Does the Bates method work?
No. There is no high-quality clinical trial evidence that the Bates method corrects myopia. Its core theory, that eye muscles cause nearsightedness, isn’t how the eye actually works. It was a reasonable early-1900s guess at pseudomyopia, and useless for real (axial) myopia.
Is the Bates method the same as EndMyopia?
No. Bates is eye exercises and living in blur. EndMyopia uses your actual focal distances and lens adjustments to reduce myopia measurably, the way an optometrist would track it.
One member dropped the Bates method and reduced from –3.25 D to –1.50 D: see the case.
We Don’t Do Bates Method. Why? Because our darling eye guru is tired of hearing from people telling him how it doesn’t work. Yes, Bates was a pioneer, way ahead of his time, and if the path had continued, we likely would not have a myopia epidemic today. We hold William Bates in the highest esteem.
But we don’t believe that “Bates Method”, today, is doing the man any justice. This “method” you find online today, has little impact on multi-diopter, lens-induced myopia. It won’t do a thing to induce axial reduction in your eyeball. And it goes against many key things vision science has come to understand over the past century. Still want to read more? Here are some articles with Bates references.
Do Extra Ocular Muscles Control Focus?
No. The extraocular muscles aim the eye. Focus comes from the ciliary muscle and lens, and distance vision depends on the eye's length. Bates' idea that these muscles cause myopia is incorrect.
Ditched Bates, Made Gains: -3.25 To -1.50 Diopters
Participant update.
Bates Method For 20/20 Eyesight? Probably Not
Probably not. There is no clinical evidence the Bates method restores 20/20 in real myopia. Measurable improvement comes from focal-distance management, not eye exercises.
Suresh: -10 Diopters To -4.75 Progress Update
The magic of eyeball gainz, right here.
Peripheral Vision Trick To Improve Eyesight
Darlings. Ole Jakey's been told that we're neglecting the blog. Which may be true. Also though I've been spending time posting more videos on our Tubes and keeping up with some conversations in our forum. No excuse. So here's a bit of a nudge for one of the recent video-style rants, discussing peripheral vision and any potential for sudden and dramatic vision improvement. A bit of back story, some dude decided that taking endmyopia and Bates Method and creating [...]
Bates Method Didn’t Work .. Now What?
If the Bates method didn't improve your eyesight, that's expected. Eye exercises don't change the eye's length. Measurable reduction comes from managing focal distance and correction, tracked in diopters.