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  Improve Your Vision Without Glasses or Contact Lenses  
 
  By Steven M. Beresford, David W. Muris, Merril J. Allen, Francis A. Young,Search Amazon.com to buy this book.  
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product Description

For the 110 million Americans who suffer some type of vision problem, the American Vision Institute offers a clinically proven program of 20 exercises and maintenance techniques guaranteed to improve vision in as little as 30 days. This complete course in vision therapy helps increase focusing power, decrease eye strain, and prevent further deterioration of vision.

Product Details

  • Published on: 1996-11-07
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 128 pages

Customer Reviews

I had a consultation with one of the authors3
I've been doing eye exercises, including the ones in this book, for about 10 years, and never worn glasses in all that time. The results? My eyesight is better, as determined by optometrists, when I keep up the exercises, considerably better too, but never seems to get beyond a certain limit. I guess the analogy is the guy with a missing leg who does physiotherapy. The physiotherapy helps mobility, but it isn't going to bring back the missing leg. That's basically what I was told when I finally went to see one of the authors of this book for a consultation. His final advice? Laser surgery. Apparently that's a really good option nowadays. So I'll look into it. Good luck folks.

Is it snake oil? ya, but still some value...2
The author contends that by performing his exercises most people can drastically improve their eyesight, even to restore 20-20 vision. Of course, there is the caveat that "your mileage may vary."
I was intrigued by all the positive reviews so for the price (I think I paid $3) why not try? I think I know why some people are impressed by this book.
This is not something you can test with double-blind experiemnts (how can you hide from a subject that she is actually performing the exercises), but I suspect the reason people experience improvement is simply that they stop wearing their glasses. If you remove your glasses, your vision will be blurred for an extended period of time, since your eyes have not had to work their muscles much. But over time these muscles will 'get back in shape' and focus better. So simply by going without your glasses for a month (even without his exercises), you will see improvement.

I am 50 and I had a very mild prescription (probably because I have avoided wearing glasses most of my life). I noticed that when I started relying on my glasses my need for them skyrocketed. After going without them for a month, I found my vision improved considerably.

Bottom line: Simply taking off your glasses and leaving them off altogether (or as much as you safely can) will probably accomplish exactly the same as these exercises.

However, having said that, this book will explain how the eyes work and how you should be mindful of not straining them by, for example, staring at a computer screen for 8 hours at a time. Taking regular breaks, weening yourself from your glasses, relaxing your eyes from time to time probably will help preserve them.

Good Book - but...3
I am not an eye specialist, so my opinion is only that of a common user. I bought this book to maintain my vision and correct a slight myopia in one eye. Here is what I think:

GOOD
Well written. Doesn't beat around the bush. Motivating. Concentrates on practical application rather than long descriptive passages of theory.

NOT SO GOOD
I have certain reservations about some of the techniques in this book. Take hydrotherapy, for example. The authors advise to subject one's eyes to a rapid succession of hot and cold temperatures. I just don't know how safe this procedure is. I have done it once, and my eyes surely felt quite stressed after it. I understand the reason behind this technique - to get the "stuff" in the eyes going, to improve fexibility of blood vessels, etc. However, can such a rapid change of temperatures also lead to detachment of material in the eyes, causing so called "floaters" to appear? I am not saying that this will definitely happen, but I am only sharing my reservations. Who knows how your eyes will react to such a significant regular stress?
Then the acupressure points. They may be good if a person knows what he/she is doing. However, to poke fingers around your eyes and press firmly here and there based on a rather poor description and pictures - in my humble opinion - may not be so safe. I decided against it, since I don't want to take ANY chances with my eyes.
Lastly, at least for me, the fusion chart does not work. I tried several times, but the faces don't merge as advised. I'll keep trying.

All in all, this book provides good motivation and some of its material I will certainly use. However, an inexperienced person (myself included) should think carefully before doing "physical things" to his/her eyes, like pressing around them and heating/cooling them rapidly.

  

 
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