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Thread: Bates Method criticised ?
Post: Re: Bates Method criticised ?

Thanks :) I was reading something on the BBC Website today, about an investigation into the Bates method. The reporter went to a natural vision therapist every so often for 3 months, and only practic...

JWLBOYCE

Bates Method

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08-03-2010, 02:59 PM

Thread: Bates Method criticised ?
Post: Re: Bates Method criticised ?

JMartinC4 - here is the BBC article, sorry it took so long, just got back from hol hols :) Enjoy <a class="postlink" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/east/series6/vision_corr...

JWLBOYCE

Bates Method

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09-03-2010, 01:40 AM

Thread: Night Vision
Post: Night Vision

Hi guys, I have vision around the -0.5 mark, and I have recently noticed that my night vision has decreased hugely. I have around -3 at night time, it is scary. I know that the cones don't pick stuf...

JWLBOYCE

Bates Method

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09-03-2010, 02:57 PM

Thread: Night Vision
Post: Re: Night Vision

Ok Guys, thanks. Ive never work glasses anyway so walking in the dark without them is no factor. Ill try eating loads of carrots :) Ill let you know how I do :) Thanks James

JWLBOYCE

Bates Method

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09-05-2010, 08:02 AM

Thread: Night Vision
Post: Re: Night Vision

Really! I never knew that :) Thanks Haha, I like it. Thanks.

JWLBOYCE

Bates Method

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09-05-2010, 10:32 AM

Thread: Re-start
Post: Re-start

So I was practiving vision improvement over the summer, and when trying to practice and experience central fixation, I was getting some pretty awful headaches. I found I was diffusing rather than cent...

JWLBOYCE

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09-05-2010, 10:57 AM

Thread: Bates Method criticised ?
Post: Re: Bates Method criticised ?

No problem. I think the Bates Method should feature on the BBC Breakfast programme, to raise awareness. Once I've got better than 20/20 I'm up for it. It would be good to have an interview with a bate...

JWLBOYCE

Bates Method

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09-05-2010, 11:00 AM

Thread: Re-start
Post: Re: Re-start

Ok, so no need to look gormless - thats a start :) I have just today had the idea that when I am at school, I could "reward" myself after every lesson by spending a minute or two palming or practicin...

JWLBOYCE

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09-06-2010, 01:05 PM

Thread: Night Vision
Post: Re: Night Vision

Nice - I suppose you can't strain as much when there is nothing to see :)

JWLBOYCE

Bates Method

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09-07-2010, 12:55 PM

Thread: Re-start
Post: Re: Re-start

Haha - thanks. I'm really glad I have "re-started", even though I have been doing it all of this time ( one and a half years) I am now seeing (get it!!!) where I was going wrong. I have stuck two pi...

JWLBOYCE

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09-07-2010, 01:03 PM

Thread: Re-start
Post: Re: Re-start

Oh, just for the record - I've measured the pieces of paper and I surpirsed myself - 4.5 cm :)

JWLBOYCE

Bates Method

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09-07-2010, 02:08 PM

Thread: Night Vision
Post: Re: Night Vision

-0.5 is what the optition gave me (if I can remember correctly) about 3 years ago - annoyingly he didn't give me a prescription. However I look at eyecharts at nighttime, and it is really scary becaus...

JWLBOYCE

Bates Method

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09-08-2010, 12:32 PM

Thread: Re-start
Post: Re: Re-start

Oh my goodness - today I could see the board in Maths, not 20/20 but it was amazing. I was easily sketching everything. I've noticed a slight decrease in ability this evening because I am sooo tired, ...

JWLBOYCE

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09-08-2010, 01:01 PM

Thread: Re-start
Post: Re: Re-start

Ok guys - great news. I have an eyechart up in my kitchen opposite to the back door, so when I re-enter I always just check my eyesight in a glance. It has increased from 20/100 after school last yea...

JWLBOYCE

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09-09-2010, 01:21 PM

Thread: Reading strain
Post: Re: Reading strain

In my other posts I always forget to credit myself in my 20/10 vision up close, which really I should do. I really don't know how to describe it - I am constantly moving up close, and my oppositional...

JWLBOYCE

Bates Method

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09-10-2010, 06:08 AM

Thread: A viable alternative to the Bates method?
Post: Re: A viable alternative to the Bates method?

The irony is that the guy trying to sell this product hasn't actually used it as he still uses glasses - either that or it doesn't work :)

JWLBOYCE

Off Topic

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09-10-2010, 06:11 AM

Thread: Re-start
Post: Re: Re-start

Cool - so you are saying that when you are really tired, just have a quick nap and then go back to work again. Unfortunately it isn't always possible - at college for example, although it would be gr...

JWLBOYCE

Bates Method

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09-11-2010, 04:17 AM

Thread: Night Vision
Post: Re: Night Vision

Just to keep you updated - I have found that it was just because I was getting tired that my habits were getting worse at night time - I've been going to bed earlier, and I've just read the 20/70 line...

JWLBOYCE

Bates Method

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09-12-2010, 01:35 PM

Thread: Re-start
Post: Re: Re-start

I think I have had some improvement - but it fluctuates wildly at the moment. I pulled out my glasses today that I have never worn, and the image was worse with them on outside (don't worry I only fli...

JWLBOYCE

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09-12-2010, 01:38 PM

Thread: Night Vision
Post: Re: Night Vision

I will tell you when I have any further improvements - in my 18 months of practicing the Bates Method, it has only been over the last 2 weeks that I have appreciated how easy it is to see, and I am fe...

JWLBOYCE

Bates Method

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09-13-2010, 08:53 AM

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