Our practice has a special interest in fitting challenging and abnormally shaped corneas, diseased corneas, such as keratoconus. This is some of our research and published articles
This page contains published articles and links to
published articles by
Dr. Jeffrey Eger in various journals and newspapers throughout the years.
Click the Contact Lens Spectrum image below to
read about how Keratoconus can
reform and rehabilitate. The article is a holistic approach and a non-traditional fitting
that focuses on the healthy part of the cornea and ignores the disease. This fitting is
called
superior intermediate aligned fitting which preserves and enhances what's living and
ignores what's dying. If you are into alternative medicine, you might find this
interesting.
Kristen Allen Golubchik, patient K.A. was the most dramatic change
in improvement of Keratoconus and
nearsightedness reduction. She used special aspheric rigid gas-permeable lenses fit
to the healthy superior
cornea, ignoring the disease (central and inferior cornea). In Contact Lens Spectrum
Oct. 1999 the initial
topography (corneal map) was shown, but not the topography of the same eye after treatment.
Contact
Lens Spectrum put her "before and after photos" (corneal topography)
in a reprint in Letters To The Editor
Feb. 2000. The picture shows dramatic proof that Keratoconus can improve with
proper fitting of contact
lenses, vision therapy, flexibility training, nutrition, and learning how to see the
big picture.
A picture speaks a thousand words, and truth is performance.
Kristen Golubchik was so excited about her improvement and reversal of keratoconus she put together a website for all to see. Her goal is to help other Keratoconic patients who are in fear of corneal transplants as their only solution showing them another alternernative and safer solution for overall wellness and balance. Her website is healingkeratoconus.tripod.com or you can find her on front page of google by typing in healing keratoconus
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Kristen Golubchik was so excited about her improvement and reversal of keratoconus she put together a website for all to see. Her goal is to help other Keratoconic patients who are in fear of corneal transplants as their only solution showing them another alternernative and safer solution for overall wellness and balance. Her website is healingkeratoconus.tripod.com or you can find her on front page of google by typing in healing keratoconus
PRIMARY CARE OPTOMETRY NEWS 12/1/2009
Case report: Keratoconus successfully managed with aspheric GP lens fit, lifestyle
changes
The patient’s topographies improved with
a flat fitting relationship. Nutritional changes seemed to bring further improvement.
Jeffrey J. Eger, OD, FIOS
This case presentation suggests that severe keratoconus can be improved by using aspheric gas-permeable contact lenses in a superior-to-intermediate corneal alignment fit, and that visual therapy and nutritional supplementation may also play a role.
I was taught to fit GP contact lenses utilizing topography by Dr. Leonard Bronstein, who, in the 1950s, was a student of Newton Wesley, OD, a keratoconic patient who had worn a flat superior alignment fit successfully well into his 90s. Since then, I have long been a disciple of the “big picture” philosophy, incorporating a holistic approach to managing keratoconus by optimizing lens design, accommodative function and nutritional supplementation.
In this particular case, my patient initially demonstrated significant improvement in her keratoconic corneal topography profile, shown in the accompanying figures, only to experience a decline in her overall systemic health due to poor diet, lack of exercising balance and flexibility, and stress.
After adopting a healthier diet (no red meat, more fruits and vegetables and dietary supplementation) and lifestyle, my patient’s mood and physical stature improved dramatically. Concomitantly, I witnessed an improvement in her corneal topographies. In fact, the flattening effect was significant enough to warrant contact lens refitting, as her present contacts, which had been stable for more than 5 years, had become steep and tight.
My patient’s current contact lens parameters for the right eye, which has dormant keratoconus, are: an Apex (X-Cel) or aspheric cone lens with Boston XO material, UV blue, 7.85 radius, +2.00 D, 9.2 mm diameter and medium edge lift. The parameters for the left eye, which has aggressive keratoconus, are an Apex lens with Boston XO material, UV blue, 8.44 radius, +8.75 D, 9.7 mm diameter and medium edge lift. This represents the flattest aspheric GP contact lens-to-cornea fitting relationship I have ever prescribed.
