4 Great Ways to Treat Your Strabismus

Dr. Valerie Lam, from Insight Vision Center Optometry, speaks on the 4 ways in treating strabismus.
Vision Therapy is a custom program of exercises to strengthen the eyes and brain to treat many vision problems and learning issues. Vision therapy is done under the guidance of an optometrist and with one on one coaching of a vision therapist. Here is an example of an exercise we use with our patients. Leave a comment below and let us know how you did!
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[@tonykartracer8032]

Hey, just wanted to say thank you for taking your time making these videos to help those with eye conditions by giving out FREE helpful tips and information. There are a lot of doctors/professionals on KZbin who refuse to give out these tips and exercises unless you fork over the money for one of their programs. People are who they are, I suppose.... you can't teach kindness to some if they're unable to grasp what empathy is, I mean it's not like offering a few helpful tips for those who are suffering is going to make you go broke. Anyway, I think you are awesome for making these videos and here's hoping for continued success for you in your practice.

[@SpikyBrandee]

I came here just to say exactly this!!! 🙂🙏

[@SpikyBrandee]

Thank you for your explanations and exercises and being so kind!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@19562008ful]

I've had severe diplopia for many many years, I've had surgery, it was ok till my right eye suffered an infection. Ever since, especially when I'm tired, I fight to keep my right eye straight (exotropia). It really bothers me cause I like to read and write with my PC. So I do exercices every day to strengthen up the muscles. The results are so so but I'm an optimistic Québécois and hopefully things will get back to normal in the long run, actually, the sooner the better. I'm 66 years old by the way. Signed: A guy who desperately wants to spend his golden years with a binocular vision. Your opinion please? You're doing a great job, thanks a million Doc.

[@steveturansky9031]

I'll be 65 soon and have had intermittent Exotropia Strabismus since childhood. Some time around 7-8yo, an eye doctor gave me the pencil eye exercises which helped a lot but around 40-45, I started noticing problems again, especially when tired. The last 6-8 years have gotten much worse and before Covid, I was considering realignment surgery. It is still intermittent but far more frequent now and I get headaches from trying to read. This condition really sucks. I never read more than a couple paragraphs at a time anymore. I'm very glad I stumbled onto this video and learned much. I'm in OC so I hope to make an appointment soon, once I get a referral and if it's covered under my insurance.

[@loui.e0241]

thank you now that im an adult i can finally understandore how my eyes work this helped alot

[@strive4joy213]

I respect you for your work 🙋

[@xX_N_E_O_Xx]

I've been looking for such explanation

[@ryflint6104]

Thank you!

[@Anita-wc5qg]

Awesome !!

[@martymar9311]

Thanks for this info 🎉

[@brucefenton2846]

Great. Thanks.

[@tango9944]

Thank you for sharing your professional opinion, lot of useful information to think about.

[@zacharysherry2910]

I suddenly developed this. I'm 36 I'm so scared. It's ruined my whole life. I'm an artist

[@monigiselle2140]

Hello, have you gotten better??

[@traciannveno]

Prism glasses may work for you. They are easy to get and look like normal glasses.

[@_kanal8]

Me too! 🙋🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️😢 I‘m also 36… 🤔

[@Sarb651]

meto

[@xavierbrown876]

Me too bro I still pull women.. but I’m so self-conscious about it it messes with my confidence talking to people cause I’m like I know they see that shit..😂😢 but does anybody know how much the surgery is ?and don’t trip? I didn’t watch all the video as yet that’s why I’m asking in case she said it.

[@sabbirhossin2891]

Hey I am sabbir and i am 19 When i was 15 one day i noticed something unusual in my left eye.everything was really blury only in my left eye,so when i looked into the mirror i noticed that my left eye was pointing outwards from my nose.(my both eyes were Normal and fine before that)Since then my life kind of a became a living hell 😅. My friends started teasing me,my cousins started teasing me, my girlfriend at the time broke up with me and even the teachers and classmates where always teasing me. so because of all that i had quit my studies, i stopped going outside,i stopped visiting my relatives and Kind of isolated myself from the rest of the world.its been like this for the past 4 years now. ... Now that i am 19 now i have some responsibility's, and i don't want to be the same person that was during the 4 years. And about my left eye It moves alongside my right eye,it sometimes Even alignes itself straight with the right eye but again it drifts away to the left. Now i would like to get some help if i can and if anyone can give me any tips on how to fix my eye will really help me and my family.

