Bates method
Jul 10th, 2007 by The Seer
Brief introduction
The Bates method is a system of natural vision improvement invented by William H. Bates, M. D. in the early part of the 20th century.
From his observations of patients who wear glasses, he came to a few conclusions. Eyesight can change, for either the better or the worse.
Poor eyesight is caused by the strain to see. The way to better eyesight is through relaxation of both mind and body.
Below, I shall detail the principal exercises of the Bates method. Practise them and you will be doing yourself a big favour.
Scientific validity
Despite its long history (and critics over the decades), no one has yet proven nor disproven the Bates method.
To the best of my knowledge, there has been no long-term clinical trials on the Bates method. It may all sound very unsubstantiated and “alternative”, but there has been thousands of anecdotal accounts of success.
We must explore every possible weapon in the fight against the epidemic that is myopia. If there is a vision scientist or psychologist out there reading this, please propose a clinical study of the Bates method.
The possible benefits are too big for us to ignore.
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What I cannot understand is that some people spend hours in front of computer and yet they don’t glasses at all. My colleges at work some of them don’t use glasses at all…. So is it really because of near work strain?