We started steeper in base curve, conventionally, and progressively went flatter in base curve in +0.50-D steps during progress checks to rid the trapping of an air bubble behind the lens and any superficial punctate keratitis.
Currently she enjoys best-corrected visual acuity of 20/25+2 OS and 20/20+4 OD, light apical touch in both eyes, a well centered lens with good tear exchange in both eyes and a cornea devoid of superficial punctate keratitis, 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock corneal staining and apical scarring. She wears her contacts comfortably 15 or more hours a day.
I believe that this type of corneal alignment fitting process provides a healthier outcome than merely attending to the apex of the cone. While I realize that this is just one patient, the corneal topography maps certainly corroborate my observations. Her Orbscan pachymetry and OCT indicated that the center thickness is fairly normal for keratoconus with this flatter fitted aspheric cone GP.
Accomplishing this sort of fitting relationship is critical, as it has long been hypothesized that keratoconic corneas are more malleable than non-keratoconic corneas. Early on it was felt that this was the reason for low IOPs in patients with keratoconus.
I have personally witnessed this phenomenon, as I have a database of 403 keratoconic eyes with applanation IOPs of between 7 mm Hg and 12 mm Hg. We now know that the lower IOPs are at least partially a function of the thinner corneal thickness profiles encountered with this condition. However, corneal hysteresis studies do corroborate the inherent “softness” of keratoconus, and this is the basis for corneal collagen cross-linking studies.
The challenge for us as contact lens clinicians is to stabilize the keratoconic cornea. It is my impression that this requires not only an optimal fitting relationship, but minimizing corneal “stress” as well. This is why avoiding eye rubbing is so important for our keratoconic patients.
My prepresbyopic patients wear +0.50 D or +0.75 D reading glasses over their GP lenses. They are instructed to take a break after 1 to 2 hours of reading or computer work to look far away, rock accommodatively far to near, scan, observe the periphery and do simple yoga exercises to relax the neck and shoulders in the chair. I have found that when using vision therapy, exercise, stretching and nutrition with raw vegetables and fruit we do fewer refits than before.
I was intrigued by the dramatic improvement this patient experienced with nutritional balancing. Can a diet rich in fiber, vitamins, antioxidants and other nutrients provide the cornea with much needed essentials? It is my hypothesis that these food sources provide essential enzymes necessary to curb cellular damage and keratocyte apoptosis.
My patient, who was on a corneal transplant list 13 years ago, has been so pleased with her improvements that she launched her own Web site to assist fellow keratoconus sufferers. While I do not agree with her title (“How I regressed keratoconus”), she feels it is appropriate. Go to her Web site, healingkeratoconus.tripod.com, to read her journey.
CONTACTO JOURNAL article November 1995
Journal from The National Eye Research Foundation (NERF)
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Contact Lens Spectrum - Nov 1996
In 2003, as we designing our web page, 350 cases of Keratoconus have been completed since 1977. |
Kevin Barclay, after orthokeratology and sports vision therapy (perceptual optimized performance treatment), improved his unaided sight to 20/60, expanded his peripheral vision and enhanced his focusing efficiency. The most amazing results were Kevin dropped his golf handicap to a +1, and won the 1991 America West Employees Golf Tournament as the low medal. In 1996, when I last saw him, he was still a +1 handicap. Shortly after this article he got his commercial pilot's license. It's great to see people reach their dreams!
By Doug McConnell
THE PHOENIX GAZETTE
Phil Mickelson had a new tool in his golf game for his victory in the Northern Telecom Tucson Open.
Sight.
Mickelson was fitted for contact lenses a week before Christmas by Jeff Eger, part-time golfer, full-time optometrist.
"I hadn't been able to see anything larger than an L-wedge land for the last few years." said Mickelson, who will play in next week's Phoenix Open.
"That's what made me excited; being able to see my drive land."
Arizona State golf coach Steve Loy said, "We've known for some time that Phil's eyesight wasn't up to par, and he had an opportunity over the Christmas break to adjust to contact lenses."