[@imane8983]

Just GREAT 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@honglengsim7363]

Hi, you mentioned about eye stretches exercises but I could not find the video within your channel pertaining to it. Do you know where can i find them?

[@nicholemiller8238]

I just saw an eye doctor and I can see fine but my left eye is moving outward and she basically told me there's nothing I can do to make it better or make it worse so I'm really disappointed so thank you for these videos

[@padussia]

I was born with cross-eyedness. And I was really cute for it as a child. It has made me so ashamed even in my adulthood.

[@stevenchapman365]

Can my left eye turning outward be the cause of my constant headaches and temple pain

[@keropiro6120]

I'm having a hard time finding the video you mentioned regarding eye stretches. Can you please link the video? Thank you!

[@karankafley1998]

I have strabismus eye moving upwards 25% of the time like sometimes and I wonder what are the best treatments to treat it ? Please reply that would mean a lot thanks you

[@joannepollak5843]

How do you feel about Syntonics as part of vision therapy for strabismus? I have heard it can be very effective.

[@amenbekele6128]

I have intermittent strabismus and I wonder what kind of exercises could help me ? Thank you dear

[@pdsmilesful]

Hi Dr., We just found out that my 8 month old daughter has esotropia. I like your approach of vision therapy for binocularity rather than patching. Are there any toys or activities you recommend for 8-10 month old babies to correct mild esotropia? Thank you in advance.

[@JW-nd5wr]

tetris helps me stretch eye i have exotropia so does pac man i got surgery at ten it didnt do nothing

[@Ziyanda1]

Hi doctor, i did research and thought i have astigmatism bu the eye doctor said i'm near sighted after ding an eye test. I have strabismus, will the prescription for nearsightedness help correct strabismus?

[@bishalsaha3141]

Doctor how much it will need to cure ? And how many time in a day i have to do this exercise?

[@kaleiah2800]

I had the esetropia one when I was a baby and got surgery to fix it. 13 years later its fine, but when I wear my glasses it makes that eye look like it has the exotropia one. when my glasses are off, my eyes go straight. the eye doctor told me that theres no change in my perscription and theres no way to fix it. she said contacts would make my eye turn too. I have trouble seeing without my glasses but my eyes are straight like that. I see better with them but my eye goes outward when they’re on. any idea why?

[@timothywilliams1359]

Do have any recommendation for treatment of exotropic strabismus for someone with only limited vision in the wandering eye? I have bern told surgery is not a good option for me because of Baervelt implants and corneal grafts. (Lots of issues!)

[@lathareddy4798]

Hii. I am having a good binocular vision..but my right eye has watering sometimes and it is deviated upwards slightly about 3mm ..my friend noticed it while i was talking to her and i checked my vision it is -0.5 in right eye ..what should i do

[@calliesmith7571]

Thank you!! I've dealth with BVD and wearing prism lenses and i spent over 5,000 on vision therapy and my prism lesnes broke so now having issues again, these exercises are helping me so much.

[@shawnpaul2141]

hey, i have a lazy eye, if i put a virtual reality headset. will i be able to see like everyone else and realy see or not? thank you!

[@PSYCH0O_O0]

Can you plz tell me how we can make the eyes and brain work together ☺️

[@danee8333]

2:10 i have strabismus and i can actually straighten it by engaging the muscle, but when i engage it my vision got so blurry. Is there any explanation for that?

[@cjbadua]

Hey, just wanted to ask if wearing an anti radiation glasses can be corrected the eyes that have a squint or strabismus I am not inborn that have strabismus or squint i use too much phone when i was in grade 1 one day my parents see that my eyes are not perfectly working please help me correct my eyes again i am from Philippines

[@StevenBrener]

Are there habits that make strabismus worse?

