The Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association International is an interdisciplinary group of professionals dedicated to providing patients who have physical or cognitive disabilities as a result of an acquired brain injury with a complete ocular health evaluation and optimum visual rehabilitation education and services to improve their quality of life.
August 23, 2019
by Curtis R. Baxstrom, OD, FCOVD, FAAO, FNORA Patients who suffer a traumatic brain injury often have a team of rehabilitation professionals assisting in their…
August 15, 2019
by Alecko Eskandarian My first concussion happened during my very first Major League Soccer game. I have no memory of that game at all; an opposing player alerted…
July 26, 2019
by June Chiang, OD It might seem surprising that an optometrist is interested in the biomechanics of the neck, shoulders and cervical spine — but these can be…
July 12, 2019
by Kyla Demers, BSc, CAT(C), DO As an athletic therapist and osteopath, I utilize manual therapy to improve the mobility of physical structures in order to improve…
June 28, 2019
by Patti Andrich, MA, OTR/L, COVT, CINPP, and Alex Andrich, OD, FCOVD When you were developing in your mother’s womb, you inherited several codes…
June 7, 2019
by Robert Cantu, MD Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a progressive, degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head impacts, such as those suffered by boxers…
May 24, 2019
by Cathy Stern, OD, FCSO, FCOVD, FNORA A common treatment for amblyopia or diplopia is to patch the stronger eye with a fully occlusive “pirate” patch.
May 10, 2019
by Denise Helle, CPOC Billing and coding is always a challenge, but optometrists new to the field of neuro-optometric rehabilitation can find it doubly so, because…
April 26, 2019
by Deborah Zelinsky, OD, FNORA, FCOVD The eyes provide a direct connection to the brain — because the retina is made from brain tissue. When light…
April 12, 2019
by Patrick Quaid, MCOptom, FCOVD, PhD I believe that the difference between a good health care practitioner and an excellent one is that an excellent one knows when…