The big problem facing the eye care profession is that NONE of the
treatment procedures in use have been proven effective through
randomized clinical trials (RCT), and are therefore QUACKERY.  This
applies to cataract surgery, glaucoma surgery, LASIK, etc, etc.
Although eye surgeries are generally considered to be effective, no
attempt has been made to allow for placebo effects or investigator
bias, so it is not really known if they are effective or not.

The worst offenders are corrective lenses, which have never been
subjected to any type of investigation -- let alone a RCT.  All that
is known about corrective lenses is that about 95% of people who use
them become progressively worse.  In EVERY investigation where
corrective lens wearers were used as a control group, the corrective
lens group got worse.   What this means is that according to
established RCT treatment criteria, ALL EYE DOCTORS ARE CERTIFIED AND
LICENSED QUACKS.

As far as eye exercises, they are in the same league as other eye care
procedures.  People who use them say that they work, and clinical
studies have been carried out that seem to confirm their
effectiveness.  Unfortunately, due to the hostitlity of the eye care
establishment toward alternatives to corrective lenses, none of these
studies have been published in eye care journals.