[@bgk1750]

Can it see 100% clearly after doing the surgery and How long does it take to see clearly?

[@jakemontes5387]

Ma'am my 3yr. Daughter have congenital esotropia, what the best to do?

[@lilianogutu513]

Hello doc lhad operation because of my lazy left eye going inwards .after the operation its still trying to move inwards how can you help me please?

[@geroge6245]

I had visited eye doctor when i was 7 or 8. They told me to wear eye glasses. Now i am 13 and my parents say that my eye is going inwards can it be treated with corrcet eye prescription?

[@anchalpatil5071]

mam plz help, when i look to right the other turns to left and vice versa plz help i feel very awkward and it is embarrassing

[@jessu3064]

Can we make appointment if we don’t live in the US, as it do you see clients via Skype or something?

[@tylerharvey6069]

I have a son who is 5 and his eye goes inward and I was wondering what a good route for treatment

[@Susanna79.]

Can binocular vision still be improved if I had this surgery when I was a kid?

[@aslmad1]

Eye stretches and engagement? Is that just moving your eyes around?

[@quijonathan127]

I got inward I'm 48 years

[@user-jj4oi1rv8j]

I have consulted to a doctor and they say that one of my muscle is missing like it's not there is it possible?? If yes then what can we do?

[@jcepri]

I just went to an ophthalmologist yesterday. She didn't explain this issue that I'm having anywhere near as good as you have here. Thank you so much. Can you explain a little bit more about what you mean by vision therapy? Is there another video on that? Thank you again

[@butterflybuff3175]

Hi there. I highly appreciated your video. I really hope you may see this comment and even reply. My child has estropia and surgery was recommended. Her eye dose don’t always turn in. I really wishing not to do surgery but she complains about headaches almost daily and say is hard for her to focus here eyes. They tried the glasses on her but her vision is good and the glasses make it worst in her case. Really desperate here. Becouse it affects her daily. I really prefer not doing surgery.

[@LorenOnTheMoon]

I had surgery on one eye for my strabismus in the 80s as a 1 year old, and again on the other in the 90s at 13. I found the recovery, even as a young teen, to be much easier than the discomfort of the condition. If you live somewhere that the surgery would be covered then it may be a good option to consider. It looks scary, but it was a very simple procedure, from my perspective at least.

[@almedinahajrovic5946]

Hello doctor. I have a 31-month-old boy, and the diopter was measured in the right eye +4.25 and in the left +4.75. The left eye looks towards the nose very often and the doctor recommended closing the right eye for 5 hours a day. He uses dioptre +5 and when he has glasses, his eyes cooperate, but without glasses, the left eye very often goes inward. I am very interested in your opinion and I am wondering if there is another way to force the left eye and reduce the diopter in both eyes? Thank you!

[@spicy1116]

You mean u have a two year old?

[@almedinahajrovic5946]

A three-year-old boy now.

[@anilloat1580]

Hi Valerie My 22 months son has his left eye moving left side... We already get him check from Pedia Opthomoligist but they said to do nothing as of now...and have to wait ...there is no number also as they mentioned...I need advice if we can start vision therapy early to save his eye sight and proper movement ...I am ready to anything for my son eyes... Please help and if possible please tell me if I can have a zoom call with you ...I need help for both eyes to work together for him ...it is needed desperately for me and my son because his eye sight is good in this age...and I don't want it to go down with time ...Plz plz plz help

[@wtz_under]

im not a doctor or professional, but vision therapy may be most suitable for ages 7 and up, there shoudnt be an age limit though

[@kehindeoladele8783]

Can this type of exercise work for a year two months old child?

[@AlphizzleMusic]

Hi, you mentioned in the video that there are exercises for lazy eye improvement, which we can download for free on your website. Please can you provide the link, as I can't find the aforementioned material on your website? I'm guessing your website has since been updated, since this video. I don't live in America, so would be extremely grateful to try and improve my lazy eye, with the learnings of this incredible team, even if it's merely doing the exercises, by myself. I hope you'll respond to this comment.

[@Insightvisionoc]

We created a vision therapy library of exercise videos on KZbin. Please see your KZbin page for such exercises.

