Strabismus is less a problem to be cured than a problem to be controlled

Surgery's lack of success in achieving good binocularity and the troubling trend of repeated surgeries and recurrance of the strabismus has predicably lead surgeons to have low expectations of the the results of strabismus surgery. In a recent journal article, one surgeon noted that "strabismus is less a problem to…continue reading →
Session 32

Session 32

Two interesting events. - We were doing fusion exercises of the following kind: Two of those rope circles approaching and moving away from each other, and me fusing. Doing this for a while and then the optometrist asked me 'now touch the charts with your finger'. I reached out but…continue reading →

Seek support from people who are encouraging you, not those who are trying to decrease your enthusiasm

Today, neurologists understand that the brain is an unbelievably plastic thing, capable of learning a new language or healing from injury well past adolescence. But Barry's experience taught her a deeper, more essential lesson: every person possesses the ability to be a participant in her own rehabilitation. Patients are not…continue reading →

Check-up 4

4th check-up after 1 year and 2 months training. I went from 14 degrees to 8, then 4 in october last year, and now between 2 and 3. The last few bits will be the hardest... To be brief he said: 'You are doing very well, I might start believing…continue reading →

Session 30

I was in a good mood today. Went to the Turkish bakery and embarked on another session, an aniversary session I'd say. The last two weeks the computer exercises went very well. I did them sitting, standing still, walking... The whole lot. And the images themselves moved on the screen…continue reading →
Analysis of strabismus and its symptoms, patient prognosis and success rate of Vision Therapy

Analysis of strabismus and its symptoms, patient prognosis and success rate of Vision Therapy

My awesome friend and medical student Stephanie Johanns found the success rates of Vision Therapy for me through a medical search engine. She got me the Optometric clinical practice guidlines for the care of patients with accommodative and vergence dysfunction published by the American Optometric Association. She wanted me to have this…continue reading →

Introduction to guidelines for treating vergence and accommodative disorders

In previous generations, when survival depended on the ability to hunt, fish, and farm, the visual system had to respond to constantly changing, distant stimuli. Good distance visual acuity and stereoscopic vision were of paramount importance. Today, the emphasis has shifted from distance to two-dimensional near vision tasks such as…continue reading →