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Thread: My "Clear Flashes" Are Polyopic...
Post: My "Clear Flashes" Are Polyopic...

Hi, I'm a 29 years old myope with -3.5 D prescription, having been wearning contacts for about 10 years. Now I'm practicing Bates method for about 3 weeks and I think I'm having certain progress. As...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

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10-09-2006, 12:45 PM

Thread: Current Official Theory of Accomodation?
Post: Current Official Theory of Accomodation?

Hi, I wonder what is the current "official" theory of accomodation? AFAIK, there've been two competing theories: the lens curved by ciliary muscle (Helmholz) and eye ball squeezed by extra-ocular mus...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

13,416

10-09-2006, 01:03 PM

Thread: Current Official Theory of Accomodation?
Post: Re: Current Official Theory of Accomodation?

Yes, I've heard Bates cut obliques (of animals) and reported that their accomodation ability disappeared. Then he tied them back and accomodation appeared back again :) Also I think I remember that he...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

13,416

10-10-2006, 07:50 AM

Thread: My "Clear Flashes" Are Polyopic...
Post: Re: My "Clear Flashes" Are Polyopic...

Dave, Thanks, you sound encouraging! :) I've heard one guy saying that he "learned to control" his recti muscles that shortened his eye and thereby reduced myopia much faster than simple relaxation ...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

18,776

10-10-2006, 08:03 AM

Thread: Pseudomyopia
Post: Re: Pseudomyopia

Can you please tell us more about those multiple levels of tension? How do I discover them, what are the symptoms? Sometimes I've got the feeling that I've totally relaxed, but still myopic, so I wond...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

38,364

10-10-2006, 08:05 AM

Thread: Eye Muscle Exercises - Should I Do Them?
Post: Eye Muscle Exercises - Should I Do Them?

Hi. In different sources I read recommendations to practice eye muscle exercises. For example, look into different corners of the eye and keep straining the muscle statically for few seconds, then ch...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

5,014

10-10-2006, 08:14 AM

Thread: My "Clear Flashes" Are Polyopic...
Post: Re: My "Clear Flashes" Are Polyopic...

Dave, I agree that the guy was rather talking subjectively about his sensation of "conscious control". Anyway, my current task is to relax my obliques. I only wonder if the recti really flatten the n...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

18,776

10-12-2006, 02:38 AM

Thread: Current Official Theory of Accomodation?
Post: Re: Current Official Theory of Accomodation?

Ok, and has anyone actually measured patient's eyeball length before and after curing myopia using Bates? Does the length actually shrinks, as opposed to when myopia progresses, it lengthens? Because...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

13,416

10-12-2006, 05:27 AM

Thread: Night City Lights & Halos
Post: Night City Lights & Halos

Hi, I'd like to ask the people who has restored their eyes using Bates, how do you see night city lights, any kind of halos around them? Although I'm making some encouraging progress, it's a bit dep...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

7,884

10-17-2006, 09:56 AM

Thread: Neck Massage
Post: Neck Massage

Hi, I wonder if you fellows already know it, but I'd like to share my finding with you. I discovered that neck massage can hugely and immediately help you reduce eye tension. Although it does not re...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

5,293

10-17-2006, 10:24 AM

Thread: My "Clear Flashes" Are Polyopic...
Post: Re: My "Clear Flashes" Are Polyopic...

I'm the starter of this topic, so I'll continue if you don't mind :) I'm happy to report some progress. Today was a sunny day and I had a clear flash which was outstanding. I saw even better than pre...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

18,776

10-17-2006, 10:39 AM

Thread: Night City Lights & Halos
Post: Re: Night City Lights & Halos

Thanks, Dave Just yesterday I had a walk in the night and I had a kind of flash on city lights too. I saw clearly the standing red man and then walking green man on the traffic lights in about 30 m f...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

7,884

10-18-2006, 09:14 AM

Thread: My "Clear Flashes" Are Polyopic...
Post: Re: My "Clear Flashes" Are Polyopic...

Sure, I threw the contacts away from the very beginning and didn't wear no glasses either. I don't have any idea what made me so resolute :) My prescription was -3.5, so it was quite painful at first,...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

18,776

10-19-2006, 12:52 PM

Thread: Night City Lights & Halos
Post: Re: Night City Lights & Halos

Well done and thanks, Dave. You sound very soothing, as always :) I understand what you are saying about changes to all aspects of your life. Actually, I was going for these changes too, perhaps even...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

7,884

10-19-2006, 01:07 PM

Thread: Tension and eye strain
Post: Re: Tension and eye strain

hi, whitewolfm I've got the same problem as you with headache and pulling feelings around eyes when I started practising Bates. I call them "cramps". I wrote about it in the neighbor forum thread Cu...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

11,823

10-20-2006, 10:15 PM

Thread: Central fixation
Post: Re: Central fixation

I also tend to become philosophic when I try to analyze Bates. However I found that mystifying Bates too much on my own, in a way like you describe (can my mind travel? no, poor me!..) prevented me fr...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

10,652

10-25-2006, 04:30 AM

Thread: Central fixation
Post: Re: Central fixation

Andrew, My point is that such excercises might sound too sophisticated to someone who is considering Bates (not for me though). Although your exercise indeed helps relax one's eyes, it's not necessar...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

10,652

10-25-2006, 11:28 AM

Thread: strain is the way to feel your eyes
Post: Re: strain is the way to feel your eyes

Quote:Strain is something that anyone can notice if it's pointed out to be any kind of discomfort, rigidity, or achy feeling in their eyes that they may occasionally feel. I never was given that parti...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

5,756

10-29-2006, 05:51 AM

Thread: Current Official Theory of Accomodation?
Post: Re: Current Official Theory of Accomodation?

Quote:TW, it would be very difficult to completely relax your oblique extraocular muscles; they balance the other extraocular muscles during eye alignment and without their action and passive resistan...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

13,416

10-31-2006, 03:15 AM

Thread: Correct Eye Movement Pattern
Post: Correct Eye Movement Pattern

Hi, For the last two days I noticed that the perceived strain in my eyes increased and kept higher than usual, and I couldn't get rid of it. I analyzed what has changed and found that for some reason...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

5,462

11-09-2006, 07:55 AM

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