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Concussion: How Your Vision Is Impacted – FREE WORKSHOP

Common visual problems association with traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitative vision therapy treatment for patients with brain injury are presented.

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Optometry’s role increases in identifying, treating concussion

Visual pathways alone account for more than 50% of the brain’s pathways and, therefore, are commonly affected in concussion

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Former Avalanche enforcer Scott Parker battling effects of concussions

Nearly six years since he retired from the NHL as one of its toughest enforcers, Scott Parker is finding everyday life a more fearsome opponent than any he dropped the […]

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Larry Fitzgerald – NFL Spokesperson on Helmet Safety

Larry Fitzgerald – NFL Spokesperson on Helmet Safety

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Concussion Screening Test

The King-Devick is an eye movement screening test and remediation program for reading. It is now being utilized as an on-the-field screening test to detect atheltese who may have suffered […]

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Vision Problems After Trautmatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Join me for a lecture on Vision Problems after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Vision rehabilitation can frequently improve visual processing, tracking, eye-hand coordination and balance problems.

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Getting the Word Out: Vision Therapy and a Self-Publishing Extravaganza

Vision therapy wasn’t on the agenda at Author U, but it was on the agenda of a certain mother: Georgia McCabe.

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Vision Therapy Externs & SECO

I just returned from a wonderful SECO (Southern Educational Council of Optometry)conference in Atlanta, GA.  I love these meetings.  Very well planned, organized and great education.  The special part for […]

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Sports Concussions

Thanks to Dr. Nick Despoidis for bringing this excellent video to our attention. With sports injuries on the rise, especially in the area of brain injury & concussion, take a […]

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Concussions & Vision Problems

Thanks to Dr. Len Press, my friend & colleague, for a great blog on the “Concussion Crisis:  the Silent Epidemic of ABI (acquired brain injury). Concussions and brain injuries have […]

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