It has been said that light sensitivity emerges from visual information one can neither organize nor ignore. Following head injury this sensitivity can often become debilitating, leading to challenges in artificially-lit indoor environments, busy visual scenes (such as while driving, or in a grocery store)...
Ready, Set, GROW! Vision Therapy Consulting with Okanagan Vision Therapy The Fretz Friends Podcast recently sat down to talk with Dr. Paul Rollett. Dr. Paul and his team are offering consulting services to new VT practices, and in our opinion, any VT practice could benefit from listening...
The majority of those who have had their eyes examined will understandably view vision in a rather binary way. Either things are blurry, or you modify your glasses or contact lenses to make things clear - end of story. For those with issues related to balance,...
Guest post from Loreta Dahl, COVT The vision therapy room looks a lot different than it did ten years ago when I started working as a vision therapist. With the current wave of video games and virtual reality has come many more interactive and high-tech pieces...
Anyone who has worn an eye patch, or directed their child to do so, can attest to the challenges and discomfort this task presents. Fights and battles, struggles for proper fit and almost certain instances of “cheating” (looking over the patch) are all too common...
As we find ourselves transitioning ever deeper into the post-COVID world of online work and digital communication, it is becoming increasingly evident that our visual systems are not equipped for such extensive artificially-lit, near-centred exposure. Not a day goes by where we don’t hear about...
It is important to begin this blog by pointing out that the terms cited above, while not initially present at the time of our profession’s inception, have woven their way into our greater vernacular over time. The last few years, in particular, have seen a...
One of the greatest blessings to emerge from the troubling events of the past few months has been the uptick seen in altruistic inter-professional collaboration. And, to my knowledge, there have been very few sub-industries that have done this better than the VTOD community. Over the...
Canadian Journal of Optometry - The Effect of Vision Therapy on Measures of Oculomotor Function in Patients Presenting with Post-Concussion Syndrome Christmas came early for all of us here at Okanagan Vision Therapy! After 3 long years spent planning, collecting, analyzing, writing, rewriting, referencing, hair pulling and...
Well - it happened again. For the third time in my adult life I found myself recovering from a concussion. It happened in late June, with a less than exciting story of a head impact while loading luggage into a cab. While less aggressive than...