Can Vision Therapy Fix Strabismus or Lazy Eye Without Surgery? 

That is great that the surgery was successful! The exercises are helping with my alignment as well!

Yes! You've got this!

Some people start vision therapy as young as six months, there definitely isn’t as much they can do with super little kids, but you just have to find the right optometrist!

Sure! They are definitely less common and the prognosis definitely is going to depend on similar factors as the types in the video; age at onset, current age and cause. Many times a hyper/hypotropia comes after an attempt to align the eyes with strabismus surgery, other times it is present from birth because of a nerve palsy. In general, it is more complicated, but vision therapy can definitely help, it may just take more time. Definitely schedule an appointment and get an opinion from the pros!

No, surgery can help the eyes look more straight either way. But definitely meat with a surgeon to know for sure.

I think that it is a combination that works well for many people. But some don't ever need the surgery.

Usually the plastic surgeons are more about reconstruction after trauma. I recommend a pediatric ophthalmologist.

It's almost been 2 years! They are still straight, and getting better with each progress visit due to the vision therapy that I am doing. The double vision is very rare, but still comes up when I'm really tired.

I do still take zoom appointments. You can schedule at strabismussolutions.com/consult/ I think that 12 days should be plenty for recovery. You will still be a little red, but the pain should be gone. I'd have to know more about your case to be able to recommend surgery or vision therapy.

Go to www.covd.org to find a FCOVD (developmental optometrist that practices vision therapy). Getting insurance to cover it is really challenging. I have an article all about it so you can get an idea. strabismussolutions.com/insurance-and-vt-codes-appeals-and-companies-that-cover/

the problem is with both eyes, because it is a yoked system and the eyes move together.

Definitely!

I mean amblyopia for adults age 22 Does it work

No I haven't, that sounds interesting.

It really depends on the child. They aren't as motivated so it usually takes longer. Intermittent shouldn't be as hard, but with that large of an angle, surgery might really help.

You've got it! That is a great comparison. Have you ever tried vision therapy?