GAIL'S SUCCESS STORY

 Seeing Double

Gail Myles was in a car accident in November 2018, resulting in a concussion along with some other minor injuries.

Even though Gail’s physicians were able to treat some of her physical injuries; her concussion and vision issues persisted, and those problems heavily interfered with her daily life. 

“Some of the initial symptoms were issues with reading and writing and double vision,” she told us in her initial assessment “I’d use a lot of spreadsheets at work and I found it almost impossible to follow along with them. I often missed instructions and important elements of work tasks and ended up making some mistakes. From a day-to-day perspective, I found it difficult being out in busy places. Going to the grocery store, going to the mall was completely overwhelming for me. I was really frustrated and I knew there had to be someone who could help me”.

Seeking Help

After hearing about the Vision Development Centre through an online concussion group, Gail decided to reach out and see what we could do to help. After the initial assessment with Gail, we found her tracking was off when trying to read and that she had a slight eye turn. We quickly developed a treatment plan in response and began vision therapy. Our plan for Gail included:

• Therapeutic glasses to aid in visual posture

• Mirror stereoscope; a tactic that separates what each eye sees and we work on guiding the eyes together to merge the images into one joined image.

• Red and green glasses to test how the brain processes messages from the eyes and see how both eyes are functioning at the same time.

• Various ball movement exercises

• And many more therapy exercises. 

It was a long journey, but Gail was willing to do the work.

A Positive Outlook

Over time Gail finally started to feel like she was getting somewhere. “I felt like I found someone who understood what I was going through”, “I’m getting emotional thinking about how it used to be,” Gail says. “My life is so much better now because of Dr. Hutchens and her team, I am so so thankful that I met them”

And we’re so happy to have met you too, Gail.

More than 50% of the brain is used for vision processing, so we see stories such as Gail’s quite often. If you’ve experienced any kind of head trauma and you feel like your senses haven’t quite been the same since — get in touch with us today. Vision therapy might be just what you need to get back on track and feel like yourself again.