"There was hardly any period of adjustment." Mickelson, an ASU junior said, "It was amazing to be able to read street signs."
"Phil is the best nearsighted athlete I ever saw." Eger said.
Mickelson was hitting everything from a pitching wedge to a driver out of his sight when he won the 1990 U.S. Amateur Championships, the 1989 & '90 NCAA championships, six other college championships with 26 top-10 finishes in 2½ years.
"I was almost afraid to give him a full correction." Eger said.
"Dr. Eger wanted to make a gradual correction." Mickelson said. "He wanted to start with one set and replace them with a stronger set and work up, but I was impatient and didn't want to go through all of that."
"It took a little adjusting. I'm nearsighted and the ball was a little blurry at first, but not now. I guess I've adjusted."
Mickelson dragged his feet in seeing an eye doctor. "Maybe I was a little scared." he said. "I was afraid it might change my depth perception a little bit playing golf."
"When I first went to him, he told me to read the eye chart as far down as I could. All I could read was the big E. I have that memorized."
Mickelson isn't the first golfer Eger has helped. Gil Morgan, one of Eger's classmates at the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tenn. barely made the cut in last years Phoenix Open.
Eger noticed Morgan was missing 4 and 5 foot putts. The golfer saw a blurred golf ball.
Eger prescribed a contact lens to correct the vision in Morgan's non-dominate eye at a 3½ foot distance. His vision in his dominate eye which he used for distance was perfect.
"He said he'd try it the next week." Eger said. "I said: "You barely made the cut. You're not gonna collect much of a check. What have you got to lose? Try it now."
Morgan did. He shot a final-round 3-under-par 71. Four weeks later he was second in the Los Angeles Open. He won the Kemper Open and pocketed $702,629 for the year.
Eger spoke to the ASU golf team last month.
"I had a one-hour presentation, but they kept me for another hour with questions." Eger said.
"If you want to lower your golf score, you go to two schools." Eger said.
"You go to a school of swing mechanics taught by a golf professional and a school of vision mechanics taught by a sports optometrist."
"I call it sports vision enhancement. I talked about the seven parts of vision, and I gave them drills to enhance these skills."
"Once you have all these skills you will see easy, feel easy and play easy."
"I learned alot." Loy said, "How to better skill my eyes. The team benefited from it and it helped Phil tremendously."
Eger has improved the unaided vision of three of his patients, bringing one from near blindness, to where they are now commercial airline pilots.
One patient said he could barely see the big E on the top of the eye chart with his good eye (about 20/400) and described his other as "only light."
Using an accomatrac vision trainer over an eight-month period, Eger helped him improve to 20/40 in his good eye and 20/70 in the other.
"Nearsightedness, Eger said, is often brought about from heavy reading or work with computers overworking the cliary muscle that does the focusing."
"If you overwork it and it spasms from fatigue," Eger said, "it won't let go and you can't see the wall."
With the accomatrac vision trainer, a piece of equipment endorsed by several professional teams, the patient is taught through biofeedback to relax the cliary muscle and vision improves."
Kevin Barclay, after orthokeratology and sports vision therapy (perceptual optimized performance treatment), improved his unaided sight to 20/60, expanded his peripheral vision and enhanced his focusing efficiency. The most amazing results were Kevin dropped his golf handicap to a +1, and won the 1991 America West Employees Golf Tournament as the low medal. In 1996, when I last saw him, he was still a +1 handicap. Shortly after this article he got his commercial pilot's license. It's great to see people reach their dreams!
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Seeing and Feeling the Big Picture to
Improve Your Golf Game
Sun Golf January 1995
Many sports writers are asking why no American has won a major PGA event? I can’t recall this ever happening before and would like to offer an impression for the loss of U.S. dominance. Present-day American golf has an overemphasis of mentally analyzing or intellectualizing the shot.
The players are prodded by teachers and sports psychologists to think about their game and make the intelligent shots. There is no emphasis on seeing efficiently first, seeing the positive big picture and being tested for all seven skills of vision by an experienced sports optometrist. When the player can see more efficiently, they feel easier and play easier.
