Dear Youngman:

Near point stress on the eyes is a big problem in this industrial age.  We
spend a lot of time reading, studying, looking at computer screens, etc. 
People are looking at tv, computer games, etc.--all close activities. 
Your eyes are relaxed looking 7 feet away, and the muscles are contracted
when looking at anything closer than that.  This causes near point stress
which catches up with most people at the age of 40 which is what happened
to me.  My daughter, who started reading early has misshappen eyeballs and
this may have very well been the cause.  I've seen 10-10-10 recommended in
more than one place-

For every 10 minutes of reading (or other near point work)
look at an object 10 feet away and focus
for 10 seconds.

10-10-10.  As a student, you do a lot of studying.  If there is no object
in the room 10 feet away, you can look out of a window.

There are routines that can be done to increase the visual acuity of even
someone with great vision or to support and strengthen the visual system
in ways that it is not strengthened through regular activities.  For me
and Hannah, we want to be able to see clearly and without glasses.  This is
why we are embarking on a simple program.  A side benefit is that it is
teaching us basic information about the eye, which is the light of the
body, and how to care for it.

It appears that visual training is known in optometry, but most
optometrists have too much to lose (sales of glasses, contacts, laser
surgery, etc.) by telling a person to simply be careful and exercise to
correct a problem.  The two optometrists I've been to have front parlors
full of expensive glasses.  It appears that sales of glasses is their
bread and butter--and neither one ever told me that I could go down to the
corner drugstore and get a pair for $5 of $10.  I've even paid less than
that, maybe $3.50--but only after I ignorantly used VSP credits to purchase a pair of $100+
glasses that I refused to wear until my vision got worse.  As I am
training, I am not going to wear them unless absolutely necessary as in "I cannot
read this".

I can see.  My vision felt better after just one or two days of
consistently doing the primer exercises in the free emails that I received
from Rebuild Your Vision.   Now that I have the program, I am looking
forward to further strengthening my eyes.  There is another program that
uses the exact same cover for 1/2 the price and says it offers 40
exercises.  Rebuild Your Vision has 8 exercises and gives routines based
on what your eye problem is.  It is short and simple, but I consider it a
powerful tool in my understanding of good preventative and healing
medicine in the area of optometry.  It is written in a common sense way
that we can understand.

Mephibosheth