Vision Problems After A Concussion
It’s no surprise that athletes are more likely to sustain concussions. It may be a surprise to know that after a concussion, a high percentage of people will suffer from some form of visual dysfunction. Symptoms will range from blurry and double vision, to less “obvious” visual changes that result in trouble with balance, headaches or even problems with memory and attention. Symptoms may start immediately, but most often will flare at the 24-48 hour mark and persist for days, weeks, or even months and years in some patients that don’t receive proper care.
As Sports Vision Pros, part of our mission is to educate not only our athletes but also other professionals about ways to make our patient care even stronger. Vision can not only be a key to helping patients recover from brain injury symptoms, but even more importantly, a key to helping them avoid injuries in the first place. A visual system that is strong and efficient can assure that athletes are able to generate the appropriate muscle tension to brace for an impact or avoid a collision.
Please take advantage of these resources for athletes and professionals that want to learn more about the roll vision has on concussion recovery. Please let us know if you have other questions and would like to learn more.
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Bausch + Lomb's mission is to help people see better to live better all over the world—that’s why we started and what we still strive for today. Through unwavering focus rooted in innovation, quality and craftsmanship, we continue to pursue our lifelong vision of protecting and enhancing the gift of sight through every phase of life.
deCervo is the neurotechnology leader in sports cognitive performance training. deCervo provides neurological analysis of baseball and softball hitters through a phone app and regular coaching sessions that deliver in-game results.
Sharpeye Shootout is a virtual reality game that is focused on your eye-hand reaction skills.
Sports Vision Pros is excited to partner with MacuHealth and discuss the benefits of their products for our athletes
We see a world where everybody is an athlete — united in the joy of movement. Driven by our passion for sport and our instinct for innovation, we aim to bring inspiration to every athlete in the world and to make sport a daily habit.
Sport-specific brain training for baseball, softball, and tennis. Pitch recognition training helps you become a more dangerous hitter.
Serve recognition training will have you breaking serve more often. Used by over 30,000 pro, college, Olympic, and youth athletes.
We believe that when people see brilliantly, they live brilliantly. That’s why we aspire to lead the world in innovating life-changing vision and eye care products. We are the largest eye care device company in the world, with a long history of firsts. And while we have been around for over 70 years, we are just getting started.
The RightEye Vision System™ is the world’s first commercialized eye-tracking solution for general healthcare and wellness—It is nothing like traditional vision tests.
NeuroTracker has been developed out of more than 25 years of cutting-edge neuroscience research at the Faubert Lab of the University of Montreal.
The Edge Trainer from Vizual Edge delivers the most advanced vision training available. Backed by 30 years of research and development, the Edge Trainer's web-based program is proven to help enhance timing, balance, eye-hand coordination, positional and spatial awareness, reaction speed and more to give you an edge in your sport!
Since 1965 Smith Optics has been innovating goggles, sunglasses, lenses, and frames to enhance an athlete's experience of their sport or activity. In continuing to innovate they have created helmets that integrate their eyewear seamlessly.
Johnson & Johnson Vision brings together cutting-edge insights, science, technology and people to encourage professionals and patients to proactively preserve and enhance sight for life.
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He graduated from Pacific University, College of Optometry in 1994. Dr. Tad Buckingham has experience in fire and emergency services that allowed him to impact emergent eye care, and ocular injections, and to develop guidelines to manage medical emergencies in the primary care office.
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