Neuro-Optometry

Athletic trainers, coaches and doctors have often expressed concern about whether it is safe for a recently concussed athlete to fly, given that elite athletes frequently travel for games or matches and would then need to return home.

I recently worked with two professional hockey players on a team for which I provide sports vision care.

Pattern-reversal visual evoked potential tests detected neurological changes prior to any overt diabetic retinopathy clinical changes, according to a study published in Neurology Research International.

In 1977, as a graduate student from University of California, Berkeley, I coauthored the first paper on neuro-optometry. My mentor, a neurologist, and I were very excited about the intersection of neurology and optometry.

Although COVID-19 primarily attacks the lungs and respiratory system, it is now clear that the virus can affect many parts of the body, including the heart, brain and nervous system, according to Messinger.

Patients with brain injury tend to have odd symptoms and feel like no one understands or is listening to them. Often, by the time they see me, they are petrified that their symptoms might last for the rest of their life.

Like 99% of optometric practices across the country, our office had to close its physical location for several weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic.