Vision For Life and Success

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America's #1 Advanced Vision Therapy Clinic

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WELCOME TO

VISION FOR LIFE & SUCCESS

America's #1 Advanced

Vision Therapy Clinic

Wish to speak directly with the Doctor?

Schedule Your Consultation Call

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What We Do:

At Vision for Life & Success, we provide advanced Vision Therapy designed to correct chronic Functional Vision Impairments in both adults or children, saving you from the need for surgery or any other invasive procedures.

Our Mission

To help every family member live an unlimited life - enjoying their eyes as nature intended, without the hardships caused by a Functional Vision impairment.

We have had the privilege of serving thousands of people and we are just as excited to serve you or your loved ones.

So, what is Functional Vision Therapy, and why does it matter?

Functional Vision Therapy (FVT) is a cutting edge, specialized and non-invasive vision treatment that focuses on helping you regain true functional use of your eyes as nature intended.

Good vision goes beyond just having 20/20 eyesight; which is but one of several measures of eye function. For optimal vision, there are other necessary visual processes that must be carried out effectively by your eyes, and translated accurately by your brain.

Some of these actions include:

• Proper eye alignment
• Optimal eye tracking and teaming
• Proper eye movement and focusing
• Accurate visual processing

An imbalance or dysfunction in any of these areas could manifest in many ways, including poor grades in school, low performance at work and an inability to perform basic tasks of daily living without struggling.

Want to know your Functional Vision Score?

Take The Functional Vision Score Quiz!

The Warning signs

Here are some common things to check

for that may indicate a FV impairment

Do you or your loved ones have or experience any one of these?

Lazy eye (Amblyopia)

With Amblyopia occurs where one eye does not develop the ability to see clearly due to a breakdown in how the brain and eye work together, whereby the brain is unable to recognize the visual input from one eye. This may occur as a result of a high lens prescription or strabismus aka wandering eye or eye turn.

Amplyopia may also occur due to congenital cataract, or as a result of an ocular disease.

Symptoms include: wandering eyes that may not appear to work together, or poor depth perception.

Amblyopia is the most common cause of decreased vision in a single eye among children and younger adults.

Blurred vision

Blurred vision refers to a lack of sharpness of eyesight resulting in the inability to see fine detail.

While this symptom can sometimes be treated with glasses, its presence could also signal an underlying visual problem that cannot be corrected with lenses alone; problems that if fixed can drastically affect the lens prescription.

Cross eye (Strabismus)

In this case, both eyes do not look at the same place at the same time. The eye turn could be either up, down, in, out or diagonally.

Eye turns could begin as being only slight and worsen over time and are often more obvious as a result of visual or general stress.

Strabismus needs to be taken seriously as it could also signal the presence of a more serious underlying condition.

Poor grades in school

You know that your child is bright and works hard, yet their school grades do not reflect your belief.

Poor reading comprehension

You or your child have difficulty understanding what is read and often have to read it more than once. This could be a sign of Binocular Vision dysfunction.

Reading avoidance & Homework Wars

If your child spends hours completing homework each evening, or if you have to fight them to do it, then there may be a visual problem lurking behind it all.

Struggle with work tasks or homework

If you or your child experiences difficulty with aligning digits, copying notes, writing in a straight line, or experiences movement of the characters on the page, this is often a strong sign that something isn't right with your visual processing.

Short attention span or ADHD Diagnosis

Did you know that over 90% of ADHD diagnosis are misdiagnosed?

So, if you feel that you or your child has a shorter attention span than a goldfish, then there could be a deficit in the functioning of the visual processing system which renders them unable to keep their eyes aimed properly and comfortably for prolonged periods. This could result in their inablitly to focus on a given task for extended periods of time.

This is often welcome news to most parents, who are greatly relieved at the possibility that, with treatment, their child may not have to live with that diagnosis for the rest of their life.

Clumsiness & being accident-prone

If you or your child are always tripping over things or getting into accidents that could have been easily avoided, there is a strong chance that these occurrences are as a result of an FV problem.

Diagnosed with other learning disabilities

If you or your child have been diagnosed with a learning impairment like Dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia etc., just like ADHD mentioned above, a significant percentage of children and young adults have been labeled as having learning disabilities when the observed deficiencies could be caused by treatable vision problems that are unrelated to the standard testing for 20/20 eyesight.

In other words, you or your child could pass the standard eye exam but still have an undetected vision problem that is then misidentified as a learning impairment.

