around in circles does nothing to change your vision.
It isn’t the external eye muscles that control your vision , but that is all exercises do , is make those muscles move, which we are doing all day anyway.
They are just a scam that lives on because so many people keep falling for it, before finding out it was just a waste of money and time.
It’s easy to write glowing reviews on your own website when you are trying to sell something.
They have never been shown to do anything beneficial , and those who claim otherwise are liars or are selling the book.
It’s medically and scientifically impossible for exercises to affect the shape of the eyes.
Believe me, if they actually worked, there would be actual clinics all over the place to train people in how to do it, and millions wouldn’t still be wearing glasses. BUT , the only place they are found is in books for sale on the internet.
]]>I heard eye exercises and wearing weaker prescriptions will help improve eye sight, but I’d like to know if it’s true.
I had to have glasses since first grade (I’m in eleventh now) but I would rarely wear my glasses (probably 20 times total) and my eyesight has gotten better since then but my astigmatism has gotten worse. I also knew someone who knew someone who used eye excerises to improve their vision and I also know someone whose eye doctor wants them to wear their glasses less. But these might be the expectation and might make your eye sight worse. Also not wearing your glasses may give you headaches if you are really dependent on them. ]]>
If the Bates method worked then noone would wear glasses or contacts or have lazer surgery. there is no scientific evidence it works and no real firm theory as to why it might do. ]]>
This is something you have to pay for. So hand over your money, practice for ages, then buy glasses. ]]>
There is no "proof" the Bates method ever worked. There are only testimonies by lay people explaining how the vision was perceived to change in their eyes or in their children’s eyes. When you try to replicate any results in experiments, the system fails. Mr Bates always avoided using a scientific explanation to justify the findings. Also, the theories of how the vision could change are not based on any knowledge of physics. We know the focus of the eyes is mainly a factor of the length of the eye and how the focus lands on the retina. The concept of "relaxing" the eyes only works on muscles and not the connective tissue that makes up the globe of the eye. When pressed, he believed his techniques may change the blood flow to the retina for whatever that is worth. If this were the case, all young people with healthy blood vessels would have wonderful vision… this is obviously not the case. ]]>
also what is Photographic Type Reduction? bates said if can read Photographic Type Reduction, then your vision are benefited.
Look at all your queries. What does this mean about the Bates method? Does his reasoning in fact make any sense at all. Do you have to pay for it? Would anyone wear glasses /contacts if it worked? What independent scientific studies show it has any validity?
Really isn’t this whole idea just a set of illogical ideas with no backing which you are paying money for.
]]>There are numerous eye exercises that you may try and see if your vision improves. One method developed by a medical doctor is called the Bates method and has been used by various people who have claimed success. Best to try that and see what happens. The link provided has the technique and charts and pictures that you can download. As an alternative, an ophthalmologist can assess your vision and determine a corrective lens prescription that you can use either for contact lenses or eyeglasses. That will definitely work since it corrects a deficiency in the ability to see properly. However if you are looking for simple exercises then check out the Bates method. ]]>
He’s right. Bates was a quack. Some of the stuff he said was complete rubbish and performing his "methods" may end up making your vision worse. Just wear glasses. Im not sure why some people dont like them. I think they are stylish ]]>
Yeah, you will need to stop wearing them.
I suggest you don’t start the method yet until you leave school or have a big holiday or wear them as little as possible. I have started to do the method and I sometimes get flashes of good vision whilst I’m doing it
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