Who can benefit from Vision Therapy?
If you have a desire to dramatically improve the quality of your life or you are struggling in areas of your life that are affected by vision or the way you see then you will benefit from vision therapy.

If you or your child are struggling in school we may have the missing link that is keeping you from reaching your true potential.

If you are experiencing headaches or poor attention span (or have been labeled attention deficit disorder-ADD);

If you do better in math than you do in reading subjects or if you are not performing as well as your Intelligence would predict, especially in reading and long test taking— we may be able to help you.

If you work in front of a computer screen most of the day you may be experiencing computer stress syndrome. If at the end of the day you have sore eyes and / or headaches or are just plain exhausted vision therapy may benefit you.

If you are an athlete and you have hit a plateau in your game or just desire to be the best then our vision therapy programs can enhance your abilities in your favorite sport golf, tennis, baseball—you name the sport—we can help you to improve it.

YOU CAN REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR EYEGLASSES WITHOUT SURGERY!
We will show you how.

Are you tired of wearing eyeglasses?

Would you like to rid yourself of the need for glasses?

Many people have thrown away their eyeglasses after using our little known techniques to improve their vision and ~ this can be accomplished without surgery!!!

So...

If you are ready to get those eyeglasses off your nose — call now for your vision consultation.

DO YOU HAVE COMPUTER STRESS SYNDROME?
Take this quick quiz.
Do you experience:
__Eyestrain
__Fatigue
__ Changes in color perception
__ Focusing difficulty
__ Nearsightedness
__ Doubling of vision
__ Headaches
__ Pain in neck, shoulders, back, wrists
__ Irritable or "crabby" at the end of the day
__ Lowered visual efficiency & job performance (not performing at potential)
__ Distance vision clearer in the morning than in the afternoon or evening

If you answered yes to ANY of these questions, call today for your Computer Stress Screening. For a limited time we are offering our Computer Stress Screening, an $99 value, for $50.

LITTLE KNOWN TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE YOUR GOLF SCORE
__ Are you a serious golfer?
__ Would you like to learn techniques that could tremendously improve your golf game?
__ Earn the admiration and respect of your competitors.
__ Display that "extra something" that they do not possess.
Find out what it takes to have that "little edge" that will raise you above the crowd.
We will be happy to talk to you and show you how you can be a golfing success. Out do the rest — take control of your golfing success.
P.S. Our techniques can also help you to improve in other sports and activities: baseball, tennis, racquetball, bicycling, dancing, horseback riding, billiards, driving, etc. The sky is the limit!

How to get started
If you are wondering if a vision problem is keeping you from succeeding, then the best place to start is with our vision therapy screening, this is a fast, efficient way for us discover if vision is causing you to struggle or is keeping you from succeeding at the level you wish to reach .The screening takes approximately 30 minutes. If you are a child your parents must be present during the screening and for all other evaluations. If you fail the vision therapy screening, you will referred for a comprehensive eye health examination and / or a sensorimotor (vision therapy) evaluation. If Dr. Linert finds during the sensorimotor evaluation that you need or ' can benefit from vision therapy, then your customized program will be created at that time. The frequency and duration of therapy will vary for each person.

Where to find us
We are conveniently located off Highway 400 exit 15 (Bald Ridge Marina) in cumming (a few blocks from Dairy Queen) on Pilgrim Mill Road. We have morning and late afternoon sessions to accommodate your schedule. We have flexible payment options. Pay by the month or get a discount for upfront payment of entire customized program.  

We LOVE children (and their parents, too!) Approximately 50-75% of our current vision Therapy patients are children. Dr. Linert has been a pediatric specialist for over 15 years and has three children of her own. Our staff has over fifty years of combined experience helping and nurturing children. of course, we love our adult patients, too.

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About Dr Kimberley A. Linert
Dr. Linert graduated with honors from Spring Arbor College in Spring Arbor, Michigan in 1987 where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in biology and chemistry. She continued her education at the Illinois College of Optometry In Chicago, Illinois and graduated in 1991. Her studies included general family care, pathology, contact lenses, low vision, pediatrics and vision therapy.

In 1991, Dr. Linert passed the Georgia state board & began practicing family eye care, Beginning in 1992, Dr. Linert studied pediatrics and vision therapy under the direction of Dr. David Cook.

Her experiences included intensive study as well as experience in pediatrics, functional eye problems, sports vision and vision therapy with special emphasis on vision and learning.

Dr. Linert founded Incredible vision Center In 1995 and is now located in the Cumming-Alpharetta area. Incredible Vision Center (678) 455-7506 Your Place for Optometry & Vision Therapy

As one of our patients, you will be treated as an individual, not a number. Your vision therapy program will be designed to rehabilitate or enhance your abilities in the areas of your life fhat are important to YOU. We do not use a "cookie cutter" approach. We believe you are unique and special, and our vision therapy programs are created with that in mind. Our personalized approach to vision can change your life. Together we can eliminate the visual barriers that are keeping you from reaching your highest potential. Then, you will have more choices and less stress in your life.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS

Is your child struggling?
There may be a hidden perception problem causing your child to struggle unnecessarily.

Take this quick quiz.
Does your child:
__ Have reading difficulties
__ Complain of headaches
__ Display short attention span when reading or doing homework
__ Have difficulty remembering what was read
__ Reverse letters when reading or writing
__ Fail to complete boardwork on time
__ Lose place while reading or use finger to keep place
__ Have difficulty judging distance. Trouble hitting a baseball or tennis ball

If you answered yes to ANY of these questions, call today for your
perceptual vision screening. For a limited time we are offering
our perceptual screening, an $99 value, for $50.

THE SOLUTION There is hope and help for your child's binocular vision problem through vision therapy. Vision therapy is the treatment that can eliminate these problems and STOP THE STRUGGLE for your child. Highly trained vision therapists use specialized instruments to teach your child how to coordinate his eyes correctly. This eliminates blurred and double vision allowing your child to sit and read comfortably or to be the best he can be in sports.

Have your child's binocular vision evaluated by a Behavioral Optometrist (a doctor who specializes in treating binocular vision problems). Left untreated these problems only get worse!

Call Dr. Linert with any questions you may have and to set up a screening appointment. The screening will tell us whether or not a binocular vision problem is causing your child to struggle in school.

HOW DO BINOCULAR VISION PROBLEMS AFFECT YOUR CHILD?
A binocular vision problem affects almost all areas of a child's life. It affects academic performance (especially reading and comprehension), attention, athletic ability, body balance, self-esteem and many other areas. Children do not "grow out of these problems. The problem only gets worse with time. As adults they may experience computer stress syndrome, (which manifests as tired, sore eyes and headaches at the computer) and/or they may be prone to more accidents when driving a car. Another side effect of poor binocular vision skills is becoming very nearsighted. Many adults who had uncorrected binocular vision problems as children wear thick glasses now. This may have been avoided altogether if their binocular vision problems were corrected at an early age.

ACADEMICS

• READING:
  All subjects that involve reading are affected by a binocular vision problem

  • difficulty learning alphabet or learning to read
  • slow reader
  • difficulty remembering what was read
  • must reread to get the meaning out of the text
  • difficulty with attention, especially when reading.
  • difficulty on standardized tests

• SPELLING:

  • difficulty learning alphabet
  • persistent difficulty learning to spell
  • unable to rmember same word in next sentance when reading

• MATH:

  • difficulty aligning columns in long division
  • more difficulty with "story" problems than with pure calculations

• HANDWRITING:

  • poorly spaced words
  