Headaches & Discomfort

If you or your child gets headaches or complains about their eyes hurting from reading or doing near-work, there may be an issue with convergence insufficiency. This imbalance creates tension in and around the eyes, forehead and temples, and a resulting aversion to reading.

TBI or Stroke Related Vision Loss

If you or your loved one has lost vision or developed a visual complication due to a traumatic brain injury or stroke.

Did you know?

That most Functional Vision issues are not detectable by traditional vision screening tests?

Therefore, due to a lack of this awareness, many adults and children go un-diagnosed, and not only suffer from the uncomfortable symptoms, but also have to deal with the increasingly negative effect of the Functional Vision Impairment on their work or school performance.

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Advanced Vision Therapy from America's top Vision Therapy Clinic & Expert.

Here at Vision For Life & Success, Vision Therapy is not an afterthought or something we do just to fill up our calendar. It is the only thing we do.

After running a conventional vision clinic for many years, Dr Steinhauer decided to commit fully to Vision Therapy after discovering the immense need and the transformation it offers without the need for invasive and non-reversible surgery.

After many years of study and thousands of patients, Dr. Steinhauer has developed proprietary new approaches to care and now also teaches and coaches other doctors on treatment protocols and growing their practice.

Our Services

We are proud to be able to support some of the most difficult cases that require vision therapy. Below is a list of services that we provide and clients that we work with.

Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy

A traumatic brain injury can produce cognitive, sensory or physical impairments. Studies indicate that 90% of TBI patients experience some form of vision disruption. Visual problems are caused by a disruption of communication between the eyes and the brain.
Duane Syndrome Therapy

This is usually one of the most difficult VT cases there is, and most people are left without a remedy.

Traditionally, the only common option for Duane's syndrome is undergoing highly invasive surgery. But we have been successful in working with many patients with DS and eliminating the need for surgery.
Lens Prescription Reduction Therapy

We actively help patients with myopia, astigmatism, and hyperopia reduce their lens prescription by up to 50%
Binocular Vision Therapy

Such as Amblyopia or Lazy Eye, Convergence Insufficiency (near vision disorder), Diplopia (double vision), Lack of Stereopsis (two-eyed depth perception), and Strabismus (cross-eyed, wandering eye, eye turns, etc.).
Special Population & Neuro-optometric Therapy

Including patients with Traumatic Brain injuries, Stroke, Whiplash, Developmental Delays, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, etc.

Visual Field Restoration

Visual field loss can be caused by eye diseases such as glaucoma, macular degeneration and optic neuritis. It can also result from traumatic brain injury and stroke.
Nystagmus Therapy

Nystagmus is a vision condition in which the eyes make repetitive, uncontrolled movements. These movements often result in reduced vision and depth perception and can affect balance and coordination. These involuntary eye movements can occur from side to side, up and down, or in a circular pattern.
Infant & Toddler therapy

We are one of the premier clinics that is also able to help infants and toddlers correct any abnormalities before it gets worse.
Surgery Prevention Therapy

We have helped many people avoid the permanent and irreversible effects of eye surgery in situations where they once thought they had only one option.
Sports Therapy

Many children and adults wish they could enhance their sports performance. From basketball and baseball to golf and shooting, sports therapy aims to teach affective eye teaming and eye-hand coordination to improve the consistency of any game.

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A Note From Dr Steinhauer To Parents

Please do not wait for your child to express an outright problem with their eyes or a desire for something better. This is because any individual who experiences these issues from an early age often assumes that what they are experiencing is normal.

They simply have no way of knowing that things are not supposed to have halos, appear double or skip around on a page. In fact, it is not uncommon for adults to realize that what they have lived with their whole life was actually a problem that could have been fixed if identified at an early age.

Therefore, we recommend going through the Functional Vision Quiz with them if they are old enough to offer their subjective opinion, otherwise use your observation and if they aren't old enough to offer such an opinion.

If you already know what the issue is and are seeking relief, we recommend you schedule a consult with Dr. Steinhauer.

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Cutting edge technology, world class service, people that care.

Along with being one of the premier Vision Therapy clinics in the nation due to our adoption of the latest technologies and our ability to treat a wide variety of cases, including the ones others find challenging or avoid completely, we also pride ourselves on the fact that we care for the people we serve and strive to go above and beyond to ensure that this is the case for every patient that chooses us.

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Meet our Team

Every single member of our team is committed to helping improve the lives of those whom we serve, as well as providing world-class service and experience to those who participate in any of our programs.

Dr. Julie Steinhauer OD, FCOVD

DR OF OPTOMETRY