Most European, Australian and South Africans are taught to play their game with their eyes and go by feel or instinct. Most Americans work their game by over thinking or debating their first instinct which is the direct opposite of feeling your game.
Many of the top professional and amateur golfers have sub par sight, sluggish near-far focusing ability, eye tracking problems or poor eye teaming and balancing over a putt which can all be developed or enhanced with sports vision therapy.
We tell the players they can’t focus until they can focus. Vision is more fundamental than the mental aspect because light information comes through the eyes first and it is the most dominate scense.
One golf professional who has now started to play his game "visually instinctive," shortly after being fit with custom fitted golf performance contact lenses, explained the difference between mental golf and visual golf. His definition of playing mentally is doing something wrong to get the right performance.
If you don’t see it correctly because your vision is not efficient, then playing what you see will give you the incorrect performance. So you have to outsmart your first guess to get the ball in the hole. You putt like a politician by debating over the ball. He says, "the game is fun now, I just see it, trust it and do it."
Golf is a game and you are supposed to have fun when you play to your true potential. The more peripheral and natural you are in seeing the more relaxed and instinctive you will be in your playing. The hands will go naturally where the eyes were last focused at on the ball. The more positive, open and simple your mind’s eye picture is the easier you can feel your game which some players call playing in the zone. Over thinking funnels your vision picture in and over focuses your target, making your whole body tight.
Maybe the American players should address the vision (eyes or seeing) and play with more emphasis on feelings or instinct for better touch around the greens? What good is keeping your eyes on the ball if the information coming through it to the minds’s eye is inefficient? It’s like Flip Wilson says "what you see is what you get"
Improve your
Game of Golf
This applies to Ryder Cup performance of U.S. Teams vs. Europeans. Champions "feel" their game, in our experience. You can't think the feel.
Dear Champion Golfer and Athletes
In order to win a championship every great athlete has to have an edge. By improving all seven skills of vision, not just sight, we have seen how a golfer’s game can improve. A well fitted sports performance contact lens, custom fitted, is essential to see easy and see the big picture in golf for sub par sight problems. Easier eye movements and keeping your head still will improve your eye fixation and balancing which is crucial in a good short game. This can be developed and trained by a Sports Optometrist.
I have a six step visual set up in the short game that has been used for years which helps to take three to twelve strokes off a player’s score in putting alone. It cannot work optimumly if your vision is not working efficiently. So a thorough sports vision exam is required before this is taught. What you see is what you get. If you have sub par visual input you’ll get inconsistent sports performance even if your swing mechanics are correct. Vision is much more basic and fundamental than the mental game because 80% the information comes through the eyes initially. I tell my players, "you can’t focus (mental in the mind) until you can focus (in the eyes)."
We’ve seen 17 champions after working with vision enhancement techniques in professional and amateur events. Hope your New Year is healthy and prosperous and you see nothing but the positive big picture. Hope you enjoy these Sports Vision Articles.
Sincerely,
Dr. Jeff Eger
Results
3 champions on the PGA tour after our Sports Vision Enhancement or Perceptual Optimized Performance (from 1990 - 1992). Every athlete improved performance once Vision skills ( all 7) were addressed. Earnings increased at least twice of previous year after visual efficiency was instilled and enhanced. This 6 step Ocular Procedure for Visual efficiency reduces 3 to 12 strokes off all golfer's game.
I.C. putter and drill for this unique set up on video tape or DVD is $399 plus shipping and handling.
Vision training tape for vision skill improvement is $150.00
Eyes and Body Flexibility tapes $150.00
The Phoenix Gazette ** Health Plus Saturday, January 19, 1991
Some pupils aided by vision therapy
By Paulette Bolyard
Gazette Correspondent
TEMPE - When 11-year old Jacob Sparks grades began to fall, instead of sending him to his room to study, his mother sent him to a vision therapist.
The idea was to help the youngster coordinate his eye movement with his body movement to increase "eye-teaming skills."
