There are a few gym protocols used to train / flex / exert the eyes’ muscles and revert myopia gradually. An expert tutor acting under your doc’s supervision is needed, though.
This combination of words doesn't make any sense.
Note that this is not an endorsement of Bates' or any other method supposed to implement this in practice. I'm just noting that putting "muscles" and "myopia" in the same sentence isn't non-sensical.
> in fact, that's a part of what happens when you get atropine drops during an eye exam
Even a fully paralyzed ciliary muscle cannot overcome a wrong geometry of your eye. Whether atropine has any real effect on myopia is controversly discussed.
As for the rest, like I said - I don't endorse any of the proposed exercise regimens or see much support for them. I was simply pointing out that muscles do affect eyesight and briefly explained how.
I doubt that. Yes, small children tend to have high ciliary muscle tone, resulting in errors of 0.7D in average. That's well known and that's the reason for cycloplegic refraction. But what's the effect for adults? 0.2D on average?
Atropine works by temporarily blocking the contraction of the muscle sphincter pupillae (which along with dilator pupillae is responsible for the contraction of the pupil). The cilliary muscle isn't involved. The rest of your comment stands, though.
Atropine is also a mydriatic agent (dilates the pupils) and this lets you better see the retina, but that's a different effect than the one I was referring to.