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DMOS Lecture – Year end dinner and meeting!

Sports Concussions: How Vision is Impacted presented by Dr. Lynn Hellerstein

Join us for the DMOS year-end dinner and meeting!
Monday, December 8th
6:30 PM at Ocean Prime, 1465 Larimer Street, Denver
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The Neuro-ophthalmology of Head Trauma

New article about Tramuatic brain injury (TBI). The effects of TBI and concussion (a form of mild TBI) on vision are presented.

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BIAC Pikes Peak Challenge

All funds raised at the Pikes Peak Challenge support the Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado (BIAC).

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New Video On Concussion and Visual Consequences

Thanks to the Vision Help group for their new video on the Impact of Concussion on Vision.

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King-Devick Test

New Information on Vision and Concussion

The research validated the King Devick test as a rapid sideline concussion test for youth athletes.

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Concussion: How Your Vision Is Impacted – FREE WORKSHOP

Common visual problems association with traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitative vision therapy treatment for patients with brain injury are presented.

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Concussion: How Your Vision Is Impacted – FREE WORKSHOP

An estimated 1.6 million to 3.8 million sports-related traumatic brain injuries occur each year.  Traumatic brain injury (concussion) is the signature injury of the current wars.  In addition, many athletes are now beginning to see the impact of traumatic brain injury (concussion) on their sports, education and work.

This free workshop presents the common visual problems association with traumatic brain injury.  Rehabilitative vision therapy treatment for patients with brain injury, utilizing lenses, prisms, occlusion and vision therapy, are presented through interactive experiences and case presentations.

Join us at Hellerstein & Brenner Vision Center PC on June 17, 2014 at 6:30PM.  Invite your friends, therapists and colleagues to attend this MOST important workshop.

Click here for the Concussion Talk flyer.

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Optometry’s role increases in identifying, treating concussion

Visual pathways alone account for more than 50% of the brain’s pathways and, therefore, are commonly affected in concussion

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Former Avalanche enforcer Scott Parker battling effects of concussions

Nearly six years since he retired from the NHL as one of its toughest enforcers, Scott Parker is finding everyday life a more fearsome opponent than any he dropped the […]

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