Discovering Vision Therapy Blog

Another busy week on the vision front.  These are top 10 links we either tweeted or retweeted this past week.

 
If you’ve never heard of syntonic phototherapy, chances are very good that you will in the near future.  Syntonics is a form of light therapy used for vision problems.  We initially started using this non-invasive procedure on a trial basis, but we now routinely use it with nearly every vision therapy patient.

Hey, we're starting a new feature:  Compiling the hottest tweets from across the Internet into a blog post for you to check out.  These are all great links to stories on vision-related issues, and links directly to cool Twitter friends of The Vision Therapy.

For parents who have just received a diagnosis that their child has lazy eye, there’s generally a sense of panic.  Most parents rush to the computer to search for answers about lazy eye in children.  As you begin to research the condition, here are 15 things to keep in mind:

It’s extremely difficult for any parent to think about his or her child going through life with crossed eyes (strabismus).  But in a family’s haste to correct the physical appearance of a child, they might neglect to truly understand the cause of strabismus – a fact which can affect the decision on how to treat it and the child’s long-term vision.

Sometimes the best part of what we do is surprising the heck out of people when we help improve their vision.  A case in point:  Revealing that for amblyopes, there is the potential for lazy eye correction for adults.

Sorry, James Cameron.  The next time you call us up to go out to lunch or go take in a Brewers game, we’re going to have to say “no.”  The Vision Therapy Center is not going to be your friend anymore.

Want to provide help for struggling readers?  We’re not about to suggest spending more on education or experimenting with new learning methods.  That’s outside our focus, no pun intended.  We concentrate what we consider the low-hanging fruit – vision problems that affect learning problems. 

Once again, The Vision Therapy Center has been lending a helping hand to the Special Olympics.  On April 14th, we were part of a large volunteer effort to provide vision screening during the Special Olympics Wisconsin State Indoor Sports Tournament. 

A child who is a poor speller may have problems “seeing” a word written correctly in their mind, which is why any analysis of spelling difficulties in children should begin with a child’s vision.