Signs of raised pressure: cost, time and results
Advice on signs of raised pressure tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and…
Floaters: when to check: fixing it point by point
There is plenty written about floaters: when to check and little you can act on. This piece stays concrete: every action can be done on the bedside…
Do eye exercises work: is it worth doing at all
There is plenty written about do eye exercises work and little you can act on. This piece stays concrete: every action can be done at the local…
Colour temperature and blue light: a checklist you can tick
Most people do not fail at colour temperature and blue light from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is…
Choosing a reading lamp: read this before you start
Advice on choosing a reading lamp tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and…
Warm compresses for strain: set the standard first
Advice on warm compresses for strain tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience…
Vision requirements for a licence: read this before you start
Let us set the limits of vision requirements for a licence first: it reliably improves a clear story at the follow-up, and it does not deliver…
Timing cataract surgery: set the standard first
Most people want timing cataract surgery to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…
How often to check the fundus: set the standard first
Separate two things in how often to check the fundus: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the…
Storing eye drops: cost, time and results
Put storing eye drops back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months will not…
Making the 20-20-20 rule stick: a checklist you can tick
Put making the 20-20-20 rule stick back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good…
Screen distance and height: three months in this order
Most people do not fail at screen distance and height from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the…
Daily care for dry eyes: cost, time and results
Put daily care for dry eyes back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months…
Choosing artificial tears: read this before you start
Separate two things in choosing artificial tears: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…
Slowing progressive myopia: a checklist you can tick
Anyone who has spent time on slowing progressive myopia has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…
Outdoor time for children: is it worth doing at all
If you have already tried outdoor time for children and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an environment…
What a proper refraction involves: read this before you start
If you have already tried what a proper refraction involves and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an…
Choosing lens index: cost, time and results
If you have already tried choosing lens index and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an environment never…
Safe contact lens hours: where most people stall
Most people do not fail at safe contact lens hours from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the doing…
Replacing solution on schedule: read this before you start
Most people do not fail at replacing solution on schedule from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the…