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Why Eye Exercises Improve Eyesight

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.

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Summary of the bates method?

Can anyone summarise all the various methods of the bates method each in one or two sentences.Please don’t tell me that it is not proven to work scientifically I just want to try it out.Thanks.

This is something you have to pay for. So hand over your money, practice for ages, then buy glasses.

Does the bates method really improve sight?

Can you find proof please? And some sample eye exercises

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.

bates method: vision under adverse conditions a benefit to the eye?

What does bates mean that not light but darkness is danger to eyes? how can the dark be danger to your eyes?? william bates said that reading in moving cars is beneficial to eyes, but how? bates also said lying down and reading is beneficial to eyes, but how? and then bates also said vision under difficult conditions is good mental training, but how?
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.

What are some exercises to help improve eyesight?

I have trouble seeing stuff that is far away.I would like to know some exercises that can improve my eyesight.Or anything else that can improve my vision.Thanks.

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.

Does the bates method work?

My glasses prescription is -1.25 on my left and -1.00 for my right. If the bates method works approximately how long will it take to return back to 20/20 vision if I do the techniques 15 mins a day?

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

if you normally wear glasses or contacts, do you have to stop wearing them to do the bates method?

i want to try to do the bates method, but i have school and i need my glasses to see the board……do you have to stop wearing glasses when you try the bates method or can you still wear your glasses?

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 :)

What are some eye exercises I could do to improve eyesight?

I am short-sighted and just starting to become long-sighted as well. I was wondering, are there any simple eye exercises I could do to improve my eyesight?

thanks!

Eyesight is a very confounded field. Most eyedoctors will tell you that "eye exercises" don’t work. They are partially correct but deceptive. Eye exercises(eye pushups, eye drills) in general don’t work because they are based on the premise that eyes are weak and need to be excercised. This is very incorrect because people with blurry vision exert many times more effort than people with natural perfect eyesight. They are using their eyes incorrectly. Also, eye professionals have a reputation and an income to protect.

Ed is a little too easy going for me. Of all the information out there about improving eyesight naturally, only 5% is correct and effective, the rest is a scam by people who don’t have a clue what they are talking about, except in the area of marketing.

For most people to effectively improve their eyesight naturally, they must avoid most things that talk about "eye exercises". Most processes that talk about eye exercizes on the internet are scams or tend to lead people in the wrong direction. Another important factor in relearning to see is having the support of a local teacher or a teacher over the internet.

Returning to natural perfect eyesight requires that we unlearn the blurry vision habits of staring, diffusion, and straining. It concurrently requires that we reintegrate the clear vision behaviors of movements through and connections to with dynamic relaxation and continuity.

Is lasik eye surgery for eye correction better than eye exercises?

I am fed up of wearing contact lenses and sometimes glasses. I am confused to which remedy I should use. Like should I go for lasik eye surgery for eye correction or professional eye exercises ?

My age is 32 years.

Find in the below site for tips and remedies for improving your eye sight without glasses and surgery, but naturally. They are just proven eye exercises, I have used them and I was very successful in correcting my vision problem. You too can see better after using there tips and exercises.

Good Luck.

http://eye.enatural-remedies.com/eye/bestsight.php
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What are some eye exercises I can do to help my eye work together?

I started having double vision and I was wondering if there are any type of exercises or anything I can do to help my eyes work together.
K I will try that with the qtip and floss. Also I’m going to see my Optometrist on Nov 1 and I’m going to see what he tells me.
Can this help too maybe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoHSaaLwKBQ

See the eye doctor.

Exercises are great. Any exercise is great.

However, if there is a reason to wear glasses or contacts ? No amount of exercise will fix that.

It is genetic.

Peace.