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A professional explains then need for "stress relief" at near. - otis - 10-02-2007 Dr. Bates argued for "stress relief" -- and that has become the second-opinion in optometry. The only real issue is "how do I do it". Here is one opinion on the subject for your interest. Otis ========== Baltimore Academy for Behavioral Optometry (BABO) News ------------------------------------------------- Volume I, Issue 2 April 1997 ------------------------------------------------- A Clinical Analogy for Close Working Distances: Stress and Stress Relief Robert Hohendorf, O.D., F.C.O.V.D. Stress demands change. I feel it can occur any one of three ways. Here is a sample way of explaining a habitual working distance inside the Harmon distance, its impact on vision, and treatment options. "Suppose I put a 25 lb. (11 kg) sack of flour on your back behind your shoulders. Would you walk bent over or normal?" You are looking for the answer "bent over". If they say, "normal" then continue to increase the amount of the weight until they say, "bent over". "What if I left it on your back for the next six hours and then took it off. Wouldn't it feel good to straighten up and stretch? Thatâââ‰â¢s easily reversible change! Now suppose I left that sack of flour on your back for six months. When I took it off would you straighten right up?" You are looking for the answer "no". If you need to, keep making the time with the flour on the back longer and longer until they say, "no". "You would probably have to exercise and stretch to regain your posture. Maybe even sleep on a board for a few nights. This is an example of change with effort! Suppose we left that weight on your back for six years?" For child: "How much taller will you be in six year? Do you think you will grow crooked or straight with that weight on your back? "All the bones and all the muscles will be crooked supporting that extra weight. This is the third kind of change which is not easily reversible! (even with surgery) You have grown crooked and you have altered the way you do everything because of a weight on your back." "The weight is a strain on your back. Holding things close to your eyes is a strain on your visual system. Right now you are in that easily reversible (or reversible with effort) visual stage. Here are some things you can do to change your habit of holding things too close to your eyes." Visual hygiene, plus lenses, and/or VT can be discussed here as options. "Suppose I was a back doctor and you came in complaining of a back ache and you had that sack of flour on your back. If I was a good doctor, what would I do?" Looking for "take that sack off my back" as an answer. "Thatâââ‰â¢s what these glasses for reading, desk work, and computers do for your eyes. They take the strain off, so your eyes grow up straight and strong. You can still get all your work done, probably even better, without your visual symptoms. These are (use one of the following stress relieving, preventive, protective lenses. |