When Should You Reduce Your Normalized?
I finally updated the much neglected FAQ with this question about normalized reduction. Reposted here:James asks in the forum:I was wondering when the best time to reduce the normalized prescription is. I feel like with past reductions I may have done them earlier than necessary, resulting in less enjoyable vision and slower progress.I think I heard from the blog or forum that when you can see 20/20 consistently for two full weeks it is a good time to reduce. Is [...]
Pro Tip: Notes On Diopter Equalizing
Today the blog is more of a just-for-students topic. This one is for those of you who already have made real progress with prescription reductions, improving your eyesight, and are now getting into reducing prescription complexity. I posted this in the forum the other day in response to a patching question, worth a quick read here: Obviously, this is a pro topic. If you're new to all this, don't go monkeying around with your prescriptions. Given the option, a holistic [...]
Ryan’s Breakthrough Moment
Ryan posts in the forum: I had a bit of a breakthrough late last week with what I believe to be fully relaxing my ciliary. Some background first. I’ve been using a sign about 30 or 40 feet away from my desk at work as a static test to gauge how my eyes are doing every day. It’s a red rectangle with the words “Fire Extinguisher” in white text on it. For the longest time I’ve had to squint to [...]
What’s First? Equalize Or Reduce Spherical
Pro topic. Best used after some BackTo20/20 or otherwise advanced experience. There is a question that will be floating around this sphere, perhaps many years from now, after the whole idea of holistic myopia control becomes more mainstream. That question will be, whether to equalize or reduce your spherical correction first, when you start on the road to improving your eyesight using lenses to create positive stimulus. You can't do everything at once, you have to either reduce spherical, or [...]
Pro Tip: 1.5 Diopter Improved Night Time Vision
Winter is coming. It's going to be dark early and cold to go outside (unless you wisely live in the tropics), and you won't be making nearly as much progress you might the rest of the year. But where progress appears to be temporarily slowed, you can still do a lot to get a head start on spring, now. In BackTo20/20 we talk a lot about individual strategies to get stimulus and improve your focus. Here's one of the strategies [...]
Blurred Eyesight: Did You Lock Up Your Ciliary Muscle?
The #1 cause of slow or no improvements is unchecked ciliary lockup. Or maybe #1 is not enough stimulus. Either way, these are the two high level main issues to troubleshoot if you're not making expected progress. It's almost always either not enough (or the right sort of) stimulus, or you're locking up your focusing muscle with close-up. It's very easy to check the latter, and you should always be doing this (I still do it, every day, myself). In [...]