| View Larger Image | The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness | Paperbackby David De Angelis (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | North Atlantic Books | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 272 Pages | | Publication Date: | February 26, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 87,633th |
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Author David De Angelis’s search for a cure for nearsightedness was both professional and personal, since he suffered from the disease himself. An expert in muscular work dynamics, he discovered through extensive testing and an immersion in decades of scientific studies that working the extrinsic ocular muscles could preserve sight and re-educate the eyes toward better vision. He came to understand the importance of retinal defocus for transforming ocular refractive status. In this book, the author shares both the science and the “secret”–progressive retinal defocus technique–of how he was able to reverse his own myopia. The system’s efficacy, he says, comes from the fact that it directly intervenes with the causes that generate myopia onset and development (overaccommodative/near-point stress). When adequately stimulated by the simple exercises presented in the book, ocular refractive capability leads to gradual strengthening of focusing capability and gradual decreasing of refractive error. Written in straightforward language, and featuring an extensive section on the scientific research in this field, The Secret of Perfect Vision offers a proven program of healing to the millions of people afflicted with this condition. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 11 reviews)
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wish I'd read this book 22 years ago by Sean (Severnaya Virginia)  5 Stars
November 09, 2009
I'm 31 years old and started wearing glasses for myopia when I was 9. My last contact lens prescription was -8.5 OD -7 OS. Now that I think back on it, I'm disgusted at myself for having allowed my vision to deteriorate so much, as well as at the motives and methods of all the venal opticians and ophthalmologists in the world who have told us that the only solution to myopia is a stronger pair of lenses.
In July 2009 I got a pair of computer glasses to relieve eyestrain, without the intention of improving my vision. However, I accidentally experienced some improvement within a week of using them, became curious about what had caused the improvement, and stumbled upon this book as a result.
After reading DeAngelis's book, I started doing the exercises religiously. Within the first few weeks, my contacts had become too strong and I needed to switch to an old pair that I'd fortunately kept. This happened again twice. Now I'm wearing a pair of -3.0 OD -4.0 OS glasses that I can see clearly out of up to 2/3 meters (in a darkened room looking at small print on a computer screen), from which I infer that I'm about -4.5 and -5.5. The change has been nothing short of amazing.
One caveat is that my progress has seemed to slow down significantly, even though I'm still pushing myself hard. (I'm into weight-training, so DeAngelis's concept of stimulus-driven adaptation is very familiar to me.) I suspect that with eyes as bad as mine, it may not be possible to ever get to perfect vision. DeAngelis says that improving from any degree of myopia is possible and is just a matter of hard work, but he personally only recovered from -2 myopia. Obviously, neither of us has the final word right now, and I hope he is right and will continue practicing David's methods until I stop experiencing improvements for several months.
Regardless of whether I can get to perfect vision, being significantly less nearsighted has made my quality of life a lot better in numerous small ways. Just one example is that when I go to the pool now to swim, i don't need to bother with switching out of my gas-permeable into disposable lenses, which was a major pain before. I now just dive in without any sort of correction. It feels so liberating.
Side note: I've also been doing a lot of reading on the Bates method. The idea of "workouts" and "effort" may deter Bates purists, but it seems possible to reconcile the two methods. I've gradually come to realize that print-pushing is--essentially--central fixation and shifting at the far point. And it would seem to make sense that it's easier to practice shifting and central fixation right at the distance where things start to get blurry, rather than on an even more distant object, because it's not too much of a leap for our eyes to focus just a little bit farther. Also, the stretching workout that DeAngelis recommends feels like an aid to relaxing the extraocular muscles afterwards, which of course is a very desirable thing from the Bates point of view. For these reasons, DeAngelis's method seems to work well for me. Molte Grazie, David!
