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'''Bates method''', who has time for all of those exercises anyway? Not me! Especially when it does not even work! | '''Bates method''', who has time for all of those exercises anyway? Not me! Especially when it does not even work! | ||
Bates method practitioners believe that using [[eye exercise]]s to relieve [[eye strain]] will reverse [[myopia]]. This is false; relieving strain of the [[ciliary muscle]] will treat [[pseudomyopia]], but will not treat [[lens-induced myopia]], which is responsible for most myopia. However, Bates method can not even | Bates method practitioners believe that using [[eye exercise]]s to relieve [[eye strain]] will reverse [[myopia]]. This is false; relieving strain of the [[ciliary muscle]] will treat [[pseudomyopia]], but will not treat [[lens-induced myopia]], which is responsible for most myopia. However, Bates method can not even relieve the ciliary muscles, so it is utterly useless. | ||
To fully understand why Bates does not work you must understand that there are two types of muscles of the eye, [[extraocular muscle]]s and ciliary muscles. Exercises strengthen extraocular muscles but they are only responsible for rotating your eyeballs. Ciliary muscles on the other hand keep things in focus. However, no exercises affect them, as they are smooth muscles which are not consciously controlled (like your gut muscles). Just as you can't give your gut muscles a workout, you can't give your ciliary muscles a workout either. So eye exercises have no benefit | To fully understand why Bates does not work you must understand that there are two types of muscles of the eye, [[extraocular muscle]]s and ciliary muscles. Exercises strengthen extraocular muscles but they are only responsible for rotating your eyeballs. Ciliary muscles on the other hand keep things in focus. However, no exercises affect them, as they are smooth muscles which are not consciously controlled (like your gut muscles). Just as you can't give your gut muscles a workout, you can't give your ciliary muscles a workout either. So eye exercises have no benefit for reversing myopia. | ||
The other contributor to myopia is eyeball elongation. No exercises can shorten the eyeballs, unless you consider smashing the eyes an exercise. Even smashing the eyes won't shorten the eyes so you don't need to smash them, '''especially''' when [[Jake Steiner|Jake]] has already invented EndMyopia! | The other contributor to myopia is eyeball elongation. No exercises can shorten the eyeballs, unless you consider smashing the eyes an exercise. Even smashing the eyes won't shorten the eyes so you don't need to smash them, '''especially''' when [[Jake Steiner|Jake]] has already invented EndMyopia! | ||
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==The useless exercises== | ==The useless exercises== | ||
===Palming=== | ===Palming=== | ||
Palming is placing hands over the | Palming is placing hands over the eyes, with the intention of reducing [[myopia]]. This is a [[Bates method]] practice that can be disregarded, as it does not address the causality of how eyesight improves. | ||
Like many Bates method practices, palming may be used to temporarily reduce [[eye strain]]. However, it is always better to resolve the core causes of eye strain, like uncorrected vision and bad computer habits. | Like many Bates method practices, palming may be used to temporarily reduce [[eye strain]]. However, it is always better to resolve the core causes of eye strain, like uncorrected vision and bad computer habits. | ||