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An amateur’s golf quest sheds light on how we learn: some vision therapy related thoughts

Posted on April 22, 2013
/Under Michael's Vision Therapy Diary, Neurology, physiology and psychology of (strabismic) vision, Strabismus and sports
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I'm working on some more technical vision nerdy posts for the near future but meanwhile I came accross an interesting Time Magazine article. A 30 year old commercial photographer named Dan McLaughlin living in Portland, Ore., quit his job and decided to make some changes. He committed himself to a…continue reading →

If Vision Therapy were an alternative treatment, what exactly is it an alternative to?

Posted on February 8, 2013
/Under Frequently Asked Strabismus Questions, Michael's Vision Therapy Diary
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Nothing annoys me more than someone calling developmental or behavioral optometry ‘alternative medicine’. What exactly is it an alternative to? Cutting into peoples eye muscles leaving them with an even greater challeng e to overcome? Too often poor eye control is blamed on the muscles surrounding the eyes and surgery…continue reading →

My name is Michael Lievens (°’89). I’ve had strabismus ever since I was three years old. I have undergone three eye muscle surgeries at the ages of 16, 18 and 19. Surgery only worsened the double vision and lack of ocular control which were impeding me from reading and studying properly at University. Ultimately, in total desperation, I discovered something called Vision Therapy or Visual Neuro-Rehabilitation on the internet. I have consistently been pursuing this avenue ever since with slow but definite success. My double vision is already in the past and my binocular vision continues to improve.

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An amateur’s golf quest sheds light on how we learn: some vision therapy related thoughts

If Vision Therapy were an alternative treatment, what exactly is it an alternative to?

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