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===Palming=== | |||
Palming is placing hands over the eyeballs, 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. | |||
===Swinging=== | |||
Palming is.... | |||
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Bates method, who has time for all of those exercises anyway? Not me!
Bates method practitioners believe that using eye exercises 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.
The exercises
Palming
Palming is placing hands over the eyeballs, 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.
Swinging
Palming is....