[@basspig]

I had a stroke in 2011 and now my left eye is rotated about 15 degrees and cannot maintain fusion.

[@vadaanya4705]

Hello doc. My son he has amblyopia at the age of 5.5 eye was 6/24 and left was 6/6 after two year patching. Now he is 8.5year and right eye is 6/9+ and glasse wearing re +5 and left+2 but now he has intermittent esotropia from 6 month and doc. Advice to squint surgery and saind his binoclar vision cannot restore after surgery. Is it true or not. How hw restore his binocular vision plz reply this msg..

[@MaeFilipinavlog]

My Ayes like that but I really have very lowww vision since I was born I'm not looking straight to the person or things

[@mohammedamor5539]

you have a certain endodeviation of the left eye.isn t it right?

[@jameskoopu9358]

I have an 18 month old that has strabismus. Can you advise or pass on any literature in vision therapy for us?

[@markbrazzeal6443]

Anyone here after having LASIK? I seem to be dealing with this now. Its been over a year and a half.

[@luckydevil1601]

I have slight strabismus in the left eye. I tried patching my good eye for several hours a day and it kinda alleviated the misalignment. I don't have double vision while reading as often as I used to. Im 33.

[@ragerz_rblx.]

How much time do you do eye patches Did it work?

[@luckydevil1601]

@@ragerz_rblx. I still do patching from time to time, for about 2-3 hours per day (to maintain the result), when reading or working on the computer.

[@delsmontgomery]

hi which eye do you patch? the one that has strabismus? or the good eye? i have it too, and I am trying to cure it as an adult

[@-HeisenbergFam]

​@@delsmontgomery you need to patch the good eye.

[@jarifahmed5230]

​@@-HeisenbergFamLIKE HOW. I MEAN MY LEFT EYE IS DISLOCATED ON THE LEFT. SO WHAT SHOULD I DO? 1)FIX MY RIGHT EYE ON THE LEFT? 2)FIX MY LEFT EYE ON THE RIGHT?

[@aorifurimi6768]

My eyes used to be clear until I was 17 years old, suddenly they changed because they became blurry, I was squinting because one eye was clear and the other was blurry.

[@user-gm8bf2eh9l]

your situation happened to me too

[@ft.dennii]

​@@user-gm8bf2eh9lbro did you used your phone one your bed watching movies laying sideward

[@user-gm8bf2eh9l]

What is the current condition of your eyes?

[@aorifurimi6768]

@@user-gm8bf2eh9l my right eye is blurry,now I do some exercise as my therapy.

[@aorifurimi6768]

@@user-gm8bf2eh9l It's hard to socialized your friends, especially when taking pictures,I feel like I'm embarrassed.

[@canansakalli1520]

I’m 48 and just been diagnosed with strabismus, my right eye goes out, so confusing I’m so upset

[@owenchristopher6358]

Mam I need help my eyes are crossed and can't see with the affected eye

[@jaganjkbl3998]

iam from india, is there any free treatment to my squint eye or any donater please

[@richardflores8117]

Thank you for this helpful video ma'am. I think I have an intermittent strabismus because when I look at the mirror, my eyes work together but according to others when I'm looking at them, they say my eyes don't work as a team but I didn't notice it. Is it still curable since I'm now 20 years old? Is there any exercises to treat this? Thank you

[@aurathemoon]

Same Whenever I'm looking at the mirror or taking a selfie My eyes are straight But sometimes they are not but it's not that often When I look at other things or get a picture taken by someone else my eyes are crossed

[@nancyanya7626]

Same i hate it so much i’ve literally stopped making eye contact with people or taking pictures

[@monteblazilla7776]

Same, this started happening to me this year

[@Letz_Connect]

Same here, did you guys find out any solution? Let me know

[@MosesErus]

What was the solution guys

[@CocoNutJames]

my left eye goes inward and idk what to do can u help me

[@PsychoMantisss]

I have never had any depth perception, even after two strabismus surgeries, it's never helped. When they ask me if I can pinch the fly's wings, it's always completely flat. Had a surgery as a child, at it did make the eye look normal, then had one as an adult, and it stopped the double vision to some extent, but no depth perception. The eye is drifting about almost 3 years later after the second surgery. I don't really want another surgery that won't fix the problem if I have to have it every couple of years. At this point I think I just need to be reincarnated into a properly functioning body, preferably with super powers lol.

