Key Prescription Risks That Everyone Should Understand
Two recent forum topics bring to light the need to discuss eyeglass prescription strength, both for program participants, and casual readers alike. I also have a pair of +1.25 glasses, which was the...
View ArticleReducing Potential Harmful Prescription Complexity
Have you seen your eyeglass prescription recently? If you haven’t, it might be worth a look! Chances are, it is anything but straightforward, and looks like something in the above image. There will...
View ArticleWhat You Missed: The Focal Plane Leap
A quick status update: It is taking me some time to add program modules. Aside from those of you who might be in the One-on-One program, I am also still in the process of working out various site...
View ArticleFocal Plane Hangover, Chicken Livers, more
I am out for a conference, which has left little time to answer your e-mails, look over the forum, and take care of site updates. My apologies! I will be back to regular schedule in a few days....
View ArticleRecognizing Clear Focus Triggers
Exercising the eye is much like exercising any other part of your body – a single activity creates a stimulus with far reaching consequences. If you run on a treadmill or lift some weights, you are...
View ArticleThe Definitive Guide: Astigmatism
Astigmatism: A defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images. There are any...
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My Favorite Close-Up Strain Minimizer
If you have been visiting, hoping in vain for new content, I apologize. There is always still much else going on, even with this Website. Most recently I spent quite a bit of time to get rid of the...
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Should I Stop Wearing Glasses?
I see this question a lot, in various forms. Let’s look at similar prescription related mistakes: Wearing under corrected lenses, without understanding active focus. Never getting eye checkups, for...
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Child Myopia Prescription Strategies
I have a whole category of the blog dedicated to child myopia (link to child myopia subjects). We can’t apply all the adult strategies verbatim, since there is a big difference between most children,...
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How To: Preventing Dry Eyes
Dry eyes can contribute to reduced focusing ability. You may have noticed this, especially if you are using correctly reduced prescriptions – when your eyes are dry, your ability to refocus on objects...
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Success and Failure in Vision Improvement
Early on, when I started to put the core part of our clinic program online, I knew that the Web would be a challenge. A challenge for you, not having my office as a reference, not getting a real life...
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Do Glasses Create Myopia? Look at this Monkey Study
For those of you who are interested in studies of the significant myopia-inducing effects of minus lenses on the eye take a look a this abstract. This is from the IOVS (Investigative Ophthalmology...
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Success Stories: Reversing High Myopia
Samson posts an update of his vision improvement progress in the forum: My name’s Samson and I’m 20 this year. It’s my first time posting here so I thought I’d share my experiences so far! About 3...
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How Is Astigmatism Measured, And Why Is It Flawed?
If you missed the first installment of the Astigmatism Guide, see it here. There are three frequently used ways to measure astigmatism. The type of measurement you are likely to get, depends on the...
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Retinal Detachment Risks
Before it gets lost in the back pages of forum topics, let’s bring a particular post about retinal detachment to the blog. Retinal detachment is a real risk. It doesn’t begin to make it on the radar...
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Do You Need High Index Lenses?
The index question comes up, every so often, in my e-mail and sometimes in the forum. There are several factors to consider, how much you want to spend on lenses. Always keep in mind that higher...
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Astigmatism: The High Fructose Corn Syrup of the Vision Industry
If you missed the previous installment, click here: How Astigmatism is Measured. So we discussed why it is rather difficult to correctly measure astigmatism in a meaningful way. We figured out that...
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Participant Progress Report: 30 Day
Let’s look at a client account after using the Vision Improvement Program for 30 days. While there is no formula for expected progress, and individual results vary widely, a good expectation might be...
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The Trick Is To Keep Reading
Just a quick note from me today, for those of you working on either close-up or distance vision. You may notice that I always talk about reading. Even in the advanced installments, where we discuss...
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Success Story: -5.25 to 20/20
This particular story is interesting for two reasons: 1. It shows a case where the individual managed to reverse a notable degree of myopia in a short period of time. 2. You don’t necessarily need...
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