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ChaGRin Falls, OH

Vision Therapy

ChaGRin Falls, OH

Vision Therapy

Vision therapy is like physical therapy for your eyes and brain. It’s a specialized program designed to treat vision problems that go beyond what glasses or contacts can correct alone. Using a series of fun and engaging exercises, our experts can enhance your eye coordination, strengthen your eye muscles, and improve how your brain processes visual information. 

Who can benefit from vision therapy? 

Vision therapy can help people of all ages dealing with various vision issues, including: 

  • Strabismus (eye turn): When the eyes are misaligned and struggle to work together. 
  • Amblyopia (lazy eye): Reduced vision in one eye due to poor development. 
  • Binocular vision disorders: Trouble using both eyes together, leading to eye strain or double vision. 
  • Accommodative disorders: Difficulty focusing at different distances, causing eye strain or blurred vision. 
  • Visual processing disorders: Challenges with understanding and interpreting visual information, impacting reading and learning. 

Vision therapy is not just beneficial for adults; it’s also incredibly effective for children. Early intervention through vision therapy can help prevent future learning difficulties and set kids up for success in school and beyond. 

We have been eye care patients at Chagrin Valley Optometrists for a long time but more recently, my husband has been going there for vision therapy. He had a stroke during surgery that left him with vision issues.

Vision therapy to suit our needs is not an easy thing to find and we are fortunate to have this service provided right in our neighborhood.

We work with Dr. Jurcak for the assessments and visual field testing and with Susan for the weekly therapy sessions. The vision therapy is more than we ever anticipated. They have state of the art equipment along with a wealth of knowledge to provide a variety of visual “workouts” that are both challenging and rewarding. Each therapy session is also encouraging and motivating which, in turn, creates confidence.

We look forward to attending therapy each week and are 100% happy and thankful for this incredible team as well as the progress made over the past year. We definitely plan to continue with the vision therapy program!

As a parent, discovering that my child required vision therapy was initially daunting. However, the team at Chagrin Valley Optometrists not only reassured me but also made my daughter feel comfortable throughout the entire journey. The therapy sessions became an exciting and eagerly anticipated weekly activity for my daughter, and witnessing her progress at each appointment was truly rewarding. My daughter’s vision has improved tremendously, and I cannot thank the doctors enough for their dedication to the process.

Our daughter was having severe headaches and dizziness, which we initially attributed to the additional computer time and schoolwork as she progressed grades. After meeting with the team at Chagrin Valley Optometrists and discovering that she had a drift in her left eye, we immediately began a remediation plan to not only correct the drift but also improve her vision and motor skills overall.

Dr. Shepard and Sue were with us every step of the way, from setting up a payment plan that was easy on our family budget to scheduling weekly appointments, even homework that kept our daughter – and us – on top of the remediation. Their commitment to our daughter’s well-being was evident in every session. They were patient and compassionate with a child who knew something was wrong and was afraid the problem wouldn’t go away and engaged her with activities that made the sessions less of a ‘doctors appointment’ and more interactive and thorough while also directing my husband and I, who wanted to understand every aspect of the diagnoses and the remediation plan. By the end, not only had her drift corrected, her vision, balance, and hand-eye motor skills improved well beyond everyone’s expectations. Best of all, she hasn’t had a single vision-related headache or dizzy spell in nearly a year.

We couldn’t be happier in our choice to contact Chagrin Valley Optometrists, have Sue and Dr. Shepard work closely with our daughter, and the results of her vision therapy.

Schedule an appointment today 

If you or your child are struggling with vision challenges that impact daily life or learning, vision therapy may be the solution you’ve been looking for. Schedule an appointment with us today and let us help you improve your vision and quality of life.