[@ichirou2149]

Is it okay if I just leave it be?

[@imbrianeden]

What about prism?

[@Serafina7]

Is playing tetris is good for strabismus? Thank you ❤

[@bishalsaha3141]

Mam. While i am loking i am seeing two part of my nose. Will pencil push up good fr it,,??

[@Insightvisionoc]

Yes it will

[@bishalsaha3141]

@@Insightvisionoc thank you mam

[@galaxygirlplayss]

I have esotropia in my right eye and have worn glasses for most of my life, I now wanna switch to contact lenses but I’m wondering if when I have the contact lenses in will they fix the misalignments of will the crossing of the eye still be visible?

[@chesstansyt]

Hello did you find an answer ?

[@jasonallison5121]

Is it possible for an adult (47) to develop strabismus? Also, is it possible for both inward and outward movement?

[@elisabethgreen9654]

Hi Jason, I am now 64 and I started having some subtle symptoms of strabismus about 20 years ago. It went undiagnosed until about four years ago when it had progressed to a point where it was affecting me on a day to day basis. I've had a consultation with a surgeon and am now exploring non-surgical options. I hope this answer is helpful.

[@delsmontgomery]

@@elisabethgreen9654 Hi Elisabeth, which non-surgical options have you been trying? I am an adult that wants to improve it as well

[@muahmuah4135]

i have a lazy eye or something like that, i cannot see anything using my left eye and its crossed inward i only use my right eye

[@mrsdarcy.]

I have a habit of scrolling my phone while laying on my side in my bed so I tend to just use one eye for vision and the other eye close. Now I’m suddenly noticing one eye is a liiiitle bit inward. Could the habit be the cause?

[@luckydevil1601]

Yes, you developed so called lazy eye. You can try to use your bad eye now and do it until they equalise.

[@arfahkhan5250]

I need answers as well

[@nancyanya7626]

Is it the closed eye or the active eye which one became inward?

[@mrsdarcy.]

@@nancyanya7626 the closed eye

[@user-gm2zy1fh6b]

I have the same problem like you.

[@body_art_beauty]

I did glasses for my son when he was 2. His optometrist said it would assist in helping his strabismus and his eyes would get better. When his glasses were on his eyes were straight. However After 6 months I noticed it made the strabismus worse every time he took of his glasses. I took his glasses and noticed he went back to his intermittent strabismus. I am trying to do my best to do vision therapy. He is only 4 and has a hard time focusing. If you have any pointers or advice it would be greatly appreciated 👍

[@hoganmisses7448]

My child is 4 with the same problem. The glasses must be worn all the time and so their eyes will develop correctly and hopefully will outgrow it when they get older.

[@wavesonswim8738]

I’m 27 and have worn glasses for estropia since I was a toddler. The glasses will not fix it, trust me

[@hoganmisses7448]

@@wavesonswim8738 my mother had esotropia as a child and glasses fixed it. Her eyes no longer cross and she only wears reading glasses. She's 63 now. It varies depending on severity of the esotropia, when it's caught and the strength of prescription when caught is what I was told by her doctors. They can usually tell if a child will outgrow it. I was told it's 50'50 with my child. I do have a question though. How high was your persription as child? Also, as you got older did the prescription increase or decrease?

[@trevortendaji5388]

@@wavesonswim8738 this is so right glasses don’t help at all, you have to treat the issue within… I took my glasses off and eyes sight improved dramatically holistically

[@wavesonswim8738]

@@hoganmisses7448 well it may not have been the glasses as some children do outgrow it. My prescription was strong and I still wear glasses to this day.

