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Answers Outside the Box
When
illness strikes, you can let your doctor
wage war for you, or -- like these 12
tough guys -- you can take matters into
your own hands...
By: Mike
Zimmerman
Men's Health magazine
February, 2003
Bad
Eyesight
How He Beat It: Optical calisthenics
Twenty-six-year-old Orlin Sorensen dreamed
of flying combat missions like his grandfather,
but his 20/80 eyesight kept him below
standards for naval flight training
(20/30, no glasses or surgeries allowed).
Commercial airlines, however, aren't
as strict -- for several years, Sorensen
flew for Horizon Air while wearing glasses.
Then came September 11, leaving the
airline industry decimated and Sorensen
flying a lot less. "I was bummed, but
I decided to try to turn my life around,"
he says.
He used the time to put a curiosity
to the test: Can a man improve his vision
by "exercising" his eyes? Inspired by
World War II fighter pilots who used
vision-training exercises, and by a
1920 book by Dr. William Bates (The
Bates Method for Better Eyesight without
Glasses), Sorensen stockpiled information
until he had enough exercises to begin
his own program. "I trained my eyes
to do things they don't normally do,"
Sorensen says. "I treated the program
like physical exercise." He "worked
out" 25 minutes a day, 6 days a week,
for 30 days, doing exercises like slowly
rolling his eyes in a full circle. The
results? The navy measured his vision
at 20/30, he no longer needs glasses,
and he's been accepted for pilot training.
Make It Work for You: Improving your
sight by retraining your eye muscles
is "very doable," says William Moskowitz,
F.C.O.V.D., an optometrist who has helped
scores of patients with vision training
at the Park Vision Therapy Center in
Bridgewater, New Jersey...
The Vision for Life
program can help to improve common vision
problems such as nearsightedness, farsightedness,
astigmatism, and aging vision (presbyopia).
The exercises and techniques
are designed to strengthen and relax
the muscles of your eye just as you
would any other weak part of your body,
improving your vision and helping you
to see clearly -- naturally.
The catch is dedicating
25 minutes a day to the exercises and
techniques. The program is very easy-to-follow
and is laid out in a step-by-step, minute-by-minute
format. Once you receive the package
you can begin the exercises within 10-15
minutes. Most people see a marked improvement
within the first few weeks, with significant
improvements in the following 2-3 months.
Even very high degrees
of correction can be helped with our
program. It may just take more time
and dedication on your part. The exercises
have been designed to be adjusted for
all ranges of clarity.
You can still take advantage
of our special $79 offer which includes
the entire Vision for Life program,
the 2 free bonuses, and our unconditional
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http://www.your-vision-care.com
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