Category Archives: EyeWorks

Concerned moms have similar vision questions.

Yesterday, I had three interesting and completely separate inquiries in to an eye condition that is often detected at home (usually by mom) at a very young age.  My first question came from Kim, an elementary school classmate that I … Continue reading

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VisualEyes Therapy Center @ EyeWorks

Behold!  The new logo for EyeWorks’s vision therapy center!  Thank you again to Heather for the design.  And thank you to our staff for helping us come up with the name.  We’ve been seeing and helping patients in our therapy … Continue reading

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For the dog lovers.

Did you know in some areas that there are veterinary ophthalmologists?  I’m pretty sure they don’t prescribe eyeglasses and I can guarantee you they don’t believe in the effectiveness of vision therapy.  But I’m sure they deal with their share … Continue reading

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Vision therapy at EyeWorks

We’ve been helping patients with vision therapy since October, but it was only this week that we’ve come up with a name for that center.  Here you see three examples, but I’ve turned it over to our design specialist, Heather … Continue reading

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EyeWorks introduces the iProfiler plus from Carl Zeiss.

The iProfiler plus is full featured 3 in 1 system that incorporates corneal topography, a wavefront aberrometer, and autorefractor.  We scan every patient and it offers a variety of diagnostic capabilities that are invaluable tools in a variety of clinical … Continue reading

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Another reason to get the kids outside…

New research an eye opener on cause of myopia – CNN.com. A recent study from Australia shows that 10 to 14 hours of sunlight per week may reduce a child’s chance of becoming near-sighted.  Interestingly enough,  in Australia wearing hats … Continue reading

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A busy Wednesday at EyeWorks…

Quite a busy day at EyeWorks today (Wednesday). Every Wednesday morning we start off with a staff meeting and for the 3rd week in a row, we’ve introduced a new member of the team. Kelley joins the team as an … Continue reading

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The top 11 things I’d tell new optometry graduates after 11 years of practice

This post was done about a year ago with the title “Ten things I’d tell new grads after 10 years of practice”.  I decided it needed an update… Eleven years ago in May I graduated from the University of Houston … Continue reading

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Know Your Pink Eye Facts

I came across a very informative All About Vision article about pink eye today that I’d like to share with you. The medical term for pink eye is conjunctivitis.  This common eye condition can have more than one cause including … Continue reading

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Healthy Vision Month

Well, what do you know, how did I miss the announcement of May being Healthy Vision Month?  Maybe because every day to an eye doctor seems like healthy vision day where I feel like Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day … Continue reading

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