Bates, who is an eye-care physician in 1860-1931, attributed almost all the vision problem to long-period of the eyes. He thought glasses are unnecessary or even harmful to the eyes, so a series of eye exercise are invented to enhance vision which have proved to be effective right now. People with blurred vision, eyestrain, lazy eye, or double vision all enjoy the improvement of eyesight after a long time eye exercise.

The saying that” the ways in which people strain to see are infinite, and the methods used to relieve the strain must be equally varied” obviously indicates that no simple one approach will work for everyone. So a number of eye exercise treatments are introduced in the following.

The first is the palming treatment. You are suggested to close your eyes for minutes to have a relaxation. Then cover your eyes with palm and massage the eyeball gently to deepen the relaxation. You can feel differently depending on the strain of eyes.

The second is the visualization treatment. You are suggested to think the top letter of an eye chart then visualize the smaller ones on the bottom, at last the smallest comma. It is better to image something black to strengthen the benefits.

The third is the movement treatment. You are suggested to move your eyes back and forth or to transfer from the actual to mental world to get an illusion of the “swinging” and “shifting” objects. This method may seem a little difficult, so someone simplifies the process by just moving the eyes up to down, left to right and far to near repeatedly.

The next is the sunning treatment. You are suggested to expose your eyes in sunshine gradually by special training to relieve the strain on eyes. It sounds ridiculous right now, because we know eyes exposure to sunlight can damage your eyes completely, and that is why we invent the sunglasses. So please do not try this method.

The theories of Bates on eye exercise are generally anecdotal and they are not testified to be exactly right by medical research. But it is a historic event and he is great, because he helps us to realize the importance of eye exercise and inspire more people to join in the eye protection research to find out the most beneficial eye exercise. Actually, after Bates, there is a standard eye exercise carried out to help to improve the eyesight. Furthermore, there are various ways to enhance vision, including balanced diet, adequate sleep and eye exercise.