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Thread: Bates Methods Proven by Research
Post: Re: Bates Methods Proven by Research

Sorry, this is the only reference I know of! Best, Otis

otis

Bates Method

18,830

11-13-2009, 11:06 AM

Thread: Hostage to the Dr. and Rx - Looking for advice
Post: Re: Hostage to the Dr. and Rx - Looking for advice

Dear Seeker of wisdom, Subject: Being screwed by the "system". You are correct. This is what Dr. Bates "fought against". I only look for a better future when the power of "money" and "position" is...

otis

Bates Method

5,561

11-12-2009, 06:25 PM

Thread: Did Stress Cause Bad Vision for You?
Post: Re: Did Stress Cause Bad Vision for You?

Dear Mordant, Subject: What happend to Dr. Bates 1913 study, or sincere effort at true prevention? I am a "curoius" person. I wanted to "find out" exactly what did happen. Thanks to the Internet, ...

otis

Complementary Methods

7,929

11-12-2009, 06:23 PM

Thread: Going without glasses is dangerous
Post: Re: Going without glasses is dangerous

Dear Mike, Subject: It is an "ill wind" that does not blow some "good". I developed a cataract over the last 30 years. When I reached to point where I could no longer pass the DMV test, I got an "IOL...

otis

Bates Method

36,938

11-09-2009, 05:52 PM

Thread: What THEY don't want you to know!1!!!
Post: Re: What THEY don't want you to know!1!!!

Dear Mordant, Subject: Yes, people do "sell" things -- including majorit-opinion ODs. My last "experience" with an OD cost us $430. To suggest that these ODs are "pure as the falling snow" -- i...

otis

Bates Method

10,408

11-09-2009, 09:49 AM

Thread: Going without glasses is dangerous
Post: Re: Going without glasses is dangerous

Getting and excessive over-prescription -- for years. As a child, I went to a doctor who believed that the minus was "perfect" -- and very strong at that. I "suffered" under that treatement. As a r...

otis

Bates Method

36,938

11-08-2009, 09:08 AM

Thread: A modern "Dr. Bates".
Post: A modern "Dr. Bates".

Dear Second-opinion friends, Subject: People think that ONLY Dr. Bates promotes prevention. Here is a Doctor who describes her own struggle to clear her vision to normal. It is not easy, and she de...

otis

Complementary Methods

3,346

11-05-2009, 06:26 PM

Thread: Going without glasses is dangerous
Post: Re: Going without glasses is dangerous

Dear Fuggles, Subject: All kinds of "reactions" to Dr. Bates 1913 study and presentation. Dr. Bates conducted PREVENTIVE work for 10 years in N. D., and had results. These kids he described as "fun...

otis

Bates Method

36,938

11-05-2009, 06:20 PM

Thread: My prescription is -5.75
Post: Re: My prescription is -5.75

Dear Fuggles, Subject: Thanks for your "prescription". How to "convert" to reduce astigmatism to order glasses on line if you wish. right eye - 5.75 sph tyl + 0.25 axis, 105 left eye -4.75 sph...

otis

Bates Method

16,985

11-04-2009, 08:06 PM

Thread: Ordering "Glasses" On-Line -- Astigmatism
Post: Ordering "Glasses" On-Line -- Astigmatism

Dear Friends, Subject: How to convert you prescription to "no astigmatism". I truly hate the "astigmatism" prescription. It is very rare that that "adjustment" would prevent 20/20. If less that ...

otis

Complementary Methods

3,282

11-04-2009, 07:48 PM

Thread: Did Stress Cause Bad Vision for You?
Post: Re: Did Stress Cause Bad Vision for You?

Dear Its me, Subject: Many a truth -- is told as a "joke". I think one sage person said this: You better tell the "truth" with humor -- or otherwise they will kill you. The issue of this "exam" is...

otis

Complementary Methods

7,929

11-04-2009, 07:39 PM

Thread: why doesnt sungazing burn your retina?
Post: Re: why doesnt sungazing burn your retina?

Subject: What Bates said. At one pont, he suggested looking at the sun directly. There was such a storm of protest, that he stopped suggesting that idea. Alex Eulenberg did the research on this issue...

otis

Bates Method

29,309

11-04-2009, 07:33 AM

Thread: Going without glasses is dangerous
Post: Re: Going without glasses is dangerous

Dear Fuggles, Subject: There are many Snellens that are "non-standard". Therefore it is impossible to give you a "prescrition" based on the "lines" you have listed. But in general, the "prescription...

otis

Bates Method

36,938

11-03-2009, 10:08 AM

Thread: Reading Your Snellen for Bates method.
Post: Re: Reading Your Snellen for Bates method.

Dear Fuggles, Subject: Many people read Dr. Bates and ignore what he said -- as well as ALL prevention-minded ODs and MDs. You are tragically correct. Dr. Bates was (with wisdom) attempting to preven...

otis

Bates Method

10,949

11-02-2009, 06:03 PM

Thread: can someone send me some glasses
Post: Re: can someone send me some glasses

Dear Fuggle, Subject: We are not here to sell you glasses. I don't know how old you are -- but we don't sell glasses. The choice to obtain a "reduced" negative lens must be yours alone. What Dr. Bates...

otis

Bates Method

7,834

11-02-2009, 05:51 PM

Thread: Reading Your Snellen for Bates method.
Post: Reading Your Snellen for Bates method.

Dear Friends, Dr. Bates made reading your Snellen central to his method of sovling the functional myopia problem -- in his 1913 study, and in formal scientific presentations to his peers. But times ha...

otis

Bates Method

10,949

11-01-2009, 01:33 PM

Thread: what prescription am i
Post: Re: what prescription am i

Dear Fruggles, When you say you can see the "top letter" of a Snellen --t hat could be ALMOST ANYTIHG. Sometimes it is the 20/70 line (on some charts). On other charts it is the "Big E", which would...

otis

Bates Method

9,670

11-01-2009, 01:22 PM

Thread: what prescription am i
Post: Re: what prescription am i

Dear Fuggles, Subject: The first step of responsiblity. You can not "go" from a Snellen reading to a "lens". But you can get a close estimate. Could you print-out this Snellen, and the post it at 20 f...

otis

Bates Method

9,670

11-01-2009, 07:09 AM

Thread: Dr. John Sarno
Post: Re: Dr. John Sarno

Dear Cleark, Did this work on your back help with your vision?

otis

Off Topic

22,621

10-31-2009, 04:29 PM

Thread: Will it work in winter time
Post: Re: Will it work in winter time

Dear Fuggles, I should work in wintertime. Are you reading your Snellen? Are you "sunning"? What is your Snellen at this time. Are you avoiding the wearing of a minus lens? Remember, Dr. Bates in...

otis

Bates Method

7,111

10-31-2009, 04:25 PM

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