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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: 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: Correct Eye Movement Pattern
Post: Re: Correct Eye Movement Pattern

I guess you're right. As I look back to the recent couple of days, I find that I've been too "mechanical". In other words, I thought too much about eyes as parts of my body, which caused me extra stra...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

5,462

11-11-2006, 09:26 PM

Thread: Blood Vessels on Eyeballs
Post: Blood Vessels on Eyeballs

Sometimes when I work at the computer, I've got my eyes covered with blood vessels at the medial corner and I wonder why. I haven't observed any direct connection between "red eyes" and eye strain, so...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

3,918

11-16-2006, 09:07 AM

Thread: Vision and breathing
Post: Re: Vision and breathing

BTW, I wonder if Quackenbush'es book is available online somewhere?

Oleg K.

Bates Method

4,798

11-17-2006, 09:27 PM

Thread: Re: Controlling Vision Habits
Post: Controlling Vision Habits

Hi, I heard people saying that over-controlling your eyes or paying too much attention to how you see while trying to apply Bates leads to building even more eye strain. Recently I think I've suffere...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

3,560

12-08-2006, 04:33 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: TV and PC...
Post: Re: TV and PC...

AFAIK, TV and PC (and whatever) itself is not the reason of eye strain, but your incorrect habit of looking on the screen is. The proof is that many people work with PC but not all of them develop myo...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

4,370

12-15-2006, 09:56 PM

Thread: Remembering Black
Post: Re: Remembering Black

Quote:...try to relax into the experience of seeing black, as when your eyes are open and you are regarding an eye chart. I don't quite understand this phrase, can you explain in more words? Do you ...

Oleg K.

Bates Method

5,550

12-21-2006, 11:48 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

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