The eyes are supposed to work as a team. They should be moving as one. Poor eye-teaming skills result
in reduced depth-perception and inaccurate hand-eye-body coordination." explains Dr. Jeff Eger, and optometrist who has added vision therapy to his Tempe and Mesa practices.
Eger says reduced eye-teaming is often associated with delays in learning.
"When a mismatch is created between vision and touch, vision becomes unreliable. The patient learns not to trust what he sees," Eger says.
Eger called Jacob's vision condition "wired."
"He had poorly developed eye movements. This caused him to skip lines while he was reading and reverse words." Eger said.
Eger also worked with Jacob's older sister, Sara, 13. He describes her problem as amblyopia, or "lazy eye."
He treated the children by putting them through twice-a-week therapy sessions that included physical activities such as walking a balance beam, jumping on a trampoline and working word puzzles and drawing.
The trampoline exercises, he explains, help develop rhythm, sense of direction, verbalization of movements and integration of eye movements.
The children practiced jumping on the trampoline while looking at a chalkboard and calling out directions of arrows on the board and pointing their hands in the direction. Under the doctor's direction, the youngsters bounced and answered questions about the arrows on the board.
"Smooth and accurate eye movements are important to reading. Our eyes must move smoothly along a line of print and precisely on to the next line. When the child isn't doing this, when the eyes are jumping, reading becomes a chore and a task they want to avoid," he said.
The balance beam was used to strengthen eye and body coordination and develop focusing or "eye-teaming."
Eger explains, "Focusing is the change our eyes make to maintain clarity as we shift our gaze. This is important when a child copies something from the chalkboard in the classroom. If it (focusing) is slow or inaccurate, the child's schoolwork suffers. Paying attention in class also becomes a problem."
For visualization, the ability to create a mental picture of an object already seen, Eger had Sara and Jacob copy a drawing. He says this test and exercise can help him discover if the patient favors one eye over another. It also, he says, helps the student learn to follow directions and think abstractly.
"Good visualization helps us remember what we've read and studied," he adds.
Susan Sparks, Jacob's and Sara's mother, says she's pleased with the children's progress because of vision therapy.
"Sara's lazy eye was so bad, she was going blind. The eye test they give in school don't pick up the kind of problems a vision therapist can detect. And Jacob's grades have improved," Sparks said.
She recommends parents consider vision therapy as an alternative to help children who are doing poorly in school. But there is one drawback, she says.
It can be expensive. And you don't know how long it's going to take to help them. "Some insurances will cover it, though," she said.
Eger said vision therapy isn't a new practice, but it is more popular back East. He also does vision training with golfers, bowlers, and other sports enthusiasts who want to improve their games.
The Sparks' children attended vision therapy for approximately four months. Besides office sessions, they were given exercises to do at home. Eger said Sara's condition also improved when he fitted her with a contact lens.
Both Jacob and Sara graduated high school and college. They learned to see the big picture. They are self sufficient and working at their "true" potiental they are not wards of their parents, state or prisons with a higher education. We develop ability's.
By Clay Schad
Dr. Jeffrey Eger continues to have success with his sports vision enhancement therapy which combines vision training lenses with biofeedback techniques, and/or a sports contact lens when needed.
John Smith III was the slowest reader in his class before beginning work with Dr. Eger. Now he says he is the fastest. His eyes are stronger due to the near only training glasses and his peripheral vision is enhanced due to the therapy. John wants to play pro basketball and with a height of 6 ft., 5" at 13 years of age, he probably has a good chance to play center, as he desires, now that his distance sight has improved.
Katie Kinder hopes to be a gymnast anf has been training for four years. She had trouble seeing near and after just a few weeks of near point glasses and training, she says she can already tell a big difference. "I can grab the bars better, " she says. Katie would like to get a college scholorship at the University of Utah and compete in the Olympics.
