Cook Vision Therapy Center Inc.

 Receiving a diagnosis of strabismus (crossed eyes)  for yourself or your child can be an overwhelming experience. Strabismus—a condition where the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object—affects roughly 4% of the population. One eye may look straight ahead, while the other turns inward (esotropia), outward (exotropia), upward (hypertropia), or downward (hypotropia). In the traditional medical model, the standard recommendation is almost immediate: eye muscle surgery . Ophthalmologists frequently suggest cutting, tightening, or loosening the eye muscles to pull the eye back into physical alignment. However, thousands of patients who undergo this surgery discover a heartbreaking reality a few months or years later: the eye has drifted back. They are then told they need a second, third, or even fourth surgery. Why does this happen? Because strabismus is rarely a muscle problem. It is a brain problem. At Cook Vision Therapy Center Inc.  i...

For decades, adults who suffered from functional vision problems—such as a wandering eye, a lifelong "lazy eye," or debilitating eye strain at the computer—were given a very discouraging message by standard eye care professionals: "You are past the critical age. There is nothing more we can do for you."  Told that their brains were "hardwired" after the age of eight, millions of adults simply accepted that they would spend the rest of their lives dealing with double vision, avoiding reading, covering one eye to focus, or feeling self-conscious about an eye turn. Today, the internet has changed the landscape. A quick search in any app store reveals dozens of "vision therapy games" and "eye exercise apps" that promise to fix adult lazy eye, improve reading speed, and eliminate eye fatigue for just a few dollars a month. Naturally, for an adult who has been told their whole life that their condition is permanent, these apps seem like a m...