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The average person with an eye conditions like macular degeneration, glaucoma and retinitis pigmenotsa lose their vision at a rate of 3-6% per year on average. This rate of loss accelerates as the disease progresses and with age. There is currently no conventional medical treatment for most of these condition's and acupuncture remains the best way to and preserve vision.
This is what's going on in your eyes. There are 4 stages of photoreceptor nerve cells:
1- Normal Structure with Normal Function
2- Normal Structure with Function Loss
3- Abnormal Structure with Function Loss
4- Dead Cells/Scar Tissue with No Function
Our unique acupuncture protocols are designed to recover function of the first three levels. We can maintain the function of healthy eye cells, recharge cells that have become dormant and stimulate the repair and regrowth of abnormal cells. Once the cells die and/or become scar tissue, there is nothing that can be done and the vision loss is permanent.
The only way to determine if cells are dormant or dead is through arousal. We have found acupuncture to be among the best way to stimulate retinal cells and optic nerve.
For example, if you see two still bodies, one in a that is not alive and the other is sleeping. We cannot tell the difference until we try to arouse the bodies - one will awake and the other will not. Same goes for the eye cells. Those that are "sleeping" will awake and vision will improve. Those cells that are dead and/or scarred over will not respond.
We have two stages of cells with impaired function that can be potentially recovered. In a matter of days with acupuncture treatment, we can see measurable improvement in the second stage normal cells with function loss. These second stage cells become recharged and revitalize - the vision improves. These cells can take anywhere from 3 days to 3 months to recharge. In most cases we see some degree of improvement in a few days.
The third stage (abnormal) cells have mutated due to low oxygen, nutritional deficiency, cell weakness and toxic accumulation. We can regenerate new healthy cells and research suggest that it takes approximately 8-12 months and up to 2 years. This is a critical time for these cells because if they die, the damage is irreversible.
Once we've recovered the health and function of these photoreceptor cells, we MUST preserve the vision. How do we do that? Regular maintenance! I get asked often, why do I need more than once round of treatment? If you have AMD, RP, glaucoma, optic atrophy, optic neuritis, diabetic neurotically etc. You have a neuro-degenerative condition. This means that left to its own devices your body is breaking down faster than it can repair. You need maintenance in order to manage this condition.
Imagine if you bought a new car and you decide not to change the oil on your car. Imagine what your engine would look like after 10 years? No one buys a car and says, "Why do I have to maintain this car, I should only have to change the oil once and that should be good enough..." Sounds funny but this is what I sometimes hear form patients. You cannot expect your vision to stay good if you do nothing. We must do whatever is necessary to maintain our vision, and never give up!
Maintenance means receiving regular acupuncture treatment, watching your diet, taking your supplements and leading a healthy lifestyle.
I can say without question that in over 15 years of working with eye patients and measuring results, those who receive acupuncture regularly have significantly
slowed, maintained and in many cases reversed vision loss.
The secret to preserving vision is MAINTENANCE!
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