Michael’s Vision Therapy Diary

What about strabismus and anxiety?

Posted on May 19, 2014
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A few months ago I started working on a blog entry called 'Vision and the limbic system'. I was going to blast you guys away with brain regions, circuits and neurotransmitters so we'd all go tell our friends how cool this is and how it explains everything in the…continue reading →

You want more evidence? I’ll give you some evidence right here.

“Every man can, if he so desires, become the sculptor of his own brain” - Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852–1934) Ever since I was four years old I've been cross-eyed (accommodative esotropia). My brain learned to suppress the image of one eye by turning the eye inwards. Over the years…continue reading →

Head rotations, bar reading and bring on the prism flippers

Posted on April 27, 2014
/Under Behavioral Optometry and Vision Therapy research, Michael's Vision Therapy Diary, Neurology, physiology and psychology of (strabismic) vision, Practical VT advice and exercises, Strabismus and double vision
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Head rotations Last week, for the first time, I had a completely stable percept while doing my head turns. I couldn't believe it! I thought I was suppressing or something but I wasn't. Both eyes were just heedlessly adjusting to the head movements without error. It must be great…continue reading →

All I ever wanted was to read well and comfortably

Posted on April 14, 2014
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And I'll get it. It took one year and eight months to somehow position my eyes in alignment in a particular stationary position and have my first singled out view in years. Now another one year and eight months later I've managed to stabilize my gaze while moving my body…continue reading →

Vision therapy progress in numbers and charts

Posted on April 1, 2014
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November 29th, 2010: 14 degrees* ESO**, no fusion, no stereovision April 7th, 2011: 8 degrees ESO, peripheral fusion, no stereovision September 28th, 2011: 4 degrees ESO, peripheral fusion, upcoming central fusion, no stereovision March 29th, 2012: 3 degrees ESO, peripheral fusion, central fusion, no stereovision September 6th, 2012: aligned eyes,…continue reading →

Check-up 8 (After three years and three months)

Posted on April 1, 2014
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Apparently these check-up meetings are turning into happenings. Last time there was one intern present, this time there were two. I like an audience as much as the next guy. Progress remains consistent making these meetings very pleasant. My doc pointed out to the students I once had to convince…continue reading →

Hidden treasures

Posted on March 30, 2014
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During my Uni days I lived with a guy named Dennis. As a child Dennis had gone through Vision Therapy. There are all levels of irony attached to this fact because I underwent the damaging surgeries while living with someone who already experienced the solution to the problem. Apparently we…continue reading →

Alternation, cyclopean eye and the attentional spotlight

Posted on March 14, 2014
/Under Behavioral Optometry and Vision Therapy research, Michael's Vision Therapy Diary, Neurology, physiology and psychology of (strabismic) vision, Practical VT advice and exercises
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As my eyes are aligned most of the time by now I have no real concept of alternating between both eyes anymore. Despite the mechanical alignment of my eyes, I still do not use them equally. My vision still seems to be rather lateralized to the right. When I intentionally…continue reading →

Pursuing a higher degree of visual freedom

Posted on March 8, 2014
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In my last blog entry I talked about 'visual reserves' and how important this concept is for long term comfort and for VT to be successful. The improvement of eye lens focusing and eye movement amplitudes individually is not enough for it to stick. You need to be able to…continue reading →

Improvement of accommodation and vergence amplitudes is not enough

Posted on February 25, 2014
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I was going through my things and found a piece of information I vividly remember reading and highlighting two years ago. I was very excited to see something I already intuitively grasped written in the 'Optometric Clinical Practice Guidelines ' for dealing with 'Accommodation and Vergence dysfunction'. What an emotional…continue reading →