There was a day when physical therapy was considered a waste of money by physicians, and surgery deemed the only option for a muscle tear or broken bone. Today, we’re seeing the same dynamic with surgery for strabismus (crossed-eye).

Topics: Developmental Optometrist, Strabismus (Crossed Eyes)

Audrey Engelbart was between 18 and 24 months old when her mother Dawn noticed her eyes weren’t quite right.  One of them appeared to be turning out, a condition known as infantile strabismus.  But as the Engelbarts were soon to discover, their daughter’s eye problems was more than cosmetic.

Topics: Success Stories, Vision Therapy, Strabismus (Crossed Eyes), Success Stories - Strabismus

 

The National Eye Institute (NEI) has declared that May is Healthy Vision Month.  Like many of these special months, the point is not to strive for healthy vision only during the month of May, but on an annual basis.  That’s why the NEI offers up five smart ideas to keep your eyes healthy all year long - and we’ve added an extra bonus tip to help avoid Computer Vision Syndrome!

Topics: News

The Vision Therapy Center is focused on improving the functional vision of our patients.  Over the last few months, we’ve also been engaged in improving the functionality of the center itself, and we’d like to share some photos of the progress.

Topics: The Vision Therapy Center

 

We’ve posted many times about functional vision problems, but it occurred to us that we haven’t put together a definitive post of the main problems and their symptoms.  Let’s take an in-depth look, and also explain why they’re not detected by typical vision screenings.

Topics: Functional Vision, Functional Vision Problems, Convergence Insufficiency, Visual System

Summer is just around the corner (or at least that’s the rumor here in Wisconsin).  If you have a child who is a struggling student, the break from school will be welcome – but it shouldn’t be squandered. Use the summer months to schedule a Functional Vision Test.  It just might reveal why your child is struggling in school.

Topics: Learning-Related Vision Problems, Functional Vision, Functional Vision Test

The following success story comes to us from Emily Baxter, who received vision therapy and syntonics treatment to help her recover from brain-related vision problems.

Vision therapy took me from being uncomfortable most of the day to being comfortable for most of the day doing many life activities I was not able to do before.

Topics: Success Stories, Vision Therapy, Syntonics

We should be getting used to this by now, but yet another research paper has ignored the impact of vision therapy on the treatment of amblyopia, or lazy eye.  In fact, some of the statements regarding the study made us, well, cringe.

Topics: Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)

In school, Jack Coakley would often look away from his desk and gaze out the window.  His teachers thought he wasn’t paying attention.  It wasn’t until he visited The Vision Therapy Center that his parents and teachers realized this apparent lack of attention was really a functional vision problem.

Topics: Success Stories, Vision and Learning, Learning-Related Vision Problems, Vision Therapy

In this amazing video, two optometrists show teachers what students who have a functional vision problem experience in school.  It’s an eye-opening experience for these educators, who now understand why we refer to vision issues as the “hidden learning disability.”

Topics: Learning-Related Vision Problems, Functional Vision Problems