twixieqa
3 posts
Nov 28, 2008
5:00 PM
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Hello
Has anyone had experience of using TMR that consequently led to better vision, improved or cured.
I am curious of a work by a San Fran practitioner that started out as a Bates Method practitioner and visual improvement specialist and eventually went on to cover Musculary Dystrophy and other such conditions we as PT's normally see
Any experiences you can share?
Thanks
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Tom Dalonzo-Baker
74 posts
Nov 28, 2008
5:58 PM
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Great to hear from you. Can you give me a little more detail about this practitioner and what she/he did or does. I am a little unclear, but you have got my interest peaked.
Tom
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twixieqa
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Nov 28, 2008
10:29 PM
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"Unbalanced, poor visual habits and accumulated eyestrain compromise the health and function of the eyes. Relaxation of the eyes and proper use will improve vision. Relaxation of chronically overused muscles and use of muscles that you have never used before, enhance circulation and bring the body into better balance. Your body and vision are interrelated"
this is a quote from his website "Meir Schneider's self-healing method" (www.self-healing.org)
I dont know much of what he does but I was searching for Bates Method practitioners and after going over his website it seems like he ventured over from vision to whole body conditions. I think he uses visual exercises as well. I was thinking since TMR is a last resort or a very effective one for most cases that does not respond to conventional treatment....and he had similar testimonials from the same crowd....I was just curious if there is a correlation between eye muscle imbalance and body muscle imbalance since eyes are muscles too. I am no expert and don't want to sound funny here but I am just really curious after seeing his website.
By the way have been using melting techniques in this auto accident case old lady with whiplash. She loves it and they don't even question it they just go into the position. She keep asking for massage in the beginning but she had a lot of muscle swelling.....I told her just try these as no one can massage your back at home but that she can do these exercises by herself and help herself.
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SusanPEDPT
54 posts
Nov 29, 2008
7:35 AM
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This would be related to my post a month back:
Wondered if anyone else has worked w/ a patient who has seen a behavioral optometrist. Just had a long phone conversation with one in our area. She said there are only 2,000 fellows in the country. There was a lot of research in the '30s and '40s looking at the relationship between body posture and eye positions. They found that children who sit forward flexed (kyphotic) often have more problem w/ eyes turning inward. The child is pulling inward all throughout their body.
When they work on trunk extension over a pillow tossing beanbags it may help eyes. Makes sense as they are controlled by muscles too. Anyhow I suggested that she might have a child go even more inward and hug himself tightly in a fetal position then sit up erect and do an overhead movement to use his spinal muscles in a comfortable position rather than straining in forced extension against gravity.
More to follow as I get more info. Any thoughts on this?
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Scott Hollier
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Dec 11, 2008
7:04 PM
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Schneider is an Isralei therapist(whether he is credentialed or not I don't know but he's some type of body worker) that presented at the Upledger Institute back in the 80's. A phenomenal talent. Anyway, Schneider developed a technique of "Palming" to enhance vision. If memory serves me he was legally blind and through 10 hours of "Palming" got his sight back enough to pass a drivers license exam! BTW, "Palming" is just that. You put your palms over one or both eyes that blocks out all light and incoming stimuli for a certain amount of time(sec/min/hrs) to effect a change in vision, muscle tone, acuity, depth perception, etc. Hope this helps
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