Healthy Vision Requires Teamwork
Binocular vision describes how eyes work as a team. Eye teaming can be like juggling. Both balls must match the same speed and take cues from the other ball’s movement or risk falling out of step. Of course, you can still juggle one ball, but it doesn’t look as cool.
When your eyes stop working together (binocular vision dysfunction), it can impact the quality of your sight. Vision therapy can help train your eyes to work simultaneously and support healthy vision.
Contact Vision Care Center today to see how we can help.
Problems Caused by Eye Misalignment
Binocular vision helps us see the world in 3D. But when our eyes stop working together, eye misalignment (binocular vision dysfunction) can cause eye strain, double vision, or poor depth perception.
Eye misalignment often develops in childhood. However, issues may not be detected until adulthood or develop due to health conditions, such as brain injuries, diabetes, or thyroid disease (Graves’ disease).
What is Vision Therapy?
Vision therapy is a personalized program designed to help restore or improve vision quality. A program focused on correcting binocular vision dysfunction may use a series of vision exercises or specialty lenses to help correct eye alignment conditions like amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus (crossed eyes).
Receiving support can offer relief from eye discomfort symptoms, so you can experience healthy, comfortable vision. Vision Care Center offers vision therapy programs for adults and children.
Dr. Cundiff examines vision therapy cases for our patients.
Neurolens
Your vision needs to work harder to compensate for eye misalignment, placing pressure on the trigeminal nerve. It’s one of the most complex nerves in your brain, and the pathway vision travels from the eyes to the brain. Additional pressure can cause uncomfortable symptoms, including eye strain, headaches, dry eye, and neck or shoulder pain.
Neurolens uses contoured prisms in prescription lenses. The prisms help correct eye alignment and relieve symptoms caused by increased trigeminal nerve pressure.
Our BVD Questionnaire & Traumatic Brain Injury
Vertical heterophoria, a condition characterized by a misalignment of the eyes, is a common occurrence following a concussion or other brain injury. A specialized type of examination is required to diagnose this condition accurately.
We offer a comprehensive binocular vision dysfunction questionnaire that you can fill out to get started.
You will be in good hands with our experienced team. Dr. Fitch examines traumatic brain injury cases, while Dr. Cundiff focuses on vision therapy cases.
Support Aligning Your Vision
Binocular vision dysfunction can interfere with eye comfort and vision quality. See how support for eye alignment problems can make a difference in your or your child’s vision. Book an appointment at Vision Care Center to learn more about vision therapy for binocular vision dysfunction.
Our Locations
Peoria
Find us just south of the Sheridan & Glen intersection, on the same side of the road as Marco’s Pizza and across the street from Walgreens.
To contact our Vision Therapy department, please call 309.670.2020 ext. 2, then choose Option #2 to be directed to VT.
- 309-670-2020
- 309-693-2536
- 309-670-2020
- 4727 N Sheridan Road
- Peoria, IL 61614
Our Hours
- Monday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Sunday: Closed
Washington
You can find our office on North Cummings Lane, right next door to Rock Valley Physical Therapy. We offer plenty of parking in front of our clinic with accessible parking stalls.
To contact our Vision Therapy department, please call 309.670.2020 ext. 2, then choose Option #2 to be directed to VT.
- 309-444-8811
- 309-444-7863
- 309-444-8811
- 1009 North Cummings Lane
- Washington, IL 61571
Our Hours
- Monday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday: 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
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Peoria
- 4727 N Sheridan Road
- Peoria, IL 61614
- Phone: 309-670-2020
- Fax: 309-693-2536
- Text: 309-670-2020
Washington
- 1009 North Cummings Lane
- Washington, IL 61571
- Phone: 309-444-8811
- Fax: 309-444-7863
- Text: 309-444-8811
