Improving Your Eyesight Without Surgery
July 29, 2010
Reported by Rina Nakano
It is a natural process with aging, our hair turning white, bones becoming brittle, and of course, our eyes worsening. Optometrist, Dr. Clark Jensen explains, “Our ability to focus on a lot of things starts to get less and less from birth.... The eye ball changes length, so if the eyeball becomes too long, people become nearsighted.”
But twenty-nine-year-old Amy Young is attempting to go from nearsighted to what she hopes Is crystal clear vision the natural way. She says, “It's going to be about a half hour a day that you do these exercises.”
Eye exercises are not something you hear about everyday. But this program was something that worked for her dad several years ago, when he was able to correct his vision from 20-400 to 20-20 in about 8 months. Amy says, “I don't think myself, I would have believed that you can fix your eyes by doing eye exercises, however, my father's experience made me know that it could work.”
For thirty minutes a day, she would exercise her eye muscles, training her focus, range of movement, distance, and blur distinction skills. She says the exercises are not fun or easy by any means, but it is a commitment she is willing to make. She compares her eye health to the health of the rest of her body. She says, “I like to think of glasses and contacts as similar to wearing that clothing that flatters you even if you are a little bit overweight. And if you take surgery like the Lasik surgery, that's a lot like having liposuction. It's something that fixes the problem without putting any effort on your part. But surgery, let's face it. It does come with risks, there are costs associated with it, and if there's a natural path to improving your vision, why wouldn't you give it a try?”
It has been about four months since Amy began the program. And so far, she says she is seeing much progress. She says, even the smallest things make her day, “It's wonderful to wake up in the morning without contacts of glasses and be able to read your alarm clock.”
We also checked in with Dr. Jensen for a closer look of her eyes. He found that numerically, Amy’s refraction and focus are not significantly different from what they were before, but her ability to distinguish and tolerate blur has improved. Dr. Jensen explains, “But does that mean it doesn't work? Not really. Not necessarily. She said her dad took 8 months and so time is something that we haven't used up. We probably need to see what happens over a period of time. So if it doesn't after that period time, I'm a skeptic.”
Her actual results may still be slight now, but she is determined to reach her goal of 20-20 vision. Amy expresses, “I know that's it's achievable after my father's results. I just see my eyes are getting stronger and stronger.”
Amy says several different eye exercise programs can easily be found online through any search engine, and encourages anyone to give it a try. However, each individual case may require surgery, so it is recommended that you consult your doctor before trying this alternative.
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