Steve posts in the forum:
I’ve been working on rehabilitating my vision for a bit over a year now. I’ve changed or adopted many habits since starting to try to maximize my gains. Mostly avoiding close-up activities and wearing excessive prescriptions when not needed are a given. Others include going for walks outside with little/no prescription usage to work on peripheral awareness, fusing double-vision, etc.
There is one activity in particular that I feel has really helped me though.
Racquetball
While I have played on and off for the last 15 years, I didn’t realize until recently just how much of a workout it is for the visual system. Think about it for a second. The constant focal distance changes required to track a small rubber ball, which can travel well in excess of 100mph around a court. There is also a high reliance on peripheral vision to know where your opponent is located during play. For this reason, I wear contact lenses on the court, with protective goggles of course. While I usually don’t “feel” my eyes working so hard at the time, the following 1-2 days after I play, my eyes just seem to feel so relaxed and able to resolve blur and double-vision much more quickly.
I just wish the courts used better lighting (fluorescent), but even still, my eyes adjust pretty quickly and by the end of my play, my distance vision is a fair bit better than when I started.
So, what are your favorite vision stimulating activities?”
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This reminds me of a post some time back from Alex.
Several of you sent some very positive and encouraging e-mails in response to yesterday’s post. We all very much appreciate it!
I do have some of my own favorite vision stimulating activities. Head over to the forum thread to see those, and perhaps even add your own. ;-)
Cheers,
– Jake
