The Endmyopia Scam Facebook Thread
Yes, today is a funny one. As you might have seen from the article headline image, someone joined our Facebook group to call out the bearded sagely one. Indra. Brave one, right into the lion's den. There's one thing worth considering for these kind of things. Which is, be open to criticism, to questioning, to disbelief, to being called out. Indra might not be the smartest tool in the shed but what he says thousands of other people must have thought when coming across endmyopia. [...]
Do This: The Ciliary Spasm Test
Step numero uno to improving your eyesight is ... controlling your close-up strain. Why? Because close-up strain (or more accurately the underlying focusing muscle spasm) is what got you into the whole myopia problem in the first place. You want to address causality of any problem first, make sure the hole in the boat is plugged before you start bailing out water. Right? You can remove as much water as you want, but if the hole is still there your boat still be sinking. [...]
Melissa (-7.00): Eyes Damaged, Uncorrectable – Said The Optometrist
Today let's look at a case of "eyes damaged in a way uncorrectable with lenses". You'll notice a guru-trend here in the blog of things that require a measure of sarcasm, presented in quotations. Like "eye doctor", or "Bates Method teacher". And it's perfectly normal to attribute all the derision to some natural proclivity of an elusive eye guru to be grumpy old geezer-stein. But then if you read enough here in the blog, look at enough science, partake in enough Facebook [...]
Unicorn Farming Nonsense: Bates Method & No Glasses
Oh, darlings. Getting VanderJakenbergen riled up again. Yes. People e-mailing me that their Bates teachers are telling them to stop wearing glasses. Wait. "Bates". "Teachers". There we go, fixed the grammatical bits to reflect their title more accurately. These things drive me just a tiny bit (more) insane. Why? Because I too look for health ideas online. When I had weird thyroid issues. TMJ teeth grinding bits. When looking up blood test numbers. And always, without fail, there's the contingent of non-science, non-sense, plain [...]
Is Myopia Genetic? (Video)
"Sorry, dahhhling. Your myopia, it's genetic." Here's the bottom line, before we fully get into this topic. If a 'doctor' says those words to you, then he or she is an idiot. You're thinking, Jake. That's a bit harsh. But it's true. For you or me not to know how genetics work is excusable. And actually if you consider a doctor to be an individual who collects information from you about a series of symptoms and then sells you some patented, approved treatment in form [...]
Craig: 11 Year Old Myopic Son, Clear Flashes!
You know about my reticence when it comes to commenting on child myopia. So many things happening in the young, developing eye. It really is ideal to have a knowledgeable, non-old-timey lens seller (behavioral optometrist) to properly evaluate what's going on with the child's eye. Much better than just reading some Internet eye guru spoutings and taking your chances with a Jake type! That, darlings, the disclaimer. (heartfelt and not just CYA) Somethings it's straight myopia though, and there is a lot of close, close-up [...]