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The Impact of Concussion on Vision...the latest video from VisionHelp

The Impact of Concussion on Vision is the latest installment  from the VisionHelp Group that brings together leading experts in vision development and rehabilitation along with the personal side of this issue because a young woman, Abby, tells her story about life after a concussion.

For Abby it was just another day riding in the car when suddenly and without warning she was T-boned. Her car flipped 3 times before she came to a stop. In many ways she was fortunate because she survived the crash. The doctors at the hospital told her to go home and get some rest. But, from that point on her world had changed. Her vision was no longer the same. She was dizzy and the room moved just as if she had gotten off a boat. She couldn't work like she used to, it was very frustrating and it wasn't simply going away with rest and time... until she sought vision rehabilitation.

Take a moment to watch this short video and learn how concussions can have a significant impact on a person's vision and yet, with vision rehabilitation there is help.  

 

For more information about this important issue of vision problems associated with concussion click here and  take a look at more content on the VisionHelp Blog.

Please support the mission of the  VisionHelp Group. Share this video and you can be part of the solution for greater public awareness to end the senseless struggle associated with concussion-based vision problems.

Dan L. Fortenbacher, O.D., FCOVD

The Visual Consequences of when a Mild Concussion becomes a Severe Brain Injury.

Too many patients who have a “mild concussion” exacerbate into a more severe brain injury, resulting in severe visual problems, often weeks and months after the injury. To emphasize this serious public health issue, The Colloege of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) has proclaimed March as Brain Injury Awareness Month.  Speaking directly on this subject, Drs. Fortenbacher, Stull and Edwards and the Wow Vision Therapist Team lectured on The Visual Consequences of when a Mild Concussion becomes a Severe Brain Injury...an Advanced Model of Neuro-Optometric Vision Rehabilitation Care at the Annual Michigan Vision Therapy Study Group Meeting in January at the Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University.  

Featured in our presentation was a case study of our patient Thomas whose story is told in this video.

 

To read more about their lecture, visit Dr. Fortenbacher's post written for the VisionHelp Blog entitled: 

Dizzy, disoriented, distressed…when a mild concussion leads to serious vision problems and how to find help

 

Vision rehabilitation to treat visual field loss post stroke

How does vision therapy help a patient who has suffered a visual field loss due to a stroke? Take a look at our patient Darlene who just complete her vision rehabilitation. She tells her story best...