eye exercises for myopia.. do they help?

[lentil]

i have read about books which have eye exercises which claim to improve myopia.. are these a scam or are they for real?

Can doing certain eye exercises help or should i not get my hopes up?

thanks in advance
lentil

[vancouver604]

I have heard that the Bates Method does work but have not tried it myself yet.

[659gold]

I made some comments about this to a post on 4/24. I plan to go back for another refractory exam in about a month to get an objective opinion on how well I've progressed. I purchased the book from AVI (I think it stands for American Vision Institute). It was $11 and somewhat helpful. Especially I agree with the opinion that most of our vision problems stem from poor vision habits as young children. If that's correct, then it means that we can retrain ourselves. I remember countless hours of sitting smack dab in front of the TV as a young child, something I believe caused me to develop bad vision habits. That doesn't mean everyone who sits as child in front of monitor will develop bad vision, it all depends on the individual. Another point pointed out by the AVI book was that we evolved as humans who rely upon far vision. Most of my progress has been to work at allowing my eyes to learn to relax and retrain them to focus. I have found that gazing into the distance is very effective along with occasional blinking; it even helps with close up vision. The worst thing you can do is to try and force your eyes to see correctly, you'll only end up making it worse and having a headache. I found most of the actual exercises in the AVI book to be worthless. Don't pay attention to the wild claims that some of the web sites make about amazing vision in a month; I find it a lengthy process  that involves learning about how my eyes and brain function together. Don't pay for an eye exercise program, and don't listen to the eye professionals that tell you that you can't improve your eyes. Find an eye care professional who will work with you, challenge your eyes, get to know your eyes and get a refractory exam every few months to get an objective opinion. One point made by AVI that I agree with is to spend time without your glasses when it is convenient, but don't put yourself in situations where you are straining to see something; that is counter productive. I hope my view helps you somewhat; good luck.

[hava]

Do these breathing techniques and it should help you.
1)Deep Breath-in through left nostril keeping right nostril closed
then - Breath-out through right nostril keeping left nostril closed
then -Deep Breath-in through right nostril keeping left nostril closed
then - Breath-out through left nostril keeping right nostril closed
and repeat this cycle for upto 20 minutes twice a day(maximum 60 min/day).
2) Take a deep breath, close both your ears with thumbs,and make a humming sound like a bee while breathing out through the nose.Do this 10 times a day.
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Only by doing it you will benefit - free,relaxing, no side effects.
Please come back to the forum later to report progress.

[659gold]

Thanks for the input; I'll add this to the things I'm doing to see what I can get from the techniques. Since concentrating on relaxing my eyes as mentioned in my post, I have made tremendous progress in getting my vision back. I was just on line last night reading some similar advice to yours about yoga techniques; flushing out the sinus, breathing through one nostril at a time. However, it's the first time I've heard the humming with the thumbs over the ears. I'll give it a try.

Here's something that I've found about my vision problem. All my life I have had a tendency to internalize problems, conflicts etc. If I am exposed to stress, and we all are, I can actually feel tightness around my eyes and immediately notice my vision regressing. I am overcoming this by focusing on the problem and relaxing my eyes when it happens; just discovering the problem is a step towards cure. One source of stress is the fact that I no longer where my glasses for far vision; both my optometrist and I agree that I've made progress and I don't need them. My glasses were bifocals. So, when I go somewhere and have to read something, even though its something I can read when I'm at home and relaxed, I suddenly find my vision insufficient to read it. My theory is that while wearing glasses, I became dependent, physically and psychologically on them. If so, I think I simply must keep a conscious effort at overcoming the problem. When I began this, my optometrist stated that it would not work, that eyesight cannot be corrected naturally. But he was open minded enough to work with me; even did most of my refractory follow-ups at no charge.

I hope to hear more from you, or from others interested in natural vision correction.