Do you think that self eye exercises can help our eyes to focus together better? I deal with a lot of fighting between my eyes, and have been doing some pencil push-up type exercises this morning. I've noticed a few interesting things in doing them. My left eye (the bad one) really has a hard time staying with the pencil as it comes closer. It also seems that objects in the background tend to move to the left when I do it with my left eye only, moreso than with the right. When I do both eyes together, the objects in the background really start to focus strangely, but I try to stay focused on the tip of the pencil.
just curious if anyone has any opinion about these. It seems to make my eyes slightly more focus after I do them, so maybe I should stick with it.
I'd also be curious whether wearing a patch over my strong eye at times would help to strengthen my left one (I had to do that as a child, before I had KC, because my left was always worse).
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Re: Eye exercises
Tim,
My undersatnding is that kids who have the eye patch is for lazy eye.
Post graft, by consultant gave me eye exercises. In the late 80's early 90's 'Magic Eye' pictures were all the rage. These were a repeating set of images which in many cases when viewed normaly look like a mass of colours or abstract art. Hwoever when you focus becond what you would perceive the normal image to be, you then see a 3D image appear standing out from the picture.
His idea was that by forcing your self to focus and concentrate at a certain point that it would build up the vareous muscles in they eye. Either due to his skill as a surgeon or his theory worked, once the grafts had settled I no longer needed and vision correction. It was not until five years later when I was bored of such images that I needed to wear glasses again.
My undersatnding is that kids who have the eye patch is for lazy eye.
Post graft, by consultant gave me eye exercises. In the late 80's early 90's 'Magic Eye' pictures were all the rage. These were a repeating set of images which in many cases when viewed normaly look like a mass of colours or abstract art. Hwoever when you focus becond what you would perceive the normal image to be, you then see a 3D image appear standing out from the picture.
His idea was that by forcing your self to focus and concentrate at a certain point that it would build up the vareous muscles in they eye. Either due to his skill as a surgeon or his theory worked, once the grafts had settled I no longer needed and vision correction. It was not until five years later when I was bored of such images that I needed to wear glasses again.
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Re: Eye exercises
Tim
Don't be too alarmed if things look odd. They may have always looked odd, had you been doing the things with your eyes in the past that you describe now!
It is also possible that your eyes are presenting different sized images to your brain. I have lived for many (many many many) years with this effect. For this reason I seldom use both eyes at once. I have learned to switch from one to the other, depending upon how far away I am looking.
Have a word with your Ophthalmologist next time you have a consultation. It may be that there are exercices that (s) he can recommend.
All the best
Andrew
Don't be too alarmed if things look odd. They may have always looked odd, had you been doing the things with your eyes in the past that you describe now!
It is also possible that your eyes are presenting different sized images to your brain. I have lived for many (many many many) years with this effect. For this reason I seldom use both eyes at once. I have learned to switch from one to the other, depending upon how far away I am looking.
Have a word with your Ophthalmologist next time you have a consultation. It may be that there are exercices that (s) he can recommend.
All the best
Andrew
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Re: Eye exercises
Tim Tim
What you are describing are eye exercises designed to promote binocular vision - in other words to make your eyes work together. From what you say, your left eye has to work harder to converge to look at near objects. Patching won't help here as this is designed to stimulate vision in a lazy eye - usually under the age of six. Since you are only using one eye when patched , it can't help your two eyes to work together.
What you are doing is fine and the odd experiences are normal because you are observing phenomenon your brain usually ignores in normal vision - you are only noticing it because you are concentrating on it. One better way of doing these exercises is this: Hold two pens/pencils in front of you, one behind the other. Look at the one furthest away from you. The nearest pen should now appear double. Now focus on the near one and the one behind should appear double. This is a normal phenomenon called "physiological diplopia" - that is, everything in the world appears double EXCEPT the object you are looking at. This is completely normal - your brain just switches off double images in real life.
However, in this exercise, you are forcing your brain to see the double images and this ensures both eyes are actually working properly and that your brain is not ignoring the images from one eye.
So yes., you should stick with it!
What you are describing are eye exercises designed to promote binocular vision - in other words to make your eyes work together. From what you say, your left eye has to work harder to converge to look at near objects. Patching won't help here as this is designed to stimulate vision in a lazy eye - usually under the age of six. Since you are only using one eye when patched , it can't help your two eyes to work together.
What you are doing is fine and the odd experiences are normal because you are observing phenomenon your brain usually ignores in normal vision - you are only noticing it because you are concentrating on it. One better way of doing these exercises is this: Hold two pens/pencils in front of you, one behind the other. Look at the one furthest away from you. The nearest pen should now appear double. Now focus on the near one and the one behind should appear double. This is a normal phenomenon called "physiological diplopia" - that is, everything in the world appears double EXCEPT the object you are looking at. This is completely normal - your brain just switches off double images in real life.
However, in this exercise, you are forcing your brain to see the double images and this ensures both eyes are actually working properly and that your brain is not ignoring the images from one eye.
So yes., you should stick with it!
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