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What is Dry Eye?
An ever-increasing problem in today’s world is dry eye. What is it and what can we do to help it? What Causes Dry Eyes? The eyes are protected from the outside world by an outer coating called the tear film. The tear film is made up of water, oils, mucins, and...
What is Saccadic Dysfunction?
Another form of oculomotor dysfunction (for a review of oculomotor dysfunction check out our article: Understanding Oculomotor Dysfunction and Exercises to Treat) stems from an issue with saccades—or saccadic dysfunction. What is Saccadic Dysfunction? Saccades...
What is a Posterior Vitreous Detachment (PVD)?
How to Read Your Glasses Prescription
When it comes to getting a new pair of glasses or contacts, the prescription can seem like a foreign language to you! What do all of these numbers mean, and why does it matter? Testing Your Visual Acuities One of the first things most doctors check during an...
8 Common Eye Care Myths Debunked
Here is a fun article to answer several commonly asked questions in the eyecare world—each myth will be categorized as being fact (true) or fiction (false). Myth: Eating carrots makes your eyesight better. Fiction. This myth actually originates to World War...
Understanding Oculomotor Dysfunction, and Exercises to Treat
This is the concluding part of our vision therapy series and will cover our final major category of disorders that vision therapy is used to treat—Oculomotor Dysfunction. If you have not read the previous parts of this series, it would be beneficial to do so, as...
Exercises for Convergence & Divergence Excess
Vergence Excesses This is part 8 of the vision therapy series and will focus on vergence excesses—Convergence Excess and Divergence Excess. If you have not read the previous portions of the vision therapy series, it is highly advisable that you review them as they...
3 Advanced Exercises for Convergence and Divergence Insufficiency
This is part 7 of the vision therapy series and will focus on vergence insufficiencies—Convergence Insufficiency and Divergence Insufficiency. If you have not read the previous portions of the vision therapy series it is highly advisable that you check them out first...
What are Phorias, Tropias, and Fusional Vergence Dysfunction? (Part 6)
This is part 6 of the vision therapy series and will focus on phorias, tropias, and fusional vergence dysfunction disorders and their therapy regimens. If you have not yet read the previous portions of the vision therapy series we highly recommend you review that...
Vergence Disorders (VT Part 5)
This is part 5 of the vision therapy series and will focus on different disorders of the vergence system. To best understand the vergence system, it is best to dive in a little deeper into understanding how the eye muscles work and what vergence really is. It may be...
7 Eye Exercises for Accomodative Disorders (Part 4 of the VT series)
This is part 4 for the vision therapy series and will focus on seven different activities you can expect for accommodative disorders. As we discussed in the last article (Eye Accommodation Disorders, VT Series Part 3), there are two major categories of accommodative...
Eye Accommodation Disorders (Vision Therapy Series: Part 3)
This is part 3 of the VT series and will focus on problems that can occur with the accommodative system. To best understand these disorders it is important to dive in a little deeper into what the accommodation process all entails. You can also review Part 1 and Part...