One Sunshine Coast Optometrist just isn’t content to hand out stronger and stronger glasses to children and teens who are undergoing increasing short sightedness. While most young people are resigned to seeing their distance prescription increase every year when they visit their Optometrist, Eye CU Optometrists is providing a better way of treating this condition.…
DetailsDr Darin Browne is the Optometrist Sunshine Coast Kids Love, and it’s not just since he has the ability to assist them in relation to their learning difficulties! He aims to provide a exceptional and extensive eye examination for many children, and the whole office is put together to make this happen effectively and in…
DetailsVisiting any one of many sunshine coast optometrist practices may be scary for a child. Many may be expert at testing and diagnosing adults, however children are a completely different thing all together! Some youngsters are defiant, some don’t understand what you might be asking and some squirm and wriggle when we try and take…
DetailsSunshine Coast Optometrist Darin Browne has called for more serious Macular Degeneration Testing across the area. He explains that what we are seeing right now is the result of years of ignorance among the public as to how we can take care of the macula, including things like genetics, diet, smoking and lifestyle. This…
DetailsToday short sightedness treatment is more important than ever, because we are seeing an enormous increase in the amount of short sightedness among our children and teenagers. Most Optometrists are unable to suggest any treatment that limits the growth of the condition, and with computers, the internet, iphones and ipods, the situation is only going…
DetailsVision therapy activities have long been used by Behavioural Optometrists to help children with learning disabilities. The principal downside with in office therapies is that they’re prescribed by Behavioural Optometrists and are often very expensive (sometimes 1000’s of dollars). They also typically involve multiple and frequent journeys to the optometrist to make use of sophisticated…
DetailsOne of the joys of being an optometrist for children is that you have a tremendous sense of job satisfaction because you are changing lives. Having a child present with learning difficulties and knowing that you can prescribe glasses and eye exercises to help the makes being an optometrist for children and exciting profession, day…
DetailsChildren are unique, and so it makes sense that an optometrist for children is unique as well! Children are not little adults and cannot be treated that way, although most optometrists attempt to do this. I believe kids need the special attention of optometrist for children, who can run specific tests and judge the effect …
DetailsIn many areas around the world and across my home area of the Sunshine Coast short sight development is reaching epidemic proportions! This is especially true among teenagers and preteens and came to a large extent be blamed upon the massive increase in screen-based viewing done by these age groups. Common Causes of Short Sight…
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