Vision problems - can it be cured naturally?

For vision problems like short-sightedness (Myopia) or long-sightedness (Hyperopia), are we reacting too quickly and jumping on to the solutions like spectacles or contact lens and then becoming dependent on it for life-term? If we wouldn't use it would our eyes naturally get better and adapt over a period of time? 

In my own case I went to an eye specialist when I started getting headache as somebody told me that the headache was because of eye strain and I should get my eyes checked. I wonder if that headache was temporary and if it was a natural way for my eyes to adapt.