Natural Vision Improvement

For those with myopia who understand the tight and fixated feeling of ‘staring’, the concept that the eyes must move to see is readily embraced.  When we teach vision activities, or ‘games’, we frequently mention the necessity of returning movement to the eyes and the visual system.  In this article I will discuss why the eyes need to move for clear eyesight.

First we discover that even when the eyes appear to be stationary, looking at a single point in space, they are in fact, moving.  The moves they are making are the tiny involuntary vibrations known as saccadic movement, or saccades.  Many of those who make regular visits to the optometrist have never heard of saccades, yet they are the most vital basic function of all eyesight. 

Most people are familiar with the basic principles of vision; that light enters the pupil, falls on the retina and stimulates the retinal cells. The information acquired by these cells is transferred in a constant stream via the optic nerve to the visual cortex. Here these signals are interpreted into the vision that we utilize pretty much all day, everyday, for every interaction with the external world.

What is not always widely known is that (more…)