Strabismus (Eye Turn) is an eye that either “turns in” or “turns out”. Sometimes this is also called a “crossed eye” or a “wall eye”. Most strabismus develops in infancy or early childhood. The standard medical treatment if an eye doesn’t straighten with the help of glasses is to surgically straighten the eye. Surgery is based on the premise that the eye muscle is “weak”. Based on our understanding of how vision develops, we approach the strabismus as an eye teaming problem. When the brain was unable to make sense of the information from both eyes, it moved one out of the way in order to more easily ignore it. Our treatment approach involves helping the brain to use the information from both eyes and to develop coordinated eye teaming. The reward is eyes that are aligned perfectly and depth perception (3D).

Many of our patients have already had strabismus surgery. For some, they have had multiple surgeries, because surgery rarely results in perfectly aligned eyes that work together. We can help those who haven’t had surgery and those who have. For those patients who are planning on surgery, we can prepare the visual processing prior to surgery and follow-up after surgery to ensure the best possible results.