Strabismus and double vision

Emotional boom and bust: A life and mind curtailed by eye muscle paresis

Posted on August 28, 2015
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So far, this year had been pretty good. I felt like the perceived social and financial problems were starting to ease down and I had found a little breathing space. I re-engaged in more social settings and generally felt like time went by a little faster because things were less…continue reading →

Strabismus, mobility and cycling in particular

Posted on June 15, 2015
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REMINDER: When reading on a desktop, you can have the article read to you by selecting the desired paragraph and clicking on the little speaker icon. My last official VT session, for now, was on the 27th of March, 2015. Because of a personnel change at my developmental optometrist Guy Naegels' practice, I…continue reading →

Book Review: Dr. B’s Parent and Teacher Guides on Child Vision, Learning & Development: Fundamentals 1

Posted on June 4, 2015
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REMINDER: To have the article read to you, select the desired paragraph and click on the little speaker icon. After setting up this new website, I sat down to review Charles Boulet's first 'Parent and Teacher Guide to Child Vision, Learning and Development'. It had been on my to-do list for some time! The…continue reading →

Cheiroscope: video, drawing samples and implications

After a nice theoretical post, let's get down to the nitty gritty. How can we get a tangible look into how someone perceives his personal space? How can we determine inconsistent perception of space interfering with the construction of solid brain maps? As vision writes spatial equations for the muscles…continue reading →

The visual system’s important role in figuring out where you are

Posted on March 14, 2015
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Developmental strabismics often learn how to suppress sight coming through one eye. Many times they even learn how to alternate between both eyes. This is a useful short term neural adaptation but has many disadvantages in the long haul if not corrected. Having been, and to some extent still being,…continue reading →

Jaw clenching, Vision Therapy and earthquake resistant structures

Posted on March 3, 2015
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Personally I learn a lot from reading/listening up on vision rehab and anatomy but I learn just as much from having conversations with other strabismics. I think it's a practice that could be useful to anyone with any problem. Don't compare yourself to people with a very differing, in this…continue reading →

The vestibular system and vision

Posted on October 30, 2014
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I've been reading up on the link between vision and the vestibular system. It's been quite instructive to say the least. Of course it's annoying not to be able to align the eyes and have double vision while reading etc... However, there's more. It's very interesting how compromised eye movements,…continue reading →

‘The ticking time bomb that split my world in two’

Posted on October 9, 2014
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About a week ago me and a man named Ryan Brooks had a thought-provoking conversation on my Facebook wall. I had just shared my latest blog entry 'The margin of error'. He commented "I always find your posts extremely interesting. I had a bleed in the brain stem which has…continue reading →

The margin of error

Posted on September 24, 2014
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Interestingly, my strabismus was developmental since the age of three but in a relatively short amount of time I lost many of my adaptations (suppression, strabismic ways of eye teaming) to cope with misalignment of the eyes. First my suppression gradually declined because of life style, i.e. overly zealous studying,…continue reading →

A wedding without double vision

Posted on September 2, 2014
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This weekend I attended a friend's wedding. I enjoyed it immensely. It was a reminder of the fact that not everything in life has to be a struggle. Not everything needs to be difficult. It's nice to see so many happy faces celebrating a joyous occasion. During the last three…continue reading →