We’ve covered why convergence insufficiency is so difficult to detect, and we’ve also touched on treatments.  Now we’d like to make you aware of a landmark study, and let you know why it’s so important in the treatment of convergence insufficiency.

We’ve been blogging a lot about vision problems to watch for during the new school year.  An undetected vision problem, such as convergence insufficiency, amblyopia, poor eye teaming, or a lack of binocular vision, can affect your child’s reading, spelling and writing in a number of different ways.

\All across America, school bells are ringing, and kids are returning to the classroom.  As teachers prepare for another year-long dive into education, there should be one question all of them can answer:  What is vision therapy?

Math is a critical component of our children’s educational experience.  Yet time and time again, United States students tend to underperform in these areas.  Do you believe that vision therapy could help reverse this trend? 

With convergence insufficiency, your eyes have a problem teaming.  Both eyes should point at the same spot and perceive visual space equally in order to work as a team.  With convergence insufficiency, there will be periods when this doesn’t happen, and your eyes aren’t aligned.  But how can it be treated?

Click here to download this free poster on preventing computer eye strain (Computer Vision Syndrome)!

Football is in the air, and players are practicing hard to get any type of edge they can over the competition.  One area they may be overlooking is their vision - especially the impact vision problems can have on their game.

I was chatting with Kim Jelinske of The Vision Therapy Center about how busy the doctors and therapists are at the clinic.  Parents are rushing to get their children in for a vision test before school starts.

In the second part of this three-part series, I touched on Dr. Kellye Knueppel’s altruistic nature, which has led her to devote countless hours to the Opening Eyes program over the years.  Her trips to the Special Olympics World Games are designed to help people with vision problems, without a doubt.  But there is an optometric challenge to this undertaking. 

I recently talked to Dr. Kellye Knueppel about her trip to the Special Olympics World Games, where she volunteered as part of the Special Olympics Lions Clubs International Opening Eyes Program.   I came away with the impression that her volunteering to help athletes with significant vision problems was one part altruism, one part heavy-duty career challenge.