Dr. Eger believes that to be a good athlete the need to train the eyes is just as important as physical workouts. In the last 31/2 years Dr. Eger has worked with three PGA golfers and after 5 weeks to 3 1/2 months all won championships. Last year 4 out of 5 top ASU golfers were his contact lens patients. He says, "Once the seven parts of vision are practiced correctly and efficiently, and become part of you, you begin playing your game better on auto pilot." He trains patients how to move their eyes, instead of their head. He says that you can move your eyes 40 to 50 times faster than your head and moving your head gets you out of balance.
John's dad, John Smith Jr., a former Harlem Globe Trotter says that his son's grades went from C's to A's and his attention has improved, as well as his vision. His attitude in supporting his son's ambition is, "to be there to support him." Katie's mom said the idea is to, "raise children to have dreams and encourage them to follow their dreams. The sport is not just a sport, it's a disapline. They learn to set goals and work towards those goals, and to accept failures." Dr. Eger adds, "With optimum vision there can be optimum performance in athletics as well as learning in school.."
The Arizona Republic Sports ** Tuesday, February 18, 1997
Tool to enhance athletes' reactions is eye-opener
By Jim Gintonio
The Arizona Republic
For years, Dr. Jeff Eger, an optometrist, was nagged by a question:
"Do athletes think too much?" he asked himself recently for about the millionth time.
"You see," he said, "I think that dumb means smart. My motto is KISS, which means 'keep it simple, stupid.' " "That means performing your best with the least amount of time and energy."
Eger's theory, Pay more attention to what you see and less to what you think.
After years of tinkering, he came up with a machine that measures an athlete's response time, but he needed a coach willing to let him test his theories.
Enter Coach Argie Rhymes and the talented Carl Hayden boys basketball team, which is making a run for the Class 5A state championship. The Falcons have seen the light for years, but Rhymes figured Eger's device could give them a little edge, so he gave Eger the green light to work with a few of his players.
The eight-light contraption, patent pending, is called the EZ EYE. The athlete stands in front of it, and the lights flash randomly in a number of positions for 10 cycles. The object is to tap the light the instant it flashes. Reacting rapidly ideally translates into quicker, non-thinking actions on the basketball court.
The Falcon with the quickest reaction time is 6 foot 10 John Smith III, whose father is a former Harlem Globetrotter. Skeptics might say it's in the genes; this kid "should" be quick.
But that's not the case. Smith said.
"This has helped me alot." Smith said. "When I read, for example. I can concentrate and read without head movement.
"On the basketball court, I use my eyes more and I don't have to move my head. You want periphrial vision."
Keeping his head from bobbing has an added benefit. "It helps my jump shot." Smith said.
Smith, who averages 15 points, eight rebounds, and five blocked shots, is a key to the Falcons' success. Carl Hayden (22-3) hosts Tempe Corona del Sol (18-10) in a first round playoff game Wednesday.
Smith has been working with Eger for six years. His eye conditioning on more conventional machines has served him well.
"I've been going to Dr. Eger three times a week." he said. "I don't need reading glasses anymore."
He can punch out the lightcycle in 1 minute, 55 seconds, almost two minutes faster than his first attempt. That's the best on the team, but Eger said the biggest success story could be Jerome Brown, who lost the sight on his right eye as a toddler when it was punctured by a coil.
"I'm totally blind in that eye, but I'm used to it." said Brown, who is averaging about 10 points and 10 rebounds. His play doesn't reflect his lack of vision; it's more like he has eyes in the back of his head.
"In his mind's eye, he can see as well as anyone." Eger said. "We know he's a terrific player, and he's becoming more periphrial."
Brown just smiled at the compliments and said he always has been able to react. But Smith said he has noticed a difference in his teammate.
"I think he's more relaxed out there." he said.
Eger has made a case study of Smith.
"Every time John uses the machine, he teaches me something about reaction." Eger said. "He can react and feel and not think too much."
