We offer the following services:
* treatment of the following symptoms
- eyestrain while using the computer or reading
- headaches/migraines
- frequent blurriness while using the computer or reading
- tired eyes
- motion sickness
- difficulty seeing road signs (especially at night)
- double vision
- flashing lights, jagged lights
- sensitivity to lights
- floaters
- blurry vision
* comprehensive eye exams
* same day or next day service on many prescriptions
* designer frames
* red eyes, pink eyes, painful eyes, dry eyes
* pediatric eye exams
* contact exams that will help provide maximum vision, comfort &
health with contact lens wear
* keratoconus and other hard-to-fit contact lens patients
* control of progression of nearsightedness
* glaucoma, diabetic eye exams
* visual skills problems that affect academics
e.g. slow reading, sloppy handwriting, skipping words, etc.
* treatment of the following symptoms
- eyestrain while using the computer or reading
- headaches/migraines
- frequent blurriness while using the computer or reading
- tired eyes
- motion sickness
- difficulty seeing road signs (especially at night)
- double vision
- flashing lights, jagged lights
- sensitivity to lights
- floaters
- blurry vision
* comprehensive eye exams
* same day or next day service on many prescriptions
* designer frames
* red eyes, pink eyes, painful eyes, dry eyes
* pediatric eye exams
* contact exams that will help provide maximum vision, comfort &
health with contact lens wear
* keratoconus and other hard-to-fit contact lens patients
* control of progression of nearsightedness
* glaucoma, diabetic eye exams
* visual skills problems that affect academics
e.g. slow reading, sloppy handwriting, skipping words, etc.
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Before Therapy
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Over 80% of Learning is Visual
"It is important to remember that normal sight may not necessarily be synonymous with normal vision. That being said, if there is a vision problem, it could be preventing the best tutoring and learning methods from working. Now that certainly doesn't mean every dyslexic child needs vision therapy; however, in my opinion, skills such as focusing, tracking and others are essential foundational tools for reading. In general, if your child has trouble with reading or learning to read, getting a vision evaluation to assess skills from a qualified optometrist would be a smart move."
- Dr. Debra Walhof, pediatrician and member of the National Center for Learning Disabilities
Vision Therapy Can Help
- Sloppy Handwriting
- Poor Grades
- Poor Reading
- Dizziness
- Headaches
- ADHD
- Lazy Eye/Strabismus
- Amblyopia
- Computer Eyestrain
- Irlen Syndrome
- Poor Tracking
- Motion Sickness
- TBI/Concussions
- Perceptual Dysfunction
80% of children with a learning disability have an undiagnosed vision problem.
"As a physician, I had been taught that vision therapy was controversial and could not treat learning disabilities. However, my personal experience with my daughter proved to me that vision therapy worked when nothing else did," shares Dr. Katherine Donovan, a psychiatrist from Charleston, S.C. "While vision therapy cannot treat learning disabilities, per se, it absolutely corrected a vision problem which was blocking Lily from being able to learn. After a visit with an optometrist who tested over 15 visual skills critical to reading and learning, I was shocked to learn that Lily was seeing double out to three FEET - which meant that when she tried to read, the words were double. No wonder she hated to read!"
Following optometric vision therapy, "Lily now reads 300 pages a day in her free time, she puts down 'reading' as her favorite hobby and she has a 95 average at Buist Academy with NO help from me on her homework! Prior to this, I'd been spending three to four hours each night, for many years, tutoring Lily," Dr. Donovan shares with delight.
Symptoms to Check For
Undetected visual skills may be contributing to academic struggles. Vision involves more than the ability to see 20/20. The brain's ability to control the eyes to acquire information accurately, the brain's ability to understand what the eyes are seeing and the body's ability to use this visual information can affect reading, writing and learning. If you or your child is struggling with school, then schedule a visual skills exam today.
Following optometric vision therapy, "Lily now reads 300 pages a day in her free time, she puts down 'reading' as her favorite hobby and she has a 95 average at Buist Academy with NO help from me on her homework! Prior to this, I'd been spending three to four hours each night, for many years, tutoring Lily," Dr. Donovan shares with delight.
Symptoms to Check For
- Skips lines when reading or copying
- Loses place while reading or copying
- Skips words while reading or copying
- Substitutes words while reading
- Re-reads words or lines
- Reverses letters, numbers or words
- Uses finger to keep place
- Reads very slowly
- Poor reading comprehension
- Difficulty remembering passage read
- Holds head too close when reading
- Holds head too close when writing
- Unusual posture when reading
- Unusual posture when writing
- Squints/closes one eye when reading
- Headaches when reading
- Headaches when using computer
- Eye hurts/feels tired after near-work
- Double vision
- Letters move, jump or run together
- Print goes in and out of focus
- Poor spelling
- Crooked or poorly spaced writing
- Misaligns numbers in columns
- Makes errors while copying
- Difficulty tracking moving objects
- Clumsiness or poor coordination
- An eye that turns in or out
- Feels sleepy when reading
- Dislikes tasks requiring attention
- Avoids near tasks like reading
- Confuses left and right
- Becomes restless at a desk
- Experiences motion sickness
- Blinks eye excessively when reading
- Rubs eyes excessively when reading
- Eyes become watery when reading
- Eyes become red when reading
- Sensitivity to light