Inside the Therapy Room: Kelowna Vision Therapist’s Perspective
In this month’s guest blog, Vision Therapist Loreta shares with us just how varied and fulfilling a day in the therapy room can be! This coming year will be my…
Vision Related Learning Difficulties: How Do I Know the Impact?
As a teacher, how do I know the impact of a Vision Related Difficulty on learning? When providing talks or informational seminars at schools or learning institutions, it is one…
Vision Training for Goaltenders, by Okanagan Vision Therapy
“Your biggest muscle as a goalie is your eyes,” Holtby told InGoal magazine. “I do a lot of visual training in my pre-game routine to warm up my eyes and…
Kelowna Developmental Optometrist Explains: Extraocular Muscles
When you’re pushing out one final set at the gym or coming up on that last kilometre of a distance run, it’s easy to forget that the most active muscles…
What are those letters at the end of your name – FCOVD?
In nearly any profession there exists a number of differing designations that result in an interesting accumulation of letters at the end of a person’s name…
Post Trauma Vision Syndrome
Post- Brain Injury Vision Therapy Following acquired brain injury or in cases of post-concussion syndrome, it is common for many patients to present with certain visual symptoms. These symptoms include,…
What is Visual Hygiene? | Kelowna Optometrist Explains
In my experience, use of the term “visual hygiene” in the exam room tends to be met with a certain degree of confusion. Invoking images of a thorough scrub and…
Will Glasses Make My Eyes Weaker?
As optometrists, we often encounter patients who have formed the somewhat entrenched opinion that glasses will make their eyes or the eyes of their children weaker. These conversations typically feel…
What are “Prism Glasses”?
Many of our referral sources have become accustomed to talking to their clients about the possibility of using “prism glasses” to assist with their recovery from a variety of visual…
Technology and the eyes of a child
A day here at the office rarely goes by without a parent asking some very important questions about technology use and the visual system of their child. Our societal dependence…