Vision problems are not as simple as just being near- or far-sighted!
If your child is experiencing numerous vision problems, including double vision, reversals and skipping words when reading, a comprehensive eye exam and Visual Skills Assessment should be done to get to the root of the problem
Click here to read the article – “Vision therapy helps with learning disabilities, sports vision and traumatic brain injuries”
It’s been a busy month, and we added a Vision Therapy graduate to our Hall of Fame!
Before L started vision therapy, she used to suffer from headaches and blurred, double vision every day after school. When reading, she lost her place often and would feel sleepy after a short time. L’s mother noticed her left eye turning out daily at the dinner table. These problems started several years ago, so they went to see an ophthalmologist, who determined that no glasses were needed and gave them some home exercises to do, which did not help. The headaches only got worse.
Luckily, she went to see a new optometrist this year, who referred her for a Visual Skills Assessment with Dr. Lee. They learned that L was suffering from Intermittent Exotropia, which means one eye was drifting out, and therefore the eyes were not looking at the same point in space. This makes the words move around on the page, and split into two. It’s no wonder L was getting headaches every day!
After 5 months of hard work in the vision therapy program, L’s eyes are now straight. Her mother reports that the left eye rarely turns now, and L no longer gets headaches after school! She is now able to read for longer periods of time without headaches and double vision.
Congratulations L! Your hard work has paid off!
Dr. Lee is now seeing patients in Whitby at the office of Dr. Schmitz and Sujo, Associates in Optometry!
She is available Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for appointments.
Please call (905) 666-4848 to book your eye exam.
If your child is struggling at school, ask Dr. Lee why being able to “see 20/20” is not enough!
Dr. Lee looks forward to taking care of you and your family in Durham.
She is also still available for appointments in Markham. Click here for contact information
Dr Lee is in San Diego again this weekend for another seminar with Dr. Robert Sanet, FCOVD. Her goal is to bring back some more knowledge and techniques to help people with eye alignment, coordination and focusing difficulties, and to help children with learning-related vision problems!
Maybe she can also bring back some of the sunshine and warm weather! 😛
In case you missed it, this is the dress that everyone’s been talking about! Is it blue and black, or white and gold?
To me, it looks like a white and gold dress held in shadow! I can see how the white part looks bluish, but no matter how long I look at it, the lacey frills always look gold to me. Our visual system is so amazing! What does it look like to you?
Ask your friends, and you’ll be amazed by how divided the answers will be!
Here’s an explanation for it: http://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/
It has been confirmed that the dress is actually black and blue, but don’t worry if you see it as white and gold – a lot of other people do too, and that picture is very confusing! #blackandblue #thedress