[@nadapenny8592]

The video right under this when you search for strabismus exercises - different channel - is still saying that exercises aren't successful in treating strabismus, and then immediately recommends surgery. A surgery that caused my mom and many other people to go blind in one eye. I was at an opto a few days ago and they gave me a little (free) pamphlet with some basic exercises to do at home, and said if there's no change in three months they'll tell insurance that I need vision therapy. I asked her about surgery and she had this horrified expression "Absolutely not, we only perform surgery for eye turn if it's severe and only after trying therapy." It's almost like a surgery that could, by nature, permanently blind one eye, should be taken more seriously than a cash grab.

[@ryna5840]

Does the surgery cause blind?

[@stephrodrguez]

Can u please share the eye exercises pamphlet

[@DEJproduction]

I have this lazy eye thing when i felt from stairs... And hurt my right eye. After the skin was heal, i started to notice i have a lazy eye before it wasn't like this.... Its not from birth Any information bout how to fix this?? Please respond my text... Its really uncomfortable and always feeling left out, the way people treat me, just because i have this lazy eye thing😌🙏🙏🙏

[@Sskim-ue6]

Mine happened after I fell from height too. Hate it.

[@sivanmahalinisai7989]

❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🙏🙏

[@sirbeesknees]

anyone else notice this doctor is cross-eyed, too? She could be speaking from first-hand experience

[@zachreese6540]

Exactly. Left eye is clearly turning in

[@amxx3291]

I've realised that she didn't answer the question

[@JigsawPuzzleConnection]

Wish they would not make videos with distracting music.

[@mikjam6558]

i developed double vision and severe amblyopia-like squinting post-lasik for myopia and doctors can't make a diagnosis ...nothing helped me. i think my case is extremely rare and should be studied . p.s : i am not from the US

[@Itsme-ni9jk]

Same here...

[@mikjam6558]

@@Itsme-ni9jk somehow the amblyopia like symptoms turned out to be convergence spasms , however they can't establish the link between it and lasik ...where are you from ? we can exchange info regarding our conditions

[@Itsme-ni9jk]

@@mikjam6558 I get surgery on the 12th of july... So ,send a comment next wed.? Good luck

[@mikjam6558]

@@Itsme-ni9jk yes sure ...just one last question ; did your symptoms begin after lasik ?

[@Itsme-ni9jk]

@@mikjam6558 YES, nothing but problematic .. Issues, haven't been able to focus in 10 yrs.

[@ravirajsisodia6475]

Sorry, I don't mean to be disrespectful but don't you think you have strabismus?

[@zachreese6540]

She does

[@dennisswu]

👍

[@shapeofyou1548]

U also have squint eye doctor?

[@spicy1116]

Nah she just asian

[@ThoughtCrimeCriminal]

She should try her own advice. Her eye is pretty wonky too...

[@EghosaComedy]

Fr

[@kristacalvino5660]

I don't mean to be rude , but isn't your left eye not coordinated with your right. I see this asymmetry in my grandson. It does not seem normal to me.. Stop the video at 2:02 to see what I mean.. I'm trying to figure our what to do for my son

[@HolyChungtastic]

Very Common in Asian genetics. Chances are she can see perfectly fine though

[@iswarchettri6224]

Your eyes are not aligned too, are you doing something to fix that up? be real! and elighten us?

[@samha1513]

She couldn’t fix her own eye 😢

[@ulfricstormcloak4230]

Botox is also a viable solution

[@chekthaxzz3937]

This doctor office is Trash. I called him your time trying to set an appointment. No one never calls me back racist.

[@jessieorozco3186]

All thumbs DOWN!!!

[@esteemedyams]

I have a blind eye with exotropia and it ruined my life. I have no confidence, I can't look at anyone,, I've had surgery which restored my eye muscles to some extent but the eye is still very noticeably drifting outwards. I can't seem to find any information on whether or not this could be fixed, what kind of exercises I should do and how long. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@zachreese6540]

Ruined your life 😂😂😂😂

[@emina7460]

You should definitely start with yourself. Exotropia shouldnt make you feel like you arent as pretty or confident enough. You are beautiful❤

[@ollyokoye2258]

You still amazing and your life isn't ruined..I pray God in his love leads you to the best treatment for your eye