The time is now

My journey with myopia management started in 2005, when as an early career optometrist I commenced employment in a practice well known for fitting orthokeratology.

It was in that year that Cho et al’s two year, historically controlled pilot study showed orthokeratology’s potential for myopia control. Prior to this, studies of myopia control with progressive addition and bifocal spectacle lenses had shown no or minimal impact on slowing axial growth, although a relationship between specific binocular vision disorders and myopia development and progression had emerged.

As a clinician with a keen interest in binocular vision, paediatric and contact lens practice, I saw the early days of myopia management as an intersection of these.