Strabismus, also known as crossed eyes, is an ocular condition where your eyes don’t properly align. It can cause various visual problems, including double vision, reduced depth perception, and vision loss. Our vision therapy programs can be a valuable treatment to help correct your strabismus. Vision therapy provided by knowledgeable, experienced eye doctors can be […]
Many people think of amblyopia as a children’s eye condition, and while many cases develop in children, we help plenty of adults who struggle with lazy eye too. The effects of amblyopia can affect academics, sports, work, and confidence, but recently, adults affected by amblyopia are finding successful treatment in vision therapy. Our skilled eye […]
If you have myopia, or nearsightedness, there’s another way to manage your vision. Myopia is widespread, and wearing glasses or daytime contact lenses isn’t for everyone. Orthokeratology can help reduce your reliance on daytime corrective lenses. Orthokeratology, or ortho-k, can improve your vision and slow myopia progression with specialty contact lenses you wear overnight to […]
Almost anyone can wear contact lenses with an expert fitting, but even now, people are denied contact lenses for hard-to-fit eyes—or live with uncomfortable contacts. At Specialty Eye, our eye care team has completed advanced training in fitting specialty contact lenses for every unique set of eyes, including those with astigmatism. You have many options […]
Contact lens options appear to be limitless. While soft contact lenses are the most popular among patients and eye care professionals, numerous other contact lens options can provide comfortable, clear vision. Rigid gas permeable lenses, as well as newer scleral or hybrid lenses, are commonly used to provide visual correction for those who struggle with […]
Dry eye and allergies are common eye problems. If you’ve ever typed your symptoms in a search engine, you’ve likely noticed similarities between these conditions. So, is the link more than a coincidence, or can allergies lead to dry eye? Unfortunately, allergies can contribute to dry eye. But the conditions are different. Knowing the difference […]
Chances are, if you are reading this you’re like a couple of our doctors and are over 40. (It’s hard to believe that we’re here, but it’s happened.) Along with needing a standby fire truck when we blow out our birthday candles, in our 40s we tend to start showing our age. Fine lines start […]
Contact lenses can be a great vision correction option for years, even if cataracts start to cloud your vision. But as the cataracts continue to develop, they’ll get to a point where surgery is your best route for clear vision. For some patients, cataract surgery allows them to see at all distances without vision correction. […]
Vision therapy is an incredible tool that has been used for decades to help adult and child patients with a multitude of visual disorders. It also helps improve learning, memory, thinking, executive functions, and attention. Vision therapy is well-researched and the brain science helping us understand how it works keeps getting better and better. The […]
The prevalence of myopia (nearsightedness) is increasing in the United States and globally. Fortunately, it can be detected early through children’s eye exams. Myopia can continue to get worse as kids grow, but early detection makes it possible to slow the progression of myopia and preserve your child’s long-term eye health with myopia management. Myopia […]
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