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June 30, 2025

Meet Lindsay Morton – Now Providing Expert Optical Care Full-Time as an Optician in Nanaimo

Meet Lindsay Morton – Now Providing Expert Optical Care Full-Time as an Optician in Nanaimo

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June 30, 2025

Thank You, Victoria – From the Team at Opto-Mization

We’re Grateful for Your Support in the 31st Annual Best of the City Awards Voting for the 31st Annual Best…

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Vision-Related Migraines and Dizziness: Understanding the Missing Link Between Your Eyes and Your Brain

June 30, 2025

Vision-Related Migraines and Dizziness: Understanding the Missing Link Between Your Eyes and Your Brain

Migraines. Dizziness. Visual auras. Sensitivity to light and motion. For many patients across Victoria, Nanaimo, and Vancouver Island, these symptoms…

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Struggling with Reading in BC? How Vision Therapy Helps Children Learn and Thrive

June 30, 2025

Struggling with Reading in BC? How Vision Therapy Helps Children Learn and Thrive

Across British Columbia, many children are falling behind in reading, writing, and attention, not because of a lack of intelligence…

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Everyday Eye Safety: How to Prevent Accidents and Protect Your Vision at Home

June 25, 2025

Everyday Eye Safety: How to Prevent Accidents and Protect Your Vision at Home

Your home may feel like the safest place in the world, but it’s also where more than half of all…

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How Eye Tracking Affects Learning: What Parents Should Know

June 21, 2025

How Eye Tracking Affects Learning: What Parents Should Know

Many children across British Columbia struggle in school, not because of a lack of effort or intelligence, but because of…

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March 9, 2024

Exercises and Tools Used In Vision Therapy

Vision therapy uses a wide range of tools and exercises that aid in the therapeutic process. Here, you’ll find a…

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March 9, 2024

Optometric Vision Therapy: Evidence Based Treatment for Head Injury

The new standards of care have recognized the importance of identifying and treating vision disorders after head injury. In his…

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January 24, 2023

Can Vision Therapy Benefit A Child With a Learning Disability?

For decades, vision therapy has been [recognized] as an effective treatment for children with visual problems like strabismus (crossed eyes),…

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December 29, 2022

How Can Poor Vision Affect Your Child’s Behavior?

It’s not uncommon for parents to encounter behavioural problems in their children at some point in time. While there may…

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November 14, 2022

What Causes a Child to Be a Slow Learner?

Some kids find school easy, while others struggle to keep up with their peers in school, both academically and socially.…

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October 25, 2022

Is Your Child Doing Poorly in School? Here?s What You Need to Know

If you ever received a bad report card as a child, you know how frustrating it can be. You likely…

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November 28, 2021

A profound review of Vision Therapy from one of our patients ? Marsha R.

For you to understand the gratitude I have to Dr McCrodan and the neurovision therapists and staff of the Opto-mization…

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November 26, 2021

How Concussions Can Affect Self-Esteem

When you consider the abundant functions of the brain, it?s no surprise that even slight damage to its sensitive tissues…

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August 31, 2021

What Is Post Traumatic Vision Syndrome?

Every year, tens of millions of people around the world sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The majority of TBIs…

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July 25, 2021

4 Tips To Avoid a Traumatic Brain Injury

A traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is an injury to the brain caused by physical trauma, typically a sudden bump…

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June 30, 2021

3 Ways Neuro-Optometry Can Help Stroke Survivors

Approximately 15 million people around the globe suffer from a stroke each year. An alarming two-thirds of stroke survivors experience…

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May 28, 2021

4 Ways Vision May Be Affected Following A Stroke

About 2 in 3 stroke survivors live with some degree of visual dysfunction following the stroke. Although all brains are…

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