Child Myopia. This is one that gets Jake upset on a regular basis. Children (in most cases) don’t need glasses! What they need is educated parents who understand eye strain, ciliary muscle spasm, the impact of lots of close-up reading time, of staring at smart phones and computer screens.
An ounce of prevention, as they say. Read carefully through this section for lots of tips about preventing and reversing child myopia, find parents who had success banishing their child’s myopia, get hope an motivation to keep your own children’s eyes healthy!
Optometry Science Admits They Did It
I neglected yesterday's post duties. Let's make up for it today, with some <3 science. --- As always, I show you studies published in the very journals meant for optometrists and ophthalmologists. The irony in all of this should be self evident. First up today, the Journal of the College of Optometrists. What you should take note of as you read these things, that these are journals as far removed from pseudo science or anti optometry rhetoric as you can get. [...]
Your Kid’s Eyes Are A Different Story
I had planned to write an article today, to (again) talk about how child's eyes aren't the same as adult eyes. Or rather, the child brain isn't the same as the adult brain. I've seen both a lot better success with children and improving eyesight than with adults, and a lot less success as well. The common thread in whether or not you get your child's eyes back to great vision, is always the same. Understanding child motivation is key [...]
Optometrist Confirms: Roy’s (-0.75) Astigmatism Is Cured
I'm only using the words "astigmatism and cured" together, because Google. People search for these things. In reality, it's not a cure, because of course Roy's eyes were never ill in the first place. Astigmatism, in the majority of cases, is not an illness. Roy's eyes were simply affected by artificial focal plane changes, introduced by unnecessary prescription complexity with his previous glasses. Once Roy started working on the right kind of stimulus, and addressing prescriptions, his eyes adapted. Astigmatism "cured" [...]
+2.00: Child Myopia Prevention Glasses
You know the rules. No prescription advice here. ;-) Here's a question I forgot to answer yesterday, from the forum: I’ve also bought her a pair of +1.25 lenses for computer work, and also for reading when she starts to do it a little more. Is that a good prescription strength for prevention in a kindergartener? I've seen parents go quite a bit higher on the plus lens, as much as +2 or +2.50 for children who have absolutely no [...]
Nate & 175 cm: Successfully Reversed Child’s Myopia
If you set foot into any optic shop, the optometrist will sell you glasses for your children. They say, it's inevitable anyway. Eyes you know, pesky things. Never work right. But what if you could keep your child's eyes healthy? Or more fascinatingly, what if you could completely reverse your child's myopia, in as little as a year or even less? Today, Nate posts in the forum: I have a daughter who just started kindergarten this week. She’ll be learning how to [...]
Snapchat, The General’s Son, & Paragliding In Nepal
A couple of months ago, I was invited to help the son of a prominent military general with his eyesight. It was a hell of a trip.Private planes, military escorts, pomp and circumstance. A man who was straight up intimidating me. Lots of people with lots of power. Seeing new places, making new friends. And a decent paycheck.All that and you know what?The actual kid this was all for, could have cared less about his eyesight.Stark contrast to his dad, this [...]