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Vision Therapy is a curriculum of activities provided by optometrists to give patients the opportunity to develop visual skills they need for comfort and success.

Each patient learns to use their visual abilities in new and more efficient
ways through the use of lenses, prisms, and other instruments.

Patients with inadequate visual skills often experience the follow:

  • Difficulty Learning to Read and Poor Comprehension
  • Poor and Inconsistent Handwriting
  • Inability to Complete Work on Time
  • Headaches and often After Near Work
  • Eye Strain, Red Eyes, Itching Eyes
  • Attention Deficits and other Behavioral Problems
  • Poor Coordiation and Inconsistent Sports Performance
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Below is a video by Dr. John Abbondanza, a dear friend of ours who talks about Vision Therapy.



Many conditions consistently involve visual difficulties and respond well to vision therapy. These include:

A four year old patient during a therapy session doing Binocular Chart Reading.

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