Vision Therapy at Lyons Family Eye Care

11/26/2025

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11/05/2025

A colleague of mine wrote:

10 Examples of How Vision and Learning Are Tightly Linked

Much of what you learn comes through your visual system, which is why educators agree there is a close connection between vision and learning. So what are some examples of how vision and learning are linked? Take a look:

Educators agree there is a close connection between vision and learning. Here are 10 examples of how they’re linked.

10/16/2025

Lyons Family Eye Care offers many services including vision therapy for all, including those with traumatic brain injury and concussion.

This latest study supports vision therapy for those with concussion.

Vision therapy yields faster recovery from concussion-related eye condition

Study overturns “wait and see” approach, showing office-based treatment improves convergence insufficiency outcomes.

The CONCUSS randomised clinical trial compared the effectiveness of immediate office-based vergence/accommodative therapy with movement (OBVAM) to delayed therapy for the treatment of concussion-related convergence insufficiency.

The study provides the first high-quality evidence that concussion-related vision problems can be effectively treated with office-based vision therapy, says the author, an AOA member.

The authors recommend considering OBVAM as soon as it is evident that a concussion-related convergence insufficiency is diagnosed.

Original research

CONCUSS randomized clinical trial of vergence/accommodative therapy for concussion-related symptomatic convergence insufficiency

Conclusion OBVAM therapy is effective in improving the near point of convergence, positive fusional vergence and symptoms in CONC-CI. Immediate initiation of office-based vergence/accommodative therapy with movement (OBVAM) compared with delayed initiation shortens the period of symptoms experienced and fosters an earlier return to activities.

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/09/30/bjsports-2025-109807

Study overturns “wait and see” approach, showing office-based treatment improves convergence insufficiency outcomes.

05/27/2025

A colleague of mine was featured on this video about Sports Vision:

The Vision Therapy Center provides vision therapy to help people improve the efficiency of their visual system.

05/24/2025

My colleague is in the news!

https://wsbt.com/news/operation-education/vision-visual-processing-delay-learning-language-reading-math-disorder-dyslexia-diagnosis-letter-reversal-eye-brain-therapy?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4bADVDlCrze7NC_x6RMrvJHu_z0V-hU9rmWEEqvFDQ4e74hJD4fbTFUALTQw_aem_-KWsBqGMfm5zF-GS1zbk7w

Learning to read is not easy, but it is made more difficult for a child who cannot see the words and letters on the page correctly.It may not be a problem with

05/05/2025

Here's a video from my colleagues in Wisconsin.

Lyons Family Eye Care provides vision therapy for our patients as well.

Who can benefit from Vision Therapy

Our doctors specialize in developmental optometry and they perform comprehensive vision exams. We provide vision therapy, which is a specialty of optometry.

05/02/2025

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04/30/2025

Lyons Family Eye Care have InfantSee doctors. Call, Let us know this is for an InfantSee evaluation and we'll make an appointment.

A no-cost eye assessment is important for your infant because undetected and untreated eye and vision disorders, such as amblyopia and strabismus, too often become barriers to learning, leading to delayed reading and poorer outcomes in school.

In-person comprehensive eye exams provided by a doctor of optometry are essential and thoroughly effective at identifying and ensuring early treatment for the range of vision and eye health issues that can impact a child's development and learning abilities.

04/25/2025

Get the kids outside to play! Reduce the need for glasses!!!

Could sunshine be the answer to a looming eye health epidemic? Rates of nearsightedness, or myopia, are skyrocketing, and researchers say it has to do with a lack of time spent outdoors. This Earth Day, head outside with your kids to protect their vision and schedule annual in-person exams to detect conditions like myopia early here: https://bit.ly/4jBP7Ra

04/22/2025

Stereograns for kids!

Look through the images as if you are looking behind the picture.

Explore the mesmerizing world of Thorby's Stereograms. Browse our stunning portfolio showcasing unique 3D artwork, optical illusions, and artistic creativity that will captivate your imagination and inspire wonder.

04/21/2025

Learning cursive, using handwriting and not a keyboard may be the best way to learn.

Handwriting Lights Up Your Brain

"...note-taking was significantly more effective in learning and remembering than simply listening passively.... compared to longhand note-takers, laptop users are much more likely to be distracted. Studies show undergraduates spend about half to two-thirds of class time off-task when using laptops, resulting in poorer performance....

"... Handwriting stimulated widespread, synchronized brain activity across regions linked to memory and learning while typing produced substantially weaker patterns of neural engagement...."

>>>>BTW I had to use handwriting while taking notes. No keyboards/computers were available at the time. [Yep, I'm THAT old!] I wished I had a keyboard mostly because my handwriting was so terrible that even after I wrote it "I" could not read it!

Pick up a pen to activate neural pathways that might otherwise remain dormant.

04/03/2025

A colleague of mine recently posted this article. thought you might find it interesting.

Lyons Family Eye Care works with children and adults with ADHD and vision problems that could affect attention.

[BTW the author of this article is a former student of Dr. Maino; Dr. Dr. Bryce Appelbaum]

Does your child have ADHD or vision problems? Neuro-optometrist says both share similar symptoms

"...an ADHD diagnosis isn't complete without ruling out a functional vision problem.

"Symptoms of ADD or ADHD and functional vision problems are so, so similar,..."

Read more here:

Neuro-optometrist Dr. Bryce Appelbaum says an ADHD diagnosis isn't complete without ruling out a functional vision problem.