by Grant Vision Care | Jan 15, 2019 | Eye Conditions
Visual motor integration is the eyes telling the hands/body what to do. This is ever so important in fine motor and gross motor activities. Some examples of fine motor activities involving visual motor integration: handwriting, coloring, playing with Legos, etc. Some...
by Grant Vision Care | Oct 31, 2017 | Eye Conditions, Resources
What parent or child likes to hear that they have a “lazy eye”? Do you think a child’s self-consciousness is boosted when they are diagnosed with a “lazy eye”? What does “lazy eye” even mean? Unfortunately lazy eye is a...
by Grant Vision Care | Feb 27, 2017 | Eye Conditions
Why do I need an an eye exam if I have 20/20 vision? Why do we always ask to dilate your eyes? Is it really necessary? A colleague recently shared the results of a patient he saw– the report is as follows: A 33 year old female reports to his office for her...
by Grant Vision Care | Jul 5, 2016 | Eye Conditions
So your baby has had their first exam between 6months and 12 months, what’s next??? After the initial examination the eye doctor will make their recommendation for follow-up. As long as no other recommendations are made, the next examination should take...
by Grant Vision Care | May 3, 2016 | Eye Conditions, Resources, Uncategorized
“The pediatrician did a check at their office and says my child’s eyes are fine.” The remainder of this blog post will discuss why just a “check” at the pediatrician’s office is not an acceptable substitute for a complete vision...
by Grant Vision Care | Mar 5, 2016 | Eye Conditions
In light of brain injury awareness month we would like to take the time to talk about concussions and how they affect vision. Vision is brain! The visual system impacts very cortex of our brain. So, an injury that damages any portion of the brain has the potential to...
