Surely, you have heard the warning, “Never look directly into the sun.” This is advice to live by. There are no pain receptors in the back of the eye so damage can occur with no way of knowing until it is too late. Damage to our eyes from the sun is...
Here is a great tool to help get your child ready for their first eye exam! Young children often don’t even know they are having vision issues. With no other point of reference, they believe everyone sees the way they do! Yet, 30 million children have...
Keratoconus is a condition that causes bulging and eventual thinning of the central cornea potentially severely compromising one’s vision. Keratoconus usually starts during teenage years. It can, though, begin in childhood or in people up until about age 30. It is...
At Wyomissing Optometric Center we are committed to providing comprehensive medical eye care for all of our patients. We educate our patients on the importance of an annual eye exam. Many eye conditions are often silent and show few or no symptoms especially in the...
We are pleased to share this letter we received about our vision therapy approach from a “completely amazed” mom. Vision therapy can help a child who is struggling unnecessarily with an undiagnosed vision problem. Here is one such case. “We started...
