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The Studt Foundation Presents Sports Vision Enhancement: A Different Type of Vision Therapy

Have you ever stopped to think of how a baseball player can hit a 95 mph fastball? Or how a NFL quarterback knows precisely where to throw the football? If you take a step back, the abilities of the professional athletes that we watch on a daily basis are pretty amazing.  Just check out SportsCenter …

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SCO Residency Program: Vision Therapy Private Practice

Interviews and now being scheduled for the 2013 Vision Therapy Private Practice Residency in Bethesda and Annapolis, Maryland: The goal of this unique Southern College of Optometry Residency Program is to give graduate Optometrists additional opportunities to expand their clinical knowledge and skills. Description of Program: The program emphasizes the diagnosis and treatment of binocular …

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Vision Expo Video Challenge – Place your votes!

Hey everyone! I just got word of the Vision Expo Video Challenge, a contest where optometry students created videos to show their experience at the International Vision Expo. You have got to check out some of these great videos and help your fellow students and optometry school by voting for their video. By voting, you …

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Sports Vision: A Growing Optometric Specialty

“Vision is the trigger mechanism controlling the athlete’s first move.” – Martin WF: What the coach should know about the vision of athletes “If an athlete is not visually fit, he is certainly not physically fit.” – Garner AI: Visual aid prescribing for the athlete The two statements above were reiterated in a must-read article titled “Overview …

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Case History: The Key to Understanding Binocular Vision Problems

From the start of Optometry school, professors and supervisors preached that a patient’s chief complaint and case history should direct your exam.   Finally in my fourth year of Optometry I understand why. I have found that when it comes to binocular vision disorders or what Griffin & Grisham in “Binocular Anomalies: Diagnosis and Vision Therapy” …

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ASCO 2012 EnVision Optometry Video Contest

Creativity was rampant this year as contestants from accredited schools of optometry showed off a combination of skill and humor in their video entries for ASCO’s “ENVISION” contest.  Students were asked to submit “…non-traditional, and ultimately AWESOME informational videos that ASCO can use to promote the profession to prospective optometry students around the country.”  As …

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Different Avenues to Practice Vision Therapy

As I move forward through Optometry school, I am finding that many students (as well as faculty) have created this dichotomy within the profession: It is either ocular disease or vision rehabilitation.  I challenge you to think outside of that… from the vision rehabilitation side, the options are endless.  Here are just a few:   …

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Vision Therapy and Neuroplasticity: An optometry student’s perspective

Take a trip back in time with me, to your Biology 101 undergraduate course, freshman year, first semester.  I know for some of us freshman year is a bit hazy, but I am assuming you attended MOST of your classes. Try and recall that first introduction to the brain, where your professor said “The brain …

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AOA Administers Free Vision Evaluations at Junior Olympics

By: Danielle Kalberer SUNY 2014 From July 29-31, 2011 I was part of a group of 40 optometrists and students of optometry representing the American Optometric Association Sports Vision Section who performed free vision evaluations for athletes competing in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympics in New Orleans, LA.   The goal of the …

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