Wow Vision Therapy Blog
Category: Strabismus
How an ER Visit Lead to Vision Therapy
It was just another normal day for Aaron and Vanessa until their 2-year-old daughter Claire looked up at them with a crossed eye. Shocked to see an abrupt onset eye turn for the first time, Aaron and Vanessa immediately took…
Learning and Traveling at Ease After Vision Therapy
When a child’s eyes do not work together as a team, many day-to-day problems can occur. These problems range from difficulties in school to problems playing sports. And one of the ways a child’s eyes do not work together is…
Vision Expert Talks About Advances in Treating Crossed Eye/Lazy Eye
The Better Behavior Show – How Vision Problems Impact Child Behavior (CLIP) Podcaster Dr. Nicole Beurkens interviews Dr. Dan Fortenbacher Amblyopia or Lazy Eye is the most common form of vision loss in children that affects about 3.5% of the…
Treating His Eye Turn Changed The Course of His Life
When an individual lives with an eye turn, often they may feel like there is no hope with treatment. Maybe they were told that treatment success is low or that surgery is not an option to treat their cross-eye. On…
THE RIPPLE EFFECT – ONE PATIENT DESCRIBES HIS VISION THERAPY JOURNEY
By: Minho My most prominent experience with the ripple effect happened a little bit over a year ago… For my entire life, I’ve taken things for granted. My ability to eat copious amounts of food, breathing, being born in a…
Her Son’s Reading Abilities Soared After Vision Therapy
By: Jenny About seven short months ago on a warm sunny day, I sat in Dr. Bartolini’s office and cried as initial results from Eric’s evaluation were shared. How could a child, like Eric, that comes from a house with…
‘My students now seem to be able to tell when I am looking at them’
Vision therapy isn’t just for children. In fact, vision therapy can actually be more effective for adult patients as older patients are typically more motivated in therapy, especially once they start seeing the results with their own eyes! Below,…
‘Finally relief after all of these years!’ – Vision Therapy for Adults
Vision therapy is not only for children. Current research shows that adults still have neuroplasticity abilities and can retrain their brain to correct vision dysfunctions. In fact, adults tend to have better treatment outcomes because they are highly motivated during…
‘Everything is Easier Since He Started Vision Therapy’
Strabismus is a failure of binocular vision, in which a child or adult is unable to properly team and align their eyes together. As a result, an eye will appear to wander out of alignment. What’s worse is the impact…
Avoiding Surgery by Turning to Vision Therapy – A Mothers Story
Below Sarah explains how her daughter avoided surgery by turning to vision therapy. Check out their powerful story! By: Sarah (Evelyn’s Mom) Just after Evelyn’s third birthday, we started noticing her eye turning in. We took her to our optometrist where she…
New Research Suggests Leonardo da Vinci had Strabismus
Notably one of the most influential artists in history, Leonardo da Vinci left us with stunning works of art like the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and Salvatory Mundi. However, was his remarkable ability to capture space on a flat…
Strabismus: Fixing Aloise’s Gaze…A mother’s story
For those families whose child has esotropia strabismus, crossed-eyes, here is Aloise’s story. See the surprising chain of events that lead to Aloise’s parents finding out about vision therapy and the marvelous changes that they never expected!
Convergence Insufficiency (CI) or more severe forms such as strabismus is not just “kid stuff”
Binocular vision problems like Convergence Insufficiency (CI) or more severe forms such as strabismus is not just “kid stuff”. It affects adults equally as well. The result of a binocular vision problem can have a serious impact on an adult’s…