Bates method -- success?
 

Hi,

I would just like to know whether any of you have had success doing Bates-style exercises and thus improving eyesight. How much can be improved on myopia and how long does it take? Any chance of me getting back to -5D from about -6.5D?

Thanks,

András

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Good luck!

I don't know anything about the bates method but my optician said something about contact lenses that can improve your eyesight temporarily by reshaping your eye slightly or something, you might want to consider that as it could get you past the -5 barrier.

Thanks for the replies!

András

Before i started flying i was advised to get my vision down to -3.0d, the limits for the class one. In the event I was given a class two which has recently been upgraded.

-5.0d is quite bad, I was -4.0 and managed to get it down to -3.5d.

Basically i followed a mixture of the bates method and other techniques. The most important thing to do is to stop wearing your glasses and contacts so much and buy all the books etc on the subject.

I was told I could get my vision to 20/20 I think this is a pipe dream. I think it is possible however to improve you vision by maybe 2.0 diopters if you work hard.

The other thing is, it's really boring.

Good Luck

From what I understand of the Bates thingy there are several different exercises / techniques. Did you find that some of these were more successful than others