Every day the number of people who have vision problems increases. And everyone wants to solve this problem.
The Bates method is considered to be an excellent method of vision restoration.
With its help you can restore the eyes a good visual acuity, and very quickly. It is enough to perform exercises regularly.
According to Bates, problems with vision arise due to mental stress. This is the cause of physical overexertion, causing disturbances in the work of the organs of vision.
- 1. Bates method: description, advantages
- 2. How eye muscles affect visual acuity
- 3. Bates exercises
- 4. Indications and contraindications
- 5. Reviews
- 6. Conclusion
- 7. Useful video
Bates method: description, advantages of
There are several options for getting rid of ophthalmic difficulties: you can treat your eyesight with medications, perform surgery or perform exercises.
Not everyone knows about the latest version. Otherwise, the number of clients in ophthalmologists would have decreased at times.
Thanks to the Bates method,
- improves blood circulation;
- recovery of the tone of the eye muscles;
- relief from eye pain and overexertion.
First perform light exercises. When you can master them, go to the complicated options.
Stress in the mind is the key cause of vision problems. Because of mental stress, there is a loss of control and discomfort. As a result, there are hyperopia, strabismus, astigmatism, nearsightedness.
Dr. Bates believed that it was necessary to do gymnastics, the purpose of which is to train and relax the muscles of the eyes. Even glasses with time need to be changed to other, more powerful. This indicated that the vision is getting worse and the glasses do not help.
When a person did not wear glasses for a while, his eyesight improved noticeably. This discovery, which made Bates, is as follows: visual acuity depends on six muscles. They change the shape of the eye and its focus.
Method Bates - psychological and educational, non-medical. Therefore, this method does not deal with ophthalmologists, but teachers and psychologists.
How the eye muscles affect the visual acuity of the
When the vision is normal, the muscles are relaxed. The shape of the eye is spherical. As a result, the image is correctly located on the retina.
When a person looks at objects near, straining the transverse muscles. The longitudinal ones are relaxed. The eye resembles an oval in its shape. When you need to look into the distance, the transverse muscles on the contrary relax. The eye acquires the shape of a sphere.
This discovery led to the conclusion that myopia is the result of the tension of the transverse muscles, and long-sightedness is longitudinal.
It is based on the Bates method - a system of Indians from North America. Its essence is that the strengthening of some muscles leads to relaxation of others.
Bates exercises
To restore and strengthen vision, you need to consistently perform certain actions:
- replace the lens with a weaker one( the doctor recommended using glasses that are 1-1.5 diopters smaller than necessary);
- perform gymnastics.
The gymnastics itself implies the following actions:
| Description of actions | |
| 1 | Look up, then look down |
| 2 | Look right, left, up, down |
| 3 | Look right, down, left, up |
| 4 | Rectangle( clockwise and counterclockwise) |
| 5 | Dial(look at numbers 12, 3, 6, 9 and then do everything in the opposite direction) |
| 6 | Snake( move the view from left to right and back) |
After each exercise, you need to blink your eyes( slightly), this will help relieve tension. During the first week it is important to do the complex 3 times. Not more. Do
Turn with open and closed eyes. Turn the view to the right and left. Do not concentrate on something. Repeat 70 times.
Important: do all the exercises in moderation, otherwise overvoltage and visual impairment are possible.
The sun
Turn to the sun. Close your eyes. Make turns in all directions. Do the exercise in the morning and in the evening, when the sun rises and sets. Duration: 5 minutes.
The sun is hidden behind the clouds? Light a candle and do it in a dark room.
Important: You can not perform this exercise when the sun is active, becauseit will hurt your eyes.
When you finish doing the exercise, proceed to the palm tree.
Palming
Rub your palms to warm them up. Close your eyes, cover them with your palms( small house), with your thumbs on the forehead. Imagine black without glare and stains. Breath is even, calm.
You need to see absolutely black in full relaxation. Repeat the exercise can be done many times a day, for 5 minutes. Did you feel tired in the eyes? Immediately do the palming. Be sure to perform the exercise before bed.
Palming is very useful, so do it every time there is time.
Indications and contraindications
The method is suitable for people with myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, presbyopia. If you give up glasses, you can quickly restore vision back to normal.
If it is impossible to fully restore the vision, then the exercises will help to avoid deterioration of the current state.
Do not perform classes on Bates in such cases:
- retinal detachment( or the probability of detachment);
- period after surgery( you can only do it after 6 months or later).
Reviews
People who regularly perform Bates exercises notice progress. It is noted that to get the maximum result, it is important to practice regularly.
And when the first positive changes are achieved, you need to continue your studies. Otherwise, there will be a deterioration in vision.
For example, people with nearsightedness of minus 7, who only perform palming, notice positive changes in 2 months. Their vision improved by 0.5 diopters.
People with myopia at minus 8.5 do the exercises for half a year and their result is even better: vision improved by 3.5 diopters.
And some are so responsibly approaching the lessons and believe in a positive result that their results are amazing: vision is restored completely in 6-15 months!
However, a lot depends on the person's age, the "purity" of the diagnosis, the presence or absence of complications( dystrophy, glaucoma, etc.).
Conclusion
Anyone can restore their health without surgery and medical treatment. But for this you need to work hard and exercise regularly.
Then the result will appear quickly and the need to wear glasses or lenses will be a thing of the past. To restore vision, it is important:
- to abandon lenses or glasses( or replace them with weaker ones);
- regularly perform exercises on Bates;
- do palmings as often as possible;
- rest every 20-30 minutes if you work for a PC;
- to know that the forces for healing are in the person himself, and not in the doctor's office.
Useful video
We present to your attention the following video: