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Why Do Some People Fail to Improve Their Eyesight Naturally With Eye Exercises? By Andrei Petunin

Written by kiteng30 on 1:50 AM

Even though it is comparatively simple to restore your own eyesight, very few people start, and some people fail. I am going to try an analyse why people fail, from my own perspective, since I've restored my eyesight.

I think that people fail for two main reasons. One is that most humans are generally lazy, which can only be helped by the person him/herself, but the second reason is that we just don't have the correct information, or we don't understand the problem well enough, and so when we follow the guide (whichever guide one is following), we see no results, or very slow results, and so we decide to just give up. It is quite important to actually "get" the problem, because if you don't, then nothing can help you, since you'll be concentrating on the wrong things altogether.

When we, most people, approach the process of improving their eyesight naturally, they see it in the form of eye exercise mostly, and they, therefore, understandably, think that the more exercises they'll do, or the better the exercise they finds, the faster they will restore their eyesight. And that's a big mistake right from the start. Instead of trying to understand the problem, people blatantly search for "eye exercises that work". Most of the work is actually done •behind the scenes•! What do I mean? Well, here's how the problem looks, briefly.

We are able to focus because those intrinsic and extrinsic eye muscles pull our eyes, thus changing the eyes shape, which set's the central-fixation point, and we either see clearly, or we don't. Well, bad vision, in most (like 95+%?) cases, is caused by the altered shape of our eye, which is almost always caused by stress etc. that affects the way eye muscles work. Vision correction happens when our eyes muscles relax, and change the shape of our eye properly. You condition, how long you've been wearing vision aid for, and your capabilities to relax will determine the speed at which you are going to improve your eyesight.

Now, why do we need eye exercises? We need eye exercises, perhaps, for one: mental factor (people will be convinced that somethings actually happening when they will actually perform physical work), and two: to start using these eye muscles that we didn't use while we wear using vision aid. If we don't relax our eye muscles, nothing it going to happen.

Time should be spend on researching into various technique of relaxation, and not looking for new exercises. There are a lot of different techniques out there that help us relax, and the better one understands these, the better and quicker one is going to cure ones eyes.

Some of the well-known and effective techniques include: breathing deeply, massaging one's face, the "palming" relaxation exercise, and the short & the long swings. These have been developed, and researched for the most effectiveness in relaxing eye muscles, and they helped me restore my eyesight, so they work well.

If you are interested in a more sophisticated insight into improving your eyesight naturally, then I invite you to click on the link below, and visit my blog.

Andrei Has had a Myopia Of Almost -5, And Now "Has Fully Restored His Vision". On His Blog At http://CureYourEyes.com/blog, Andrei Shares The Techniques He Used To Naturally Cure His Eyes, No Drugs, Just Simple Eye Exercises, And He Offers His Helping Hand To Those Who Purchase His Course And Decide To Forget Their Glasses For Good: "I'll Personally Work With You, Until You Fully Restore Your Vision To 20/20, Or Better". In addition to visiting Andrei's blog, you're also invited to start a conversation at his forum, where you can "share your personal experience as you walk along the path to better eyesight, as well as learn from others, and ask questions".

Lastly, you're invited to sign up to Andrei's newsletter, in which he further introduces himself, and "shares a lot of interesting and useful, to say the least, knowledge, mosty in the "alternative medicine" arena. All in all, his website is a great resource, and has a full potential to evolve into a great community of strong-minded people who have a common goal in mind, which is to free themselves from the burden of burps of the modern medicine.

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Eye Surgery

Written by kiteng30 on 1:50 AM

Eye Surgery has become a mainstream method of vision correction, and this article will explain the advantages and disadvantages of three different methods being offered to the medical consumer.

Lasik Eye Surgery

LASIK is the acronym for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis and is an eye surgical system which permanently corrects vision by removing a thin layer of the cornea. This procedure works best on patients with moderate to high degrees of myopia (nearsightedness), low to moderate degrees of hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism associated with myopia, and who have thick corneas. It is the most well-known surgical vision correction method.

People with normal eye sight see objects clearly because images are brought into a correct focal point by the cornea and lens of the eye. Ideally, the cornea’s curvature is evenly matched to its length in a normal eye. People with astigmatism, myopia or hyperopia have irregularly shaped corneas, so the objects seen are not focused properly. LASIK changes corneal shape by precise removal of corneal tissue, and by doing so corrects the eyes’ focusing power.

There are, however, risks to LASIK eye surgery.

There is a remote chance of complete loss of vision. If this happens, it is usually because the patient had a pre-existing condition which should have precluded the surgery in the first place, such as pregnancy, cataracts, arthritis, diabetes, glaucoma, or lupus. People with large pupils are also poor candidates for LASIK. Dry eye syndrome will be aggravated by this procedure.

A few patients complain that they permanently see "ghost" images, have blurred vision, diminished contrast and bad night vision. When LASIK was first introduced, 5% of patients had post-operative complaints; however, refinements in the procedure have caused this rate to drop to less than 1% if LASIK is performed by skilled practitioners and patients are properly screened prior to surgery. If problems do occur, they can often be resoved by a retreatment.

FDA has approved LASIK laser eye surgery since 1998. While there are a lot of satisfied patients, there are however no long term studies about its effects. Realize the limitations and the risks of LASIK eye surgery before you sigh up for the procedure.

Intacs

Though less well known, these small implants can improve vision in patients with mild to moderate myopia without the risk of permanent eye damage inherent in the tissue removal technique of LASIK. Intacs are semi-circular disks implanted in the cornea which stretch it to assume a flatter shape. Though slightly less precise than LASIK, they are removeable and replaceable, so if the patient has an unexpected over- or under-correction, the implant can be removed and another of a different size inserted to obtain the desired correction. The implants are located at the edge of the cornea, so the central visual area is completely intact and undamaged, and the strength of the cornea is undiminished, making it a better option for pilots and those who engage in contact sports where eye injury is a possibility.

Intacs are unsuitable for severe myopia and more than minor astigmatism (1.00 diopters), as the cornea can only be stretched so far. If the Intacs are removed, vision returns to its preoperative level. Aside from vision correction, Intacs are also used to treat keratoconus.

Intacs are FDA approved and 10 year studies have revealed no major problems with Intacs and very few patient complaints; however, because the procedure takes more training than LASIK, there are fewer eye surgery clinics offering it. However, the Intacs website gives a list of practitioners in each state, as well a few in Canada, Europe and Mexico.

Implants

Because many people do not want to risk LASIK and Intacs cannot help those with severe vision problems, intraocular lens implants (IOL) are a new option approved by the FDA in 2004 to correct moderate to severe nearsightedness. The Artisan lens, manufactured by Ophtec, is similar to the type of lens implant utilized to restore vision following cataract eye surgery.

The new IOL, called the Artisan, is intended for only patients who have 2.5 diopters or less of astigmatism.

The artificial lens does not replace the natural lens, but is inserted in front of it. The main problem found with the implant was the steady loss of endothelial cells in the corneas of patients who received the implants. The endothelium is a layer of cells that line the undersurface of the cornea and are essential in keeping the cornea clear. A three-year study showed a continual steady loss of endothelial cells of 1.8 percent a year. At this point, no one can predict whether this loss will proceed at the same rate indefinitely, or even its impact on corneal function.

To minimize long-term effects of the device on the corneal endothelium, the FDA is requiring that the new lenses be labelled to specify that they should only be implanted in patients whose corneal endothelial cells are thick enough to withstand minor cell loss.

More serious complications were few: retinal detachment (0.6%), cataract development (0.6%), and corneal swelling (0.4%). The FDA is requiring Ophtec to conduct a five-year follow-up survey of its implant patients to better assess the post-surgical incidence of cataract development, retinal detachment and other ophthalmic diseases.

The Artisan lens is intended to be a permanent implant.Though it can be removed surgically, vision may not always return to what it was prior to getting the lens. Because it does not affect astigmatism, patients with this problem might still require glasses.

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Eye Protection Should Be A Slam Dunk

Written by kiteng30 on 1:49 AM

A quick-thinking tournament doctor put in a call to an ophthalmologist following the gruesome collision between Villanova's Allan Ray and a Pittsburgh player, and that call may have saved Ray's sight. The collision occurred during the March 10 Big East tournament game.

"This young man is very fortunate, as he could have suffered a permanent, basketball-career-ending injury," said John Stechschulte, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, Ohio State University and American Academy of Ophthalmology member.

Ophthalmologists agree that many sports eye injuries could be avoided simply by wearing protective eyewear. Athletes can now choose from various types of sturdy, lightweight and effective eyewear. With polycarbonate lenses and a proper fitting by an eye care professional, eyewear does not hinder performance and can prevent 90 percent of sports eye injuries. However, various sports require different types of protective eyewear, and members of the eye health care team can help athletes choose the eyewear appropriate for their sport.

"Fortunately, our nation's ophthalmologists, as demonstrated by the Eye M.D. who saved the player's sight, have the skills and the training to treat patients to minimize the amount of permanent vision loss-or get the athlete back on the playing field," said Dr. Stechschulte. "Prevention could be the most important step in preserving eyesight and keeping athletes in the game."

Todd Baker, Executive Director of the Ohio State Ophthalmological Society and Director of Ohio's "Play Hard. Don't Blink" Program, adds, "We have been working with little league and softball teams for the last five years to make eye protection part of their standard equipment requirement and will be doing the same with youth basketball teams this year. We need to move toward making protective eyewear part of the sports culture, rather than waiting for cases of serious injuries to impact our habits."

The Academy is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons-Eye M.D.s-with more than 27,000 members worldwide. Eye health care is provided by the three "O's"-opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists. It is the ophthalmologist, or Eye M.D., who can treat it all-eye diseases and injuries-and perform eye surgery.

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