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These eye floaters are generally considered more of a nuisance than a symptom of serious problems (unless there is a sudden increase in the number and location of floaters). In fact, Dr. Bates, after examining so many people with floating specks, said they are simply an illusion resulting from mental and eye strain.

Despite continued anecdotal reports of successful results, including well-publicised support by Aldous Huxley, Bates' techniques have not been objectively shown to improve eyesight. His main physiological proposition?that the eyeball changes shape to maintain focus?has consistently been contradicted by observation.

Bates suggested closing the eyes for minutes at a time to help bring about relaxation. He asserted that the relaxation could be deepened in most cases by "palming", or covering the closed eyes with the palms of the hands, without putting pressure on the eyeballs.

The majority of people who practice the Bates Method experience more gradual improvements, and the total time it takes to achieve permanent improvement is more like several months or sometimes even several years, which at first may sound like a long time, but remember to ask yourself this: how long have you already ...

Bates developed a number of exercises to relieve the problem, and other eye problems as well (glaucoma and cataract). These exercises ranged fro m the harmless (palming --covering one's eyes with the cupped palms of the hands), to the very dangerous (sungazing --looking directly at the sun).

The Bates Method has never been proven effective in providing significant or lasting vision improvement.

Basic Techniques Used by Bates These will include: body and eye relaxation, palming, central fixation, sunning, swinging, visualization, blinking, micro eye movements, flash technique, analytical looking, and many others that we will try to discuss here.