Opticalm
Kanata South Business Park 160 Terence Matthews Cres. Unit G1 K2M 0B2 Ottawa, ON, Canada

We are back at it! Lisa Khera from In Balance Pilates and I are finally back at hosting our Concussions Anonymous discussions on YouTube. Go to Youtube to check us out, watch all our past episodes and subscribe to get notified of new episodes as we post them. Today's episode is on Screen Intolerance and Zoom Fatigue - why it happens and a few things you can do to help manage it.

So excited to be re-opening the Opticalm Visual Stress Clinic. Our first assessment is booked for Monday the 29th! There is a long waiting list and referrals ...to get through so we are starting with all those currently approved for Insurance coverage. Stay tuned as we are steadily reaching out to all of you to assist with next steps. See more

Getting ready to re-open the Clinic for clients. Stay tuned for an announcement in a few weeks. Still taking referrals and getting the paperwork ready so we can start as soon as all our ducks are in a row!

The Worldwide Optometry Community is Set to Gather Virtually for the Screening of the Documentary, Open Your Eyes. Tonight, Tuesday May 26th at 8PM EDT. The film shines a light on the important role of the Optometrist as an integral part of healthcare. It highlights the importance of Optometric testing of the eye in thwarting the rise of 300 systemic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, myopia and Alzheimer's which can be identified through an eye examination. "The film w...ill make the profession look stronger than ever and enlighten the public to the far-reaching technology optometrists now have in their hands," says storyteller and host, Kerry Gelb OD. I have yet to see the film and, although Optometrists do have access to Colorimetry technology in the UK, it is not as well supported (yet) in North America, and likely not mentioned in the documentary. However, we have submitted our formal MDEL to Health Canada to bring the technology to Canada so our Optometrists can soon add this to their testing technology. Watch the Documentary here: https://oye.odwire.org/stream

Just came across this article on Visual Stress in Optik Magazine. https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/

Colour filters can be a life changer! Contact Opticalm if you'd like more info. https://youtu.be/dQP_ETIVNGM

We will be closing the Opticalm clinic until April 6th. During that time we will still be processing and tracking orders and responding to inquiries by phone, email and fax. While response times will be a bit slower we will get to each one of you. We appreciate your patience. Be safe, be well, and be positive. The Opticalm Team

Check this out - Opticalm will be pitching our idea for a Visual Stress identification/diagnosis/reporting/fulfillment software application next week at this Invest Ottawa event. Please come to support us in our efforts to increase the availability of evidence-based visual stress assessments and solutions! https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-io-healthtech-pre-accelerat

So many colours and so many people helped. This album is to showcase the great combinations of fashion and function. There is no one colour or one saturation of colour but each one individual. (I think I need an instagram account!)

Special Delivery just in from Wuhan City! While I am sure that any potential virus did not make it through the voyage, it doesn't hurt to be careful! My team set it out for me to open - with some assistive tools. The item was ordered before Christmas and was sitting at customs in Vancouver for a few weeks. I am actually happy to finally have it. It is a light box so I can take better photos of the great precision tinted lenses we provide our clients. Take a look at our photo album, I have added a bunch of new finished glasses, including this great pair of Burberry frames.

This morning when signing in to my computer, this image came up - my first thought was it was a brain as I had been reviewing articles in the Brain Injury Journal last night. It is a waterfall, but you can't fault my first thought! So cool to think that these images, so far away in reality, can look so similar - perhaps it is Mother Nature's brain! Oh, and the article I was reviewing was on visual stress and the effectiveness of precision tinted filter on post-traumatic brain injury. See item 0445 Precision-Tinted Spectral Filters Reduce TBI-Related Migraines and Visual Cortical Sensitivity at this link: https://www.tandfonline.com//full/10/02699052.2019.1608749

Wow, this email was a great way to kick off the weekend, especially after the stressful week that just passed. This client came by bus from 5 hours away to get assessed for her persistent post-concussion symptoms. "I'M SO EXCITED!!!!! I received my glasses this morning and oh my gosh what a difference even in the short time I've been wearing them today! Thank you so much for all of your help! I had to write to tell you I already notice a BIG difference!!!!!"

Proud to announce that Opticalm is supporting Brain Injury Canada as a Bronze Sponsor. We have enjoyed our past involvement with this great organization and look forward to much more involvement in the year ahead. There is so much more we can do to help individuals with brain injury and disease and the work that Brain Injury Canada is doing is making a great difference.