RESULTS INFORMATION By Dr. EGER REGARDING THIS ARTICLE
Results of test marketing the E.Z. Eye on four players on the Carl Hayden High School Boys Basketball team. Two became 1st Team All-State by The Arizona Republic, Wayne Rhymes and Jerome Brown. Three players scored in double digits in the 1997 5A All-Star Game. John Smith III(10 pts), Wayne Rhymes(23 pts) & high scorer Jerome Brown(27 pts). Carl Hayden High School Boys Basketball team lost NO games during our training (which started at mid-season), and won the 5A State Championship! Jerome Brown has only one centrally seeing eye; however, he has peripheral vision out of both eyes. With the E.Z. Eye Trainer they improved reaction time, eye-hand coordination, and enhanced peripheral vision for more court awareness. Jerome was the sixth man on his team. He now sees the big picture. Jerome was high scorer in the 1997 State All-Star Game with 15 of his 27 points in the final quarter. In the 5A State Championship, Wayne Rhymes was the high scorer, and Jerome Brown was second best with 19 points.
Our first sports vision patient using sports vision enhancement techniques. Look at the results with John Smith III, son of John "Little John" Smith II, former Harlem Globetrotter. See how efficiently (perfect perfomance with the least amount of time and energy) John's eyes track to the ball "The Eyes Lead The Body"
The Ahwatukee News ** October 2 , 1991
By Clay Shad
The Ahwatukee News
Dr. Eger's Success With Sports Vision Enhancement Therapy As Shown On
Channel 12 Sports_______________________________________________
Optometrist Dr. Jeffrey Eger is having phenomenal success with his sports vision enhancement therapy.
Recently, two of his patients on the A.S.U. golf team became semi-finalists in the U.S. Amateur Championship Tournament. Phil Mickelson won the Tucson Open and was one of only three amateurs to ever accomplish this.
Dr. Eger starts by giving the best possible fit in a contact lens to ensure good peripheral and central vision. He follows that up with vision enhancement therapy which results in a minimal amount of head movement from the ball to the hole. Better concemntration results in better putting.
To evaluate his results, Dr. Eger assembled a test group of thirty individuals which included two of the top teaching pros in the valley. They were told to putt their own way on the front nine and on the back nine they used his six-step putting procedure. Members of the test group reduced their putting strokes from 3 to 12 strokes each.
The six-stroke putting procedure teaches a person how to balance himself over the ball and swing with a reduced amount of head movement. Steve Pascente, Channel 12 sports director, recently did a story on Dr. Eger's innovative new technique.
* The "6-STEP PROCEDURE FOR VISUALLY EFFECIENT PUTTING" video is
for sale on the Video Page of this website.
GOLF WORLD MAGAZINE ** 1991
Senior PGA Tour
The Eyes Have It: Chi Chi Rodriguez was somewhat less than delighted with his putting Sunday in the GTE West Capital Classic, but he made birdie putts when he needed them most, 3 in the last 6 holes. His nerves weren't always so solid.
"I was a real good putter when I joined the tour," said Rodiguez. "A magazine once gave me $50 to write an article about putting. All I knew was there was a hole and the ball was supposed to go in it. Once I started analyzing what I was doing my nerves were real bad. So that $50 cost me alot of money."
Rodriguez thinks one reason he's a good putter again is because his eyesight is so good, better than ever, in fact. He said it has improved from 20/20 to 20/15.
"The eyes control the nervous system," Rodriguez maintained. "That's why you never see a blind man who is nervous because he can't use his eyes."
The essence of this article, in Dr. Eger's opinion, is very profound for improving your vision skills such as sight and peripheral vision in Chi Chi's success. He got back to seeing the big picture to perform in the feeling state (intuition or instincts), and trusted what his eyes told him to do. The 16 champions that we saw develop into visually intuitive and instinctual athletes played by feel, were automatic, and overrode the restrictions of thought. When all 7 Skills of Vision were improved and the 6 Step Putting Procedure for visually efficient putting were instilled, they saw easy, felt easy, and played to true potential. Dr. Eger's two favorite tips and expressions to his top champion athletes:
"You can't think the feel" & "You can't focus until you focus."
We have a 6 step "Visually Efficient" Putting set up with our I.C. Putter that will take 3-12 strokes off your game and putting alone.
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