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What to do to make you eyes feel better..... for ideas from the vision Intervention Program...click here. DM

I live a double life.

“You’re a spy?”, you ask.

Sometimes I feel like I am spying on another world. My agency is called VT for short.

“VT?”

“Venezuelan Terrorists?”

No, Hugo Chávez isn’t sending me orders from his grave.

“Ventriloquists Troupe?”

I might as well be a ventriloquist. I seem to be speaking of things of another world.

Pakistan has the ISI. The Israelis have the Mossad. Pre-Revolutionary Iran had the Savak. The US has the CIA…

Clinical Guidelines When Treating Preschoolers With ADHD Not Followed By 90 Percent Of Pediatric Specialists: I wonder how many bother to refer these children for a comprehensive eye and vision examination since eye problems like convergence insufficiency have been shown to be associated with ADHD/ADD/impulsivity behaviors.

Hello! This is my first blog post. It is a very exciting post for me to make. I have introduced myself in other threads on the site and have explained my situation previously, so I will simply use this opportunity to give an update. A brief recap: I have had alternating esotropia since birth and at six months had corrective surgery and brief patching after 4-5 years. My right eye was dominant and my left eye was suppressed, though I could consciously alternate at will. I have no reading…

Marketing Vision therapy: Once you’ve prepared to offer VT…

I found this painting that is very interesting....especially for eye docs!

http://mainosmusings.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-painting-by-michael-yacono.html

If you have never attending an ICBO meeting....2014 is when you should!

Also consider submitting a Poster or Paper.

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I am frequently asked, "Does Optometric Vision Therapy Work?" by the families I work with every day. If they mean, does vision therapy improve vision function such as eye movements, focusing, eye teaming and 3D vision ... the answer is a resounding YES! If they mean.... does vision therapy work to improve vision information processing....the answer is YES! If they mean that amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus can be improved...the answer is…

Ophthalmology in the United States has, for decades, stated that vision has nothing to do with academics and in particular reading. Despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, ophthalmology in the USA still maintains that vision has nothing to do with learning. Well here's a paper in the May 2013 issue of Clinical Ophthalmology by several French op…

MMR does not cause autism. The Swansea measles outbreak shows the damage this idiotic scare has caused

Go here: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/support-passage-therapeutic-pharmaceutical-law-puerto-rico-all-certified-optometrist/rQRSk1qD sign the petition.

....Adults with amblyopia, a common visual cortex disorder caused primarily by binocular disruption during an early critical period, do not respond to conventional therapy involving occlusion of one eye. But it is now clear that the adult human visual cortex has a significant degree of plasticity, .... One possibility is an inhibitory signal from the contralateral eye that suppresses cortical inputs from the amblyopic eye. .... Here we provide direct evidence that alleviating…

Research on how Facebook can help those with reading problems.

Evidenced-based clinical care should be used as often as possible. It should not be ignored or misused just because you might disagree with it. But....…

It's been over a year since I completed my vision therapy sessions. With my continuing 3D experience, it's becoming harder to tell when I'm NOT seeing in binocular mode.

There are times when I kick into very deep stereo. Interestingly enough, many of those times are after intense graphic design days with the majority of my time spent staring into computer monitors. This activity used to exhaust me and leave me debilitated, so I'm always stunned when intense concentration in the 2D…

The very first issue of VP Today is now available. Click here.…

 Strabismus surgery is often the first (and only) recommendation when you have an eye turn. Perhaps you should seek a second opinion! Go to http://www.mainosmemos.com/2013/03/changes-in-health-related-quality-of.html to learn more.

http://mainosmusings.blogspot.com/2013/02/harlem-shake-lyons-family-eye-care-style.html#

We take eye and vision care seriously. We also take…

I won't lie and copy Stereo Sue's "First Snowfall" wonder story in 3D. But I have to say that even though I don't see in 3D yet, I was beyond amazed at the snowfall yesterday.



It's been several years since I last saw snow falling. The last time was way before I started VT. So this is for sure my first time seeing snow in more depth and it is incredible. Unlike Sue, I wasn't so dazzled by…