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There is just one topic in the whole entire course, and on this site as a whole that tends to be a source of frustration for most new participants: Active Focus. It is where I suddenly start to...
View ArticleHow To Switch To Your First Normalized Prescription
How many of the same questions do I answer, over and over, in the forum? I’m so used to decades of answering the same questions thousands of times, that I often forget how this Internet thing can...
View ArticleChinese Eye Acupuncture, Blue Healing Orbs, And The Shanti Shanti
Chinese Acupuncture, Alex? Really? Well … A Quick Word Of Warning: It is Sunday, I am deeply disinclined to be productive. Dozens of e-mails about technical problems and advertising recommendations...
View ArticleAccuracy In Question: Snellen Eye Chart vs. The Autorefractor
Shaun from Singapore writes: Hi Mr Alex, this is Shaun from Singapore. I’ve been religiously practising active focusing and pulling for 6 months now… Recently, I paid a visit to the optometrist and had...
View ArticleAmazing Android App Measures Your Myopia
Today I finally had the opportunity to play with what might be the first ever Android diopter measuring app. It’s quite fantastic. You need to feed it a one time only measurement of the distance from...
View ArticleJohnny: From -5.50 To -3.00 Diopters In 5 Months
Johnny writes in the forum: Hello all + Dr Alex I thought I’d relate my experience of eyesight improvement as some may find it interesting/useful. First some background. I started wearing glasses about...
View Article3 Meter & 6 Meter Snellen Alternative Eye Charts
A kind participant has sent over two child eye charts that should do nicely for easy printing at home. They are set up to print on A4 sized paper, one for 3 meter distance, and the other for 6 meters...
View ArticleNeck Pain, Migraines, Computer Work, and Close-Up Vision
There is a significant long term cost to the type of symptom-only treatment of many aspects of Western medicine. Just today I spent some time making it through a client e-mail, which included a...
View ArticleDifferential Prescription vs. Normalized Prescription
In the forum we talk a whole lot about individual prescription recommendations. It tends to take at least one round of reductions of experience to get a good understanding on what makes a viable...
View ArticleHow To Stop Your Tablet From Significantly Increasing Myopia
Especially in the child myopia section of the blog, I talk quite a bit about the absolute importance to control the distance. Close-up is where myopia first starts, and this is where you have to head...
View ArticleHow To Get From -4.00 To 20/13 In One Year
Ruth Ann writes in the forum: It was one year ago that I signed up for the web program. My prescription last year as I began rehab was R -4.00 -0.75 x 120 and L -7.25 -0.25 x 105. I have the start of...
View ArticleActive Focus: Prescribed -5.50, Can Read 20/20 with -4.00
The title of this post points to something interesting: If you can read 20/20 with a -4.00 prescription (after a month or two of basic efforts) why did the optometrist prescribe you a -5.50?...
View ArticleHow To Convert Your Contact Lens Prescription To Glasses Prescription
Simon asks about converting glasses prescriptions to contact lens prescriptions in the support forum: Is there a recommended formula for calculating contact lens strength from glasses? I remember my...
View ArticleBehind The Scenes: The Myopia Measurement Ruler
For every one single improvement it seems that we get an avalanche of challenges and unforeseen issues. Most recently, if you came to visit this weekend, you may have noticed some interestingly...
View ArticleMyopia Ruler Now Available!
Finally, you can measure your eyesight without having to go out to buy a centimeter measuring tape and using the calculator tool. You still can of course, but now there is also my Myopia Ruler you can...
View ArticleEyesightRx: Android App Update & Participants Free Download Option
× UPDATE: Now online - EyesightRx, the new Android app, in Google Play. My goal is to give you a tool that’s always in your pocket, which allows you to measure your current centimeter distance and...
View ArticleHow To: Test If You Need Astigmatism Correction (for Normalized Prescriptions)
The question about astigmatism correction comes up a lot, and there is no definite answer that covers all cases. In this post we’ll look at a simple online test for astigmatism, and various...
View ArticleSimeon: Clear Flashes to 20/15 Vision
The British Journal of Ophthalmology. It is one of the most conservative publications of its kind, catering to the ongoing education and news for optometrist and ophthalmologists. You won’t find...
View ArticlePlanning Ahead: Future Eyesight Improvement Without Alex
I may have another year or two in me, to continue improving this site, writing the blog, and providing support via e-mail and the forum. After that, it may indeed be time for me to fade into the...
View Article#1 Way To Improve Vision: Positive Stimulus – Here Is How To Get More
It’s no secret that the whole world is becoming myopic as a direct result of our close-up lifestyle. For this reason the paid vision improvement course is focused primarily on how to deal with this...
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