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Wish I could thank the author! by A. Jones (NC) 5 Stars
November 07, 2009
I have healthy eyes, but very poor vision. My sight is 20/200 without glasses, 20/15 with corrective lenses. I bought this book on a whim, figuring it couldn't hurt to try it. After about three weeks of doing the simple exercises, I noticed a slight improvement in my vision. I could see the second hand on a clock across the room that I had never been able to see without glasses. I have access to an eye chart at work, so I check my progress frequently. I am not under any illusion that I will ever be able to throw away my glasses, but I am thrilled at the slight changes and feel my sight will continue to improve with the exercises. A trip to the eye doctor today confirmed that my vision had improved in my right eye, and though he didn't believe it was from the exercises, I know they've helped. My vision was just as bad as ever before starting them less than a month ago. I wish I would have had this book about 20 years ago, when I was a teenager and my vision wasn't too bad. Over the years, I've been issued stronger prescriptions and had to "get used to them." Until I read this book, I didn't realize the stronger glasses were actually making my eyes worse. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to improve their vision, particularly people requiring lower strength glasses or contacts for visual correction. Considering how bad my vision is, if the the exercises are working for me, there is a possibility those people could give up their glasses entirely.
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It works by R. S. Newland (New Zealand) 5 Stars
September 07, 2009
I bought this book last September and implemented its methods. My sight has gradually improved since then. In December I passed my drivers licence (including the legal eye-sight test) without any glasses. My previous licence has a condition S, meaning I legally must wear glasses to drive. I am not an over-confident person, so I had to believe I could pass without glasses to even apply for the licence (I transfered from one Country to Another).
Read this book if you are HIGHLY motivated to improve your eyesight. However, I warn you that it will take work, persistence and patience. The eyes are incredibly slow to heal, and results are anything but instant. I too now have incredible vision in the sunlight, but my vision in artificial light is still not perfect. I have spent a year doing these exercises and I anticipate many more months of work to get the results I am looking for.
Do I believe there are easier ways to improve your eyesight? No I don't. This is it. There isn't any other way. I have read many other books, all of which provide great tools and exercises for relaxing the eyes, strenthening the divergent and convergent muscles, central fixation, colour therapy, sunning, palming. These are all important and necessary (I believe), and all the teaching you can find on healing your eyesight is valid and helpful. I would recomment if you want to heal your eyesight, read everything you can.
BUT.
You will not get anywhere near the results that I and other people that have implemented the methods in this book have, in the time we have. Most people take many years to improve their eyesight, if they have the stubborness, grit, unbreakable determination, and almost cultish belief in the systems they use, but quite frankly, they are a rare breed.
I would say you need to be OBSESSIVE about improving your eyesight, if you want to get the results I and others have. But this is the book to read if you are.
Value for money is an understatement.
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A HUGE STEP FORWARD IN EYE HEALING by Martin Groisne (France) 5 Stars
August 28, 2009
At the beginning of the 20th century, the doctor Bates made a wonderful discovery about vision problems, and how to prevent or heal them.
The author of this book, David de Angelis, is bringing this topic a huge step forward.
When beginning to study Bates method and other theories about vision improvement, I was always very interested and grateful for the ideas exposed. However, something was lacking to my understanding. I wanted more scientifical explanations, arguments and exercices based on optical questions. When reading this book, I became fulfilled.
The first part explains on a very concrete basis how one becomes shortsighted. It exposes the notion of hyper-acomodation, being highly responsible for shortsightness. I found this part very intersting, and I got very enthusiastic about this new theory. It was pleasant and easy to understand to me (although not in my mother tongue).
I began to practice the exercices with passion and enthusiasm. Then I quickly noticed positive results which amazed me, and gave me a wonderful hope again, which had been weakend by so many oculists swearing to me that refraction problems could never improve.
I still don't understand the rage of these people in the denying of a positive solution, but I know that my enthusiasm and hope have been generously rewarded.
I had been wearing glasses since my first years of school. I felt almost blind when taking my glasses away some months ago. The biggest line on my eyechart (1/10) was a very blurry grey stain, other lines were invisible. Now, eight months later, I am almost reading the third line (3/10), and improvements are still going on.
In short, my opinion about this book : it is well done, pleasant to read, but most of all, if you put it in practice, it will wonderfully improve a very important part of your life : your visual perception of the world.
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Highly recommended, very helpful and interesting book!!!! by F. Solé 5 Stars
August 19, 2009
I highly recommend this book to anyone who desires to take care and improve their vision in a natural and easy way. I simply love David de Angelis books, they are so easy to read and so profound in knowledge!!!
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