Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation
Today we are going to talk about neuro-optometric rehabilitation. This is an individualized treatment regime for patients with visual deficits as a direct result of a brain injury. Brain injuries can come in many forms: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Mild Acquired Brain...
Home Therapy
Being part of a vision therapy program is a lot of hard work. I will be the first to admit it. Our program consists of approximately 30 minutes of one-on-one in-office therapy, one to two times a week. On top of that, we recommend 20-30 minutes of home therapy six...
Don’t let your eye insurance benefits go to waste!
If you have vision insurance benefits that you haven’t used yet this year, don’t forget to schedule an eye exam before the end of the year; if you don’t use the benefits, you lose them! It’s a great reason to schedule an appointment with your optometrist, whether...
What You Need To Know About Buying Eyeglasses
The process of purchasing eyeglasses is often looked at in terms of convenience and cost, which is understandable! However, there is often a misconception about the importance of certain features of glasses. What many people think of as “extras” or unnecessary...
October is Learning Disabilities Awareness month
October is Learning Disabilities Awareness month! "While educators may have been taught that vision has nothing to do with learning, COVD is sending the message that vision has everything to do with learning." Check out the article below, you will really enjoy it....
It’s a Brain Thing
Coming back from the seminar, I was filled with more knowledge and therapy procedures. I was excited to show my patients some new fun exercises. Today I am going to share some of my notes I wrote down: Eye turn is not the problem- only a symptom. Eye turn is not an...
I’m Ready to Learn!
This weekend I am heading to Detroit for an Advance Vision Therapy Seminar. I will be learning more about Strabismus and Amblyopia. I am hoping to bring back more new VT tools and ideas to help my patients. Let's talk about what Strabismus! Straight from the COVD...
Vision Therapy Masking Tape Games
Happy September! Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend! When you walk into our therapy room, you will always notice all the tape on the carpet. Here's another fun Vision Therapy game, with a little help from masking tape. It's easy, cheap, and effective! Whose...
Children’s Eyecare
Pediatric Eye Care—When do children need eye exams? The American Optometric Association suggests that children have their first eye exam at 6 months of age. Kids are kept busy with school, sports, clubs, and social lives, so it’s important for parents and caregivers...
New School Year is Not the Only Thing New Around Here
I don't know about you, but this year is flying by. A month has passed since Duke has graced this blog! What have we been up too? A new doctor - Dr. Dale Martin - has joined our team, we opened a new office in Hendersonville, and a lot more. Busy busy busy! Yes! You...
Treatment Tools
Meet Duke, an American Pit Bull Terrier. He is going to help us model each treatment lens we use here at Nashville Vision Therapy. Thanks, Duke! To start us off, Duke is demonstrating his focusing abilities and anticipating a tracking exercise. He gets a little bored...
Work that Peripheral Vision
Hello, readers. Happy Friday! If you remember, last week we talked about peripheral stability. As promised, here are some fun peripheral awareness exercises for home! A couple of weeks ago I discussed building up the vestibular system. One of the exercises I mentioned...
Peripheral Stability
Since Autism Awareness month was in April, I have been doing more research on how vision is affected by the diagnosis. As you might remember in this blog, "The goals of treatment may be to help the autistic patient organize visual space and gain peripheral stability...
Disease-Spotlight: Color Blindness
Today's spotlight is not actually a disease, but a disorder most often caused by affected genes on the X chromosome. A quick flashback to the magic that was 8th-grade science: a human male receives an X chromosome from mom and a Y chromosome from dad. A human female...
Health and beauty–eyelash edition
For years women have tried different methods for getting the perfect, full eyelashes. From mascara to false lashes to eyelash growth serums, people have tried it all. Lately, there’s a new craze hitting the eyelash market: lash extensions. Lash extensions are being...
The World in Color
Hello readers! I hope everyone had a safe, happy Fourth of July, full of friends, family, and fireworks! Today I want to point you toward a couple of neat podcasts I found that tackle the topic of color vision. I’ll post a blog in the near future that goes more...
CNN Article
One of my favorite news apps on my phone is the CNN app. I like the quick videos, and articles of the current events happening around the world. I will say, the "Distraction" videos on CNN are always a favorite. While reading some articles, I stumbled upon this: Man:...
Workin’ the Vestibular System
Today's blog is about balance. As you might expect, our visual system play a big role. And when we work our visual systems, our balance/coordination gets better. For more information on that, check out this blog, and this blog. How can we speed up the process (per se)...
Skydiving
My fellow teammate has helped me get more organized with my blogs. When looking at the blog scheduled for this week, the subject is "Personal Connection Blog." I wanted to blog about something fun or exciting that I have done and related it to what I do... Vision...
Closing the School Year
Tis the season for school parties, signing yearbooks, and graduation celebrations. It sounds to me like the end of the school year - and final report cards. This can be a relief, or it can bring on frustrations. How did your child do this year? If your child did...
Wii Fit
It’s new equipment time at the office again! Our most recent VT addition might surprise you—it’s a Wii Fit! I’m still learning all the in and outs of the new programs that the Wii provides us with here, but what from what I’ve seen so far, this is a fantastic addition...
It is Library Time
This week, I have had a lot my parents talk about how they took their children to the library. That inspired me to write about how the library is a great resource! This quote sums it up great: By providing a wide range of material and activities, public libraries...
Pollen, Pollen, Pollen! It’s Everywhere!
It was a gorgeous weekend. Did you get to play catch with your children this past week? I played ball with my dog, Duke at Centennial park this weekend, and he loved every minute! Being outside these past couple weeks has caused many patients to come into our office...
Foodie-Friday—Fourth of July!
Good morning everyone! I can’t believe it’s already time for another installment of foodie-Friday! This week I wanted to share some recipes I’ve collected for you in case you’re looking to have an eye-healthy Fourth of July! Fourth of July is the perfect reason to...
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...