August 23-25 2019, Vancouver BC COVT&R AGM 2019 - Traumatic Brain Injury + Vestibular Injury After 12 long months of waiting, the most electric Optometric education event is upon us - the COVT&R AGM! And for the first time ever, the event will be held on the best, ahem, West coast in Vancouver BC. Having ...

The year was 2011, and I was finally getting around to an item on my “bucket list” at the time, which was to sign up for the Sanet Vision Seminar Series.  Could it possibly be as good as what I had heard?  As it turned out, the first weekend of the Series exceeded my expectations, ...

Since my days in Optometry school (30 years ago), I wanted to be involved in sports vision. In fact, my 4th year research project was working with a college baseball team. I have always thought if you can refine an individuals vision skills that it would provide an edge that other athletes may not have. ...

In 1977 a book appeared with the intriguing title “Developmental Vision For Lifelong Learning”, written by R. C. Orem. Ostensibly an oxymoron, the implication was that vision development provided a platform that would serve the individual in a quest for learning throughout one’s lifetime. The Binovi Platform for optometric vision therapy activities, and the Sanet ...

The old adage about the NBA is that it is a “make or miss league.” Which is true in a lot of respects, when you boil everything down: success in the NBA ultimately comes down to making shots. Good shooting comes in many different forms. Watch an NBA game and you will see a variety ...

Eyecarrot is happy to welcome Guest Contributor Dr. Paul Rollett, neuro-developmental optometrist at Okanagan Vision Therapy in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada and Director of Marketing for Canadian Optometrists in Vision Therapy & Rehabilitation (COVT&R). For any amateur athlete, it is well known that how you perform on game day will be heavily influenced by the ...

Valdemar Eriksen is a young racing driver with a dream of breaking into Formula 1. While only 16 years of age, Valdemar has already made a considerable name for himself in Formula 4 and the karting circuits. In his rookie season of the Danish Formula 4 Championship, he finished with 18 top-5 finishes (surpassed only …

At only 18 years of age, Bianca Leon has already had quite the gymnastics career highlighted most recently by a gold medal performance at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia (July 2018), making her the first female gymnast representing Puerto Rico to earn gold in gymnastics. It wasn’t always easy though. “When …

Patti Andrich —Eyecarrot Advisor and occupational therapist— talks about what lead her to joining the Eyecarrot Team. If you have ever met me, you know that It is obvious that I have a passion for changing lives through vision therapy. Other than being a parent of 4 great boys, being a vision therapist is the …