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The Hong Kong Myopia Epidemic
Today the podium goes over to MH Edwards, PhD, FCOptom, CSY Lam, PhD, MCOptom, FAAO, who writes: The prevalence of myopia amongst the Chinese has escalated in recent decades. While this refractive error was previously a little more than an inconvenience and a source of unwanted expense to the affected individuals, it is now sufficiently prevalent to warrant national concern. Edward continues, pointing out some of the problems with this growing myopia prevalence: It should be pointed out here that [...]
IKEA For Free & Accurate Eye Exams?
I'm cheating today. It's almost 11PM and my very first chance to get in front of any sort of computer. The Internet is painfully slow. I just managed to get through forum questions and e-mails, and I'm exhausted. So here's the short post today, since it's "daily blog" and all. If you're part of the Twitter army, you maybe already saw this one. Originally mentioned by a student, there's a very easy and useful way to get your hands on [...]
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 [...]
Update: Optometrist Outreach Program Progress
I recently added an invite for professionals who are curious about holistic myopia control. I won't say that there is a deluge of inquiries, but there are more than I expected. Inquiries that are friendly, well written, from optometry professionals with lengthy resumes and decades in practice, the right mindset, people who look like they're well due some respect. I'm a little intimidated, to be perfectly honest. What do I say to a guy with 25 years in the practice, [...]
My Own Experience With Low Myopia
A quick post today, for those among us who are battling low myopia. As you know, I used to wear a -4.00 prescription, with quite a bit of astigmatism correction, and was told that I really needed to think about a -5.00. It wasn't smooth sailing getting that down to -1.50 territory, no astigmatism correction, but once I figured out the system, it was fairly predictable. Except that last diopter. That wasn't easy at all. We talked about all this [...]
Ignoring Low Myopia: Posture Problems & Social Anxiety
I can spot low myopes who refuse to wear glasses, just by the way they walk and the way they interact with people, strangers in particular. When you can't see clearly, your body hunches, and you avoid eye contact. This goes much further than people think. Ignore it long enough and you might actually believe that you are a socially awkward introvert with chronic back pain, rather than just a mild myope who doesn't want to wear glasses. The myope [...]