Welcome Wednesday
Hello readers! Today I’m happy to introduce our newest Welcome Wednesday, Heather Jones. Heather deals with glaucoma and has started an excellent Facebook page where fellow glaucoma sufferers can commiserate, and share information and insight. Ms. Jones was kind...
Meet the staff Monday!
Good morning all! Today I’m excited to introduce you to another one of our excellent staff members: Mandie Lambert! Mandie is the lead technician here at Optometric Physicians, and she also acts as our clinical coordinator, which most recently has involved...
EYE DO!
Wedding season is in full-force--in fact, I headed up to the great white north (okay, Ohio) to see some dear friends tie the knot this very weekend. In keeping with the matrimonial spirit that’s perfuming the late spring air with love, I’m putting our usual Frame...
Summer eye-health
Ladies and Gentlemen—summer is (almost) officially here! Since the warm weather is back in season, I think it’s important we talk about how to keep your eyes healthy in the summer. Everyone knows the importance of protecting your skin in the bright sun and in the...
Disease Spotlight: Glaucoma
Hello readers! Today’s Disease Spotlight will discuss glaucoma. Glaucoma is a frequently heard term when at the eye doctor—in fact if you’ve been to the optometrist as an adult, it’s likely that you’ve been tested for glaucoma. Still, as often as we hear it, not...
Contact Lens Study
Hello all! You may or may not know that we often participate in Contact Lens Studies here at the office. What does that mean? We work with contact lens developers to help test the latest greatest contact lenses that are designed to improve vision, comfort, and overall...
Did you know…
Our office is equipped with a Vision Therapy department? Vision therapy (VT) can benefit a wide array of patients, from children to adults. Therapy is generally used to improve binocularity (essentially to help both eyes work together) and achieve maximum potential...
Foodie-Friday—no small potatoes!
Welcome to our first edition of Foodie Friday! Once a month, I’ll be posting recipes that focus on foods that are GREAT for your eyes! This is the month of all things SWEET POTATO! Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of Vitamin A, which is essential for healthy...
Welcome Wednesday
Each month we’d like to welcome to the blog someone who has firsthand experience with visual difficulties. This month I’m happy to introduce you to Karli Costley. In the following post, Karly shares some info about her diagnosis with us: Q. What were you...
Meet the staff Monday!
Hello readers! I know it's actually Tuesday, but the office was closed this Monday in observance of Memorial Day. From here on out, meet the staff posts will be happening on Mondays! This morning I want to introduce Kati! Kati is one of the optometric technicians at...
FrameFeature Friday: WooDone
I’m so excited to present one of our newest frame-lines, WooDone! This Italian frame-line was handpicked by our office at this year’s Vision Expo East. We are one of 3 retailers of this line in the US! The other purchase locations are NYC and LA. A quote from the...
Disease spotlight: Retinoblastoma
In the coming months, we'll be featuring eye diseases both common and obscure, for your information. As always, if there is anything you are particularly curious about, feel free to contact us for more information! Basic Definition: Retinoblastoma is a form of eye...
Best Methods for Naturally reducing puffy eyes
Last week, I started researching ways to naturally reduce puffy eyes, which are a consistent (and according to family photo albums, seemingly genetic) problem for me. Like anyone, I want to be well informed when it comes to looking good and being comfortable, and I...
EYEnatomy!
One of the hardest things about understanding a medical diagnosis is understanding the terminology. Similarly, explaining problematic symptoms to your doctor can be much easier with a basic knowledge of anatomy. In the interest of eye-education (eyeducation?), allow...
Spring has Arrived!
Warmer weather has arrived! It's that time to let you children go outside to play and explore! Today we are going to talk about catching and throwing. We are going to talk about why it is important! Growing up, I played softball. I never understood the importance of...
Signs of Autism
Signs of Autism: PSA Provides Parents with a New Look College of Optometrists in Vision Development Release PSA on Autism & Vision Lack of eye contact, staring at spinning objects or light, fleeting peripheral glances, side viewing, and difficulty attending...
Tell Your World
Want to tell the world about Vision Therapy? Start by telling YOUR world! How did you find out about vision therapy? Chances are you learned of it through a friend, a teacher, or an optometrist who has experienced the success of vision therapy, and wants to help...
At Any Age
Last year I wrote a blog about Susan Barry. If you remember she was born "cross-eyed", and she saw her life in only two dimensions. Later in life, she saw a Developmental Optometrist and began vision therapy. At age 48 (yes, 48!) she started to see life in 3D! Last...
Playing to See
One thing that is important to understand about vision is that proper vision is a learned skill, just like balance in the rest of the body, or language. Visual development is linked closely to fine and gross motor development and cognitive development, so when you...
Fashionable patching? It can be done!
We are pleased to announce that we will be offering spot patches in contact lens form and special sport tint lenses! What are these you ask? Spot Patch Contact Lens The spot patch is for patients that have to wear a patch for extended periods of time. These lenses...
VT from an Insider
Today, we have a special treat.... a guest blogger. I think you are really going to enjoy reading her perspective of Vision Therapy. Take a look: Hello all! I’m a Vision Therapist in training here at Nashville Vision Therapy at Optometric Physicians of Middle...
Fun Facts
In the last two weeks there have been NO blogs. Unfortunately, my computer received a lethal virus, and I have been computer-less for almost two weeks. For the time being I will leave you with these facts from the COVD website: How Vision Problems Can Interfere with...
It Takes Two
I have wrote several blog post about how to make Vision Therapy fun, and how to incorporate therapy into family time. I am trying to motivate my parents to do the therapy with their children 5-6 times a week. I want to see my students meet their goals! I will do...
Who is reading this blog?
The Nashville Vision Therapy blog has been a great tool for a lot of my patients. My ideas for each blog usually comes from a conversation with one of my students parents. Yes, I always am listening! My hope is that my readers enjoy what I write and your questions are...
Family Game Night!
Decades ago, families often spent more quality time together. Nowadays I feel like there are significantly more distractions. At our fingertips, we have 300+ channels on television, iPhones, personal computers, and video games. It seems like family time often takes a...
Putting 2012 to Bed
As we are closing up 2012, I feel like there is a lot of great things that have happened this year. From our children reading better, to catching touchdowns, to expanding peripheral awareness, to new office gadgets, to a new website, to this new blog! Here at...
Our New Gadgets and Gizmos
For a long time now I have been wanting to do a blog on the new cool things that have been brought to our office. As our practice grows we have the opportunity to find more ways to accommodate and help our patients. One way we stay up to date is through technology....
COVD Conference
Happy December! I have had a lot of great feedback from last blog post, titled Travel Therapy. I was going to do an individual blog on Stocking Stuffers, but the list I gave you on Travel Therapy, are all great gifts! Also, a fellow Vision Therapy Center in...
Travel Therapy!
It is the holiday season, which means... lots of road trips coming our way. When I was growing up, my family traveled at least five hours to see our relatives. I remember coloring, listening to my cassette player (oh yeah!), playing Yahtzee with my brother, and...
VII: Visual Closure
We have come to the end of our seven-part Perceptual Skill blog series. This post focuses (a little Vision Therapy humor) on Visual Closure, which is the ability to visualize a complete whole when given incomplete information or a partial picture. Why is this...
Part VI: Figure Ground
Happy November! We are almost coming to the end of our series about the perceptual skills. Today we are going to discuss Figure-Ground. This skill helps us learn to visually isolate one object from a group of objects. For example, has your child asked, "Mom, I can't...
Part V: Sequential Memory
Hope all is well in the Vision Therapy world! Last week I was in Fort Worth, Texas, for a COVD seminar. It was a great experience to interact with other therapists. I will expand more on my experience in the next couple of posts. Today's blog is going to be about...
Part IV: Form Constancy
How many activities from last weeks blog did you incorporate into your child's day? I used a lot during my therapy sessions with my patients! This week is about Form Constancy, which is the ability to mentally turn and rotate objects in our minds and picture what they...
Part III: Spatial Relations
For the last couple weeks we have been talking about Perceptual Skills. I hope you are enjoying them as much as I am. Today we are going to blog about Spatial Relations. I found a great website by Michelle Pratt, who is an Occupational Therapist. I loved her website...
Perceptual Skills, Part II: Visual Memory
Today we'll continue our series on Perceptual Skills and discuss Visual Memory. Previously, we have touched on the importance of visualization. We talked about how it can affect different subjects in school. Let's do an updated review on Visual Memory. So what is...
Perceptual Skills, Part I
Last week Dr. Durocher and I were chatting about perceptual skills and what each meant. Before starting Vision Therapy, we evaluate every child through a Perceptual Motor Evaluation (PME). It is about 1.5 hours of testing and we examine each perceptual skill. Each of...
Teacher Resources
School is back in session! In a previous post, I have blogged about how our vision can affect our learning abilities. With school starting back up, our office is seeing children with common symptoms like skipping lines when reading, poor penmanship, and loss of focus....
Healthy Eyes
Let's talk about food! We have all heard "you are what you eat," right? That could not ring more true. What we put into our bodies truly affects us and how we function. Today we are going to talk about some foods that keep our EYES healthy! We can do Vision Therapy...
Vision Therapy Resources
>With the cool air coming into Nashville, it lets us know that summer has almost come to an end. Not only that but with the sight of school buses and crossing guards, we know school is back in session! I hope they start of school has been great. Today's blog I...
