Services provided at our office include:
	Eye Examinations		Contact Lenses
	Optical Dispensing		About Laser Vision Correction
	Surgery Co-Management		Emergencies, Eye Infections, Eye Injuries
	Eye Diseases; Cataracts, Glaucoma, Diabetes		Low Vision Services
	Vision Therapy

We know your vision is important to you -and it's important to us. When you come for your appointment, we make sure to schedule ample time for your appointment so you will never feel rushed. Our office provides complete eye care for both adults and children. Our comprehensive eye examinations will check your eyes inside and out for any potential eye disorders or diseases. Your visual skills and abilities are carefully evaluated and appropriate treatment is prescribed, whether it's medication, lenses, or vision therapy. We are prepared to handle whatever your eyecare needs are, and will treat them with the latest in diagnostic equipment and are committed to keeping up with eye care technology.

Our professionals can help fit you into a pair of lenses that is just right for you. We are experts in fitting contact lenses and can handle the most specialized needs. Whether rigid or soft lenses, we are experienced in handling the most difficult of prescriptions.

If you have allergies, then you know allergies can be particularly annoying to contact lens wearers. In the past many people had to quit wearing their lenses during the allergy season. However, new lens materials and allergy medications have made it possible for these people to eliminate the burning itchy eyes associated with allergies. Prescription medications such as Patanol and Alocril are amazingly effective and safe even in children as young as three. Let us know when you come in for your appointment if you have special allergy needs and we will be happy to help you.

Our optical laboratory has the latest in equipment to not only fabricate your glasses, but to maintain and repair them should they become broken or damaged. We are able to tint, coat, harden and edge spectacle lenses. We are able to provide you with any frame or lens design available. Our highly qualified optician and staff are able to adjust and fit your glasses to you for extended comfort and vision.

Many people are interested in LASIK. Here is a brief description of the procedure;

A flap is cut in the cornea and then the flap is gently folded back. An Excimer Laser is used to reshape the cornea, much like a contact lens forms a new shape on the cornea, and only the laser is permanent. The flap is then put back in place, acting like a natural bandage.

The most incredible effect of Lasik is the very rapid recovery of vision and the decreased level of discomfort post-operatively. People often say that they did not feel anything, and could see well the very first day. Most people have functional vision in 24-48 hours. Although this is true in some cases, it must be noted that each person will heal at a different rate. Vision, although greatly improved immediately after surgery, continues to improve for some weeks, even months.

Everyone's eyes are different and LASIK may or may not be right for you. If you are interested in laser vision correction, we will be happy to assist you in picking the right surgeon, procedure and laser appropriate for you. The communication between your optometrist and your eye surgeon is crucial and can make the difference between a successful LASIK result and a mediocre one.

Our office provides working arrangements with eye surgeons and more specialized eye care doctors to provide many of the surgical services such as cataract surgery, laser surgery, refractive surgery and strabismic surgery, retinal detachments, retinal tears and hemorrhages.

Cataract surgery may be co-managed locally if desired. A board certified cataract surgeon is available for clinic in our office one Wednesday afternoon per month and then for surgery at Share Medical Center one Monday per month. Your cataract surgery needs can be handled without leaving Alva.

LASIK refractive surgery is provided through established laser centers in Oklahoma City and Tulsa with pre-operative and post-operative services performed in our office here in Alva.

Retinal specialists in Oklahoma City and Wichita are like our other surgeons, some of the very best. We work closely with them on your diabetic or macular degeneration, or other chronic conditions as well as acute emergency problems.

You can be assured that your eyes will be comprehensively managed by the best eye care professionals.

Our office provides emergency services for eye infections and eye injuries. Please call our office at 580-327-2393 during office hours. Our staff will work with you to schedule an appointment as soon as possible. State of the art microscopes allow us to examine the front surface of the eye and facial areas around the eye for infection or injury. After assessing the extent of the injury or infection a treatment plan will be formulated and explained to you. Treatment may include medications and supportive care. Follow-up visits to monitor your recovery will be scheduled as needed.

If you have special eye diseases such as cataracts, glaucoma, or complications from diabetes, you will require special attention to your eye care. We can effectively manage these conditions and prescribe the appropriate medications or, when necessary, arrange for surgery. We co-manage with surgeons and hospitals to assure your best overall care. If you would like information on any of these eye diseases, be sure to visit our EyeCyclopedia™ for detailed information and photographs that may help you to better understand your eye condition.

People who have lost eyesight due to injuries or eye disease need special types of products to help them function as independently as possible. We offer a full range of these products through our office. Our paraoptometric staff is trained to demonstrate the use of some of these devices. They range all the way from a simple hand magnifier to a closed circuit TV system.

In addition, we can direct those who have low vision problems to products that will help them carry on the day-to-day tasks that they need to perform. In some cases we can set up a program for the low vision patient with the National Library of Congress to receive "books on tapes", which is a service for the blind.

Seeing clearly is not enough. For many people, reading and hand-eye coordination tasks can be very difficult. The act of sight not only includes ones eyes, but it also includes the neurological activity that processes the visual information. Throwing a ball or skiing down a hill, is a learned activity; to do either well takes practice. Those who do it best are those who started learning at the earliest age. Sight plays an important role in the learning of these activities. Sight is the steering mechanism; it is the main activity that provides feedback regarding what really is happening. We provide Vision Therapy to help individuals learn how to process visual information and develop better hand-eye coordination skills.