Many optometrists, and Australian parents, are missing a very important factor when testing children’s eyes, according to Australian behavioural optometrist Gary Rodney. By focusing exclusively on eyesight and eye health and ignoring vision skills in scheduled screenings at schools, hospitals and eye clinics, this vital part of the total vision experience was being lost, and this…
Written by Justine Tucker, Senior Vision Therapist If you google Virtual Reality and Vision Therapy you get tonnes of research, videos, publications, media links and case studies. If you want to know specifically about Vivid Vision VR training their website (seevividly.com) has heaps of links and data, as does our Smart Vision Optometry website. I’m…
Vision is much more than just seeing the ball flying at your face clearly. It is much more than seeing the ball, ducking and hoping for the best. Vision is the ability to see the ball, locate it in space and coordinate yourself to catch it. It is the ability to understand where the ball…
Three behaviours generally associated with a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, did you know that these same three behaviours are very commonly the results of a vision problem? Impulsivity. Hyperactivity. Distractibility. Research tells us children with a vision problem like convergence insufficiency (CI) are a whopping three times more likely to be diagnosed with…
With our newest Smart Vision team member now being 11 months old, we thought it was time to update you on her vision skills. Just like Riley has needed to learn to crawl, walk and talk, she has also had to learn to see. EYES ON RILEY Like all babies, Riley was born with fuzzy vision,…
We are proud to announce that our head optometrist and founder of the Smart Vision Group, Gary Rodney, has sat his exams and successfully been awarded a fellowship by the International Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control (IAOMC) through the Orthokeratology Society of Oceania (OSO). The international meeting with the latest research from around the world in orthokeratology…
According to Headache Australia, about 15% of the population suffers from migraines; that is 2 million Australians experiencing debilitating headaches characterised by nausea, light sensitivity and visual disturbances. Pretty scary stuff! M-EYE HEAD HURTS Migraines can occur as a result of poor sleep patterns, poor diet, neck and shoulder tension, stress, teeth grinding and vision…
Toe walkers are those brilliant tiny people that begin walking as we all do – on tiptoes, so they can reach up and get at things that they probably should not be touching. However, due to orthopaedic or developmental delays, they do not grow out of the toe walking and fail to achieve the full heel…
LEANNE AND JUSTINE In the spirit of team bonding and personalising our Smart Vision staff for our patients and clients, we were given the task of writing about each other. Rather than writing two separate spiels about how fabulous the other person is and who has the shiniest hair, we thought we would join…
There is an astounding amount of research showing coincidence of learning difficulties and dyslexia, and vision symptoms and problems. DYSLEXIA We see vision as different to sight. It is the bit that happens in the brain after the eyes have seen the stimuli; the process that allows us to perceive, process and comprehend. Dyslexia is a…
Read About Carole When you walk through the doors of Thompson Larter Smart Vision Optometry, it is hard to believe that Carole MacDonald ever goes home. It is rare that her laughter is not echoing down the hallway and that she isn’t sharing some anecdote with a patient over a cup of tea at…
Are you concerned that your child’s eyes keep getting worse year after year? It’s not without a reason. But there is something you can do to change this pattern and escape the statistics. THE MYOPIA BOOM – ARE YOUR GLASSES MAKING YOUR EYES WORSE? Myopia (also known as shortsightedness or nearsightedness) is reaching epidemic proportions…
It may be hard to believe, but Easter is just around the corner. Never mind the fact that it feels like yesterday we were making New Year’s resolutions, it seems like time flies when you are having fun and we do tend to have A LOT of fun here at Smart Vision Optometry. THE ONE…
Over two million Australians live with anxiety, impacting their wellbeing, personal relationships, career and productivity. Anxiety affects 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men, making it the most common mental health condition in this country [1]. EYE HAVE ANXIETY Nearly 12 million Australians have reported having a long term eye condition. 1 in 5 children suffer from an undetected vision problem…
The transition from preschool to big school is exactly that…BIG. It is a significant change for the child and the family. It is an achievement to be considered, conquered and celebrated. It is a new beginning for the child and the start of their schooling career. YOUR CHILD IS READY FOR SCHOOL? School readiness is…
Well, it’s that time of year and if you are anything like our dear Brian here at Thompson Larter Smart Vision Optometry, then you are probably sniffling your way through life with leaking eyes right now! HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOUR EYES? The good ole’ Oxford dictionary tells us that hay fever is an allergy…
At the end of a long day, after hours staring at a computer screen, your eyes are exhausted. You try your best to step away from the screen, but it doesn’t take long until you find yourself checking Facebook while watching TV. Sound familiar? WHAT IS SCREEN TIME DOING TO YOUR EYES? If you’re reading…
Colour blindness is not something many of us think about much. In fact, it seems a pretty harmless and basic thing to have. I mean, if you are going to have something “wrong with you”, then colour blindness isn’t a bad one! MAKING THE WORLD A MORE COLOURFUL PLACE When my son was around 4…
As if the day to day trials and tribulations of parenthood aren’t challenge enough, let’s add another into the mix – choosing glasses for your child AND getting he or she to want to wear them. CHOOSING CHILDREN’S EYEWEAR: ANNALISE’S STORY With technological advances, there are now more choices than ever before for children’s eyewear…
Next week is Macular Degeneration Awareness Week, an annual campaign initiated by Macular Disease Foundation Australia to raise awareness of the risk factors and symptoms of macular degeneration and to encourage all Australians at risk of the disease to have an eye test and macula check. DON’T BE IN THE DARK ABOUT MACULAR DEGENERATION From 23…
End of content
End of content
