Insights and Updates from the Opto-Mization Blog on Vision Health
Insights and Updates on Vision Therapy and Eye Health Blog Posts
June 13, 2025
Functional Eye Exam in Victoria: The 17 Visual Skills That Could Be Holding Your Child Back
As a parent, you do everything you can to support your child’s development—physically, emotionally, and academically. But what if your…
May 29, 2025
Vision Therapy in Nanaimo: How Opto-Mization Is Changing Lives Through Functional Vision Care
When you hear the term “eye doctor,” you might immediately think of glasses, contact lenses, or a standard eye chart.…
May 29, 2025
How to Find the Best Eye Doctor in Victoria, BC — What Sets Us Apart at Opto-Mization
If you’re looking for the Best Eye Doctor in Victoria, BC, you probably want more than just a routine eye…
May 21, 2025
Help with Reading Problems in Nanaimo: What Functional Vision Care Can Reveal
When a child struggles with reading, the first assumptions are often academic or behavioural, perhaps it’s a learning disability, ADHD,…
July 31, 2024
Amitriptyline: A migraine medication that can cause dizziness and headaches?
Are you taking Amitriptyline? Here are a few things you should know: Amitriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant that also is…
July 30, 2024
Do You See Better When You Tilt or Turn Your Head?
Do you find that you need to tilt or turn your head to see better? This is known as an…
April 28, 2022
Does Your Child Have 20/20 Vision Yet Still Struggles In School?
Your child aced their school?s vision screening test with 20/20 eyesight. That means perfect vision, right? Actually, no. 20/20 simply…
March 15, 2022
Should My Child Have Vision Therapy?
Children may fail to recognize that they?re having difficulty reading, or that their eyes are struggling to focus, so it?s…
February 20, 2022
Toys and Games to Help Your Child Succeed in School
If your child is showing signs of a learning difficulty, it is important to rule out an underlying vision problem…
January 31, 2022
4 Reasons Why 3D Vision is So Important
Our sense of depth perception and ability to see in 3 dimensions are often-overlooked benefits of our complex visual system.…
December 28, 2021
Screen Time Can Lead To Eye Strain And Convergence Insufficiency In Children
Now that a couple of years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have gotten a clearer…
November 29, 2021
4 Reasons Why Your Child May Be Refusing to Read
Reading involves the simultaneous coordination of a number of basic visual skills. For children who have not yet mastered some…
December 22, 2019
5 Things About TBIs You Never Knew
A Traumatic Brain Injury (or TBI) is an injury to the brain caused by physical trauma, typically a sudden blow…