Active Focus

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What is active focus

Active Focus is an activity central to the EndMyopia method. This activity uses the eyes to resolve a small amount of myopic defocus. It is believed that doing active focus provides the necessary stimulus to reverse the effects of myopia.[1]

Active focus attempts to push the distant vision of the eyes slightly further. However, as accommodation is an automatic process, achieving active focus is not straight forward. While it is easy to move the skeletal muscles of your body, it is not possible to control the ciliary muscles in the same way. However, by careful manipulation of the blur horizon, it is possible to encourage the eyes to push slightly harder to achieve focus. This extra push is what active focus is about.

In order to do this successfully, it is important to introduce appropriate amount of blur challenge to the eyes. This can be accomplished by the use of normalized and differential glasses. As opposed to full correction glasses where everything is always sharp, normalized and differential glasses provide convenient access to a blur horizon. This blur horizon allows for the practice of active focus. Again, the blur challenge should not be so much that it is too difficult for the eyes and not so little that it is unnoticeable.

Practicing active focus should not be viewed as an exercise activity. It should be incorporated to your daily lives so that it becomes habitual.[2] With proper use of normalized and differential glasses, opportunities to do active focus throughout your day is everywhere. By turning it into a habit, blur challenges are automatically cleared, thus eliminating the need to "put in effort" to improve. Taking frequent breaks from near visual work to do active focus is critical in preventing ciliary spasm and the worsening of myopia. With consistent practice of active focus, it is estimated that myopia will reverse at a rate of 0.25 diopters every 3 months.

Common challenges

My vision doesn't clear up when I look at blurry objects!

The blur challenge is too strong. Move closer to the subject.

The subject clears up and stays clear. This is great!

While it's great that you are clearing blur, consider attempting a greater blur challenge by moving further away from the subject or choose a further subject.

My vision is only clear if I keep blinking!

Continuous blinking is not active focus. If you find that blinking helps, you may have dry eyes. Blinking creates tear film on the surface of the eye, increasing the power of the cornea. It is recommended to resolve your dry eyes as it can interfere with active focus.

My vision is not improving!

It took many years for you to develop myopia, it will take your eyes some time to reverse the process. Active focus often, avoid bad eye habits and have some patience.

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Community Resources on Active Focus


See also

References

  1. Steiner, Jake. "What is Active Focus". Endmyopia. Retrieved 11 June 2020.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.
  2. Steiner, Jake. "Minimum Daily Active Focus Time? (PRO TOPIC)". YouTube. Retrieved 11 June 2020.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.