METHOD FOR TREATING OPHTHALMIC DISEASES Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves carrying out in series general purpose physical training exercises with burdens daily twice a day, self-massage, eye exercises, repeated self-massage and then working on text. The self-massage method involves massaging prescribed biologically active points, cervical region of the vertebral column, hairy portion of the head. Eye exercises are composed of at least 6 exercises and done in sitting position with eyes closed and fingers placed over the eyelids performing maximum amplitude eye movements. Working on text is carried out with both eyes and each eye in turn, then once more with both eyes at minimum or maximum permissible distance from an eye so that the text is to be perceptible depending on refraction disturbance kind. Combined massage is also carried out by an expert. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment. 2 cl, 16 dwg