Opto-Mization Blog: Insights on Vision Health and Therapy
Insights and Updates on Vision Health: Our Latest Blog Posts
October 7, 2025
Best Eye Doctor for Kids in Victoria: A Parent’s Guide
Finding the right eye doctor for your child is one of the most important steps you can take for their…
October 7, 2025
Adult Vision Therapy in Victoria: Relief for Headaches, Reading Fatigue, and Eye Strain
Why So Many Adults Live With Unexplained Symptoms Many adults deal with daily discomforts they assume are normal. Headaches after…
October 7, 2025
Presbyopia Eye Drops and Small Pupils: The Benefits, the Trade-Offs, and the Truth Your Eyes Deserve
By Dr. Cameron McCrodan, OD, FCOVD – Opto-Mization Optometry & Vision Therapy, Victoria & Nanaimo, BC Why I Approach Presbyopia…
October 6, 2025
Prescription Sunglasses in Victoria: Protecting Your Eyes with Comfort and Style
More Than a Fashion Accessory Sunglasses are often treated as an afterthought, a stylish extra to throw in the car…
September 26, 2025
Vision and Autism: How Functional Eye Exams Reduce Daily Stress
Looking Beyond Behavior Raising a child on the autism spectrum brings both joys and challenges. Parents often become experts in…
September 26, 2025
Diplopia in Adults: How Prism Lenses and Therapy Restore Comfortable Vision
Understanding Double Vision Double vision, clinically known as diplopia, is more than just a visual inconvenience. For many adults, it…
September 10, 2025
Vision Therapy for Convergence Insufficiency: What Parents Need to Know
At Opto-Mization, one of the most common conditions we see in both children and adults is convergence insufficiency. Research shows…
September 10, 2025
Vision Therapy for Visual Processing Difficulties: Helping Children Learn, Focus, and Thrive
For many children across Victoria, Nanaimo, and Vancouver Island, school feels harder than it should. Parents hear reports like “he…
September 1, 2025
Driving and Vision: What Functional Eye Exams Reveal Beyond the Chart
Whether you are navigating Victoria’s busy streets during rush hour, heading north on the Island Highway from Nanaimo, or setting…
September 1, 2025
Concussion Recovery and Vision: How Therapy Supports Healing
Concussions are among the most common types of brain injury, and yet their full impact is often underestimated. When most…
August 8, 2025
Double Vision (Diplopia) Treatment in Victoria and Nanaimo: How Vision Therapy Can Help
Double vision, clinically known as diplopia, is more than just a visual inconvenience. For many people, it can disrupt daily…
August 7, 2025
Vision Therapy vs Tutoring: When the Problem Isn’t Learning
When a child begins to struggle in school, especially with reading, writing, or focus, many parents assume the next step…
September 7, 2022
What?s an Ocular Migraine?
Ocular migraines, also known as visual migraines, are sudden, temporary episodes of visual distortion ? and can be quite scary…
July 15, 2022
4 Ways a Stroke Can Impact Vision
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people around the world experience a stroke. Of the survivors, around 65% will have…
June 9, 2022
Why, post concussion, would turning your head cause snapshots of vision to follow slowly?
That’s actually a really cool one. So when you’re turning your head there’s a couple of different things that need…
June 8, 2022
Amazing letter from one of our post concussion patients
I wanted to write to talk about my experience with Dr Cam McCrodan and the Optomization Team. I sustained a…
May 30, 2022
Can a Brain Injury Affect Vision?
If you?ve been experiencing blurry vision, double vision or other visual symptoms following a car accident, serious fall or blow…
May 26, 2022
After an old injury, muscle on the top side of eyes feels like it?s pulling or tearing!
<span>?</span> There are a number of interesting symptoms that can come up when vision has been impacted after injury. With…