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Thread: Bates Method for OTHER TOPICS
Post: Bates Method for OTHER TOPICS

So what other "methods" do you know that are similar to the Bates Method, but for completely other topics? Let me share the ones I know: Egoscue Method: Posture Therapy According to the Egoscue Meth...

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Bates Method

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10-31-2013, 03:58 AM

Thread: Discarding your glasses improves your sight after 2-3 weeks?
Post: Discarding your glasses improves your sight after ...

Bates said that if you stop wearing glasses permanently, your vision will improve just from you ceasing to wear them. Even if you don't notice it, the vision always improves. Did you notice it when y...

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Bates Method

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12-06-2013, 07:31 PM

Thread: I am near sighted, but the test card makes me far sighted
Post: I am near sighted, but the test card makes me far ...

Here is what Bates has to say: Quote:In an eye with previously normal vision a strain to see near objects always results in the temporary production of hypermetropia in one or all meridians. That is,...

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Bates Method

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10-22-2013, 04:34 PM

Thread: Palming with one eye covered at a time. Works for me.
Post: Palming with one eye covered at a time. Works for ...

Something I have learned is that palming in this way helps me a lot: 1) One eye covered 2) One eye not covered 3) Both eyes opened Regular palming (both eyes covered, both eyes closed), doesn't help...

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Bates Method

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11-03-2013, 03:49 PM

Thread: Posture Theory
Post: Posture Theory

What if, and I am probably stretching here, the reason the Bates Method worked better in the 1920s is because people had better posture then compared to now? I searched the entire Better Eyesight Mag...

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Bates Method

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03-01-2014, 04:46 PM

Thread: Bates Method for OTHER TOPICS
Post: Re: Bates Method for OTHER TOPICS

I don't remember a mention of magnesium or Epson Salts in the book. The best supplement for the teeth that I found I got from the book (Cure Tooth Decay) is here: <a class="postli...

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Bates Method

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10-31-2013, 05:32 AM

Thread: Bates Method for OTHER TOPICS
Post: Re: Bates Method for OTHER TOPICS

You're welcome! ;D I am really addicted to finding and using natural methods, for everything! At the very least, natural methods/cures always have an optimistic tone to them. "Modern Science" tends...

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11-03-2013, 03:36 PM

Thread: Bates Method for OTHER TOPICS
Post: Re: Bates Method for OTHER TOPICS

After using the Egoscue method, I firmly believe that cartilage will repair naturally if the body is in correct alignment. According to Egoscue, cartilage wear-down is due to improper posture and mov...

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Bates Method

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11-04-2013, 08:10 AM

Thread: Directions from Dr. Bates
Post: RE: Directions from Dr. Bates

Good question. Reading the chapter on "Shifting" makes me think that he wants us to practice shifting with the card for at least one hour a day, because both chapters share similar points. For example...

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Bates Method

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01-17-2014, 02:51 AM

Thread: Directions from Dr. Bates
Post: RE: Directions from Dr. Bates

Arocarty, thank you for your reply. You have been very helpful to me many times on these forums. :) (01-17-2014, 05:11 AM)arocarty Wrote: Bates wrote a LOT more about his efforts to bring his metho...

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Bates Method

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01-22-2014, 04:13 AM

Thread: How to do Bates Method? I need a little help
Post: RE: How to do Bates Method? I need a little help

Have you ever worn glasses? If not, you are very fortunate! Take a look at this link: http://www.iblindness.org/ebooks/perfect...sses/ch24/ In this link, Bates says that adults and children who have...

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Bates Method

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12-29-2013, 08:26 PM

Thread: How to do Bates Method? I need a little help
Post: RE: How to do Bates Method? I need a little help

My vision is also much better in the day time. After being in the sun for a few hours my vision improves to about 20/16, but at others it gets to 20/80 or worse (especially at night). I think Bates h...

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01-07-2014, 01:48 PM

Thread: How to do Bates Method? I need a little help
Post: RE: How to do Bates Method? I need a little help

According to Bates, if you can remember something perfectly, your vision will be perfect. He wrote a whole chapter on this topic. Here is just one quote of many where Bates recommends using the same t...

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01-07-2014, 06:52 PM

Thread: I am near sighted, but the test card makes me far sighted
Post: Re: I am near sighted, but the test card makes me ...

I am probably straining to see. Another possibility is that my vision is learning to adjust for distant vision. I ditched my contact lenses at least 6 months ago and within a few weeks my vision impr...

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10-23-2013, 12:09 PM

Thread: I am near sighted, but the test card makes me far sighted
Post: Re: I am near sighted, but the test card makes me ...

Sunning seems to work for me. Even just being in the sun bright sun (working or playing sports for example) improves my vision to normal or sometimes better than normal.

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Bates Method

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10-27-2013, 01:12 PM

Thread: I am near sighted, but the test card makes me far sighted
Post: Re: I am near sighted, but the test card makes me ...

Yes, thank you arocarty! ;D To add to claknight's post, it is great to see that the Bates method has the support that it does. Despite a ton of criticism from "modern science," there are a lot of w...

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Bates Method

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10-30-2013, 02:42 PM

Thread: Jimbo's Journal
Post: Re: Jimbo's Journal

I too am finding myself aware of being strained while doing some exercises. Hopefully if we keep at it, we will be able to fix this! Keep at it! Good luck!

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Bates Method

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11-12-2013, 06:03 AM

Thread: Palming with one eye covered at a time. Works for me.
Post: Re: Palming with one eye covered at a time. Works ...

I don't really notice anymore if palming with one eye covered and open helps. I am actually just focusing on other things now (which I will write about below). I still use one eye at a time (when rea...

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Bates Method

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12-06-2013, 07:25 PM

Thread: Questions and Answers by Ophthalmologist Bates, Better Eyesight Magazine
Post: RE: Questions and Answers by Ophthalmologist Bates...

I like the Questions and Answers. Bates is very direct, short, and to the point with the answers. Many of them are funny :)

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Bates Method

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02-20-2014, 06:30 PM

Thread: SUCCESS :), after 5 years with no luck
Post: RE: SUCCESS :), after 5 years with no luck

Paul, I made a post a few months ago about an idea I had, which was: You need to fix your posture and musculoskeletal system before you can fix your eyesight. I am still in the process of fixing my ...

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Success Stories

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08-31-2014, 03:42 AM

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