Recently, I posted an article concerned with the purchasing of eyewear online. A friend raised the question of how to balance the cost-saving choice against the expense of eyewear. He cited an article about Luxottica and their monopoly on frames.…
Year: 2014
Visually Ready: Healthy Eyes, Healthy Brain
Click below to read Dr. Slotnick’s article, published in Natural Awakenings Magazine, in honor of August,Children’s Vision & Learning Month! Visually Ready:Healthy Eyes, Healthy Brain August is Vision & Learning Month—a great opportunity to make sure your child is prepared…
Factors Affecting Success in Strabismus Therapy
The following question came from a mom whose daughter is being treated for congenital strabismus (an eye turn since birth). Mom has been reading Sue Barry’s book, Fixing My Gaze, and presented the following, excellent question: If we are…
Strabismus Surgery Consideration: Anesthesia in Infancy
Just a quick post to draw attention to one of the often-overlooked considerations of strabismus surgery: All major surgeries come with the risk of anesthesia. But the risk of putting infants under general anesthesia is tremendous. In a…
No Brain, No Gain! …Going beyond the EYE
Most folks have trouble separating the eye and sight. But if you think about it, sight really does not happen in the eye… it takes place in the BRAIN. On a rudimentary level: We SEE a mixture of borders, shades and…
Opternative? Dangerous Alternative!
As a health care provider, it is hard to describe the mixture of shock, disappointment, sadness and fear which overwhelmed me when I first learned of this new business venture, “Opternative.” Opternative is a new concept in removing the eye…
Tunnel Vision: Responses to Visual Stress
Healthy eyes. 20/20 acuity. Yet some folks (any age!) struggle to: orient themselves find what is right in front of them relate the details to the context relate the figure to the ground see the forest for the trees …
Creeping and Crawling… What’s the rush to walk?
Recently, I have had several patients asking about the significance of creeping and/or crawling on our patient history form. Have you heard of Tummy Time? There are lots of opportunities for learning and integrating body organization skills and reflexes while…
Holistic Care, Striving toward BALANCE
I just had the great pleasure of reading an article published 20 years ago, An Essay on the Reconciliation of Opposites, by friend and colleague Steve Gallop, O.D. We have the choice to apply such philosophy in the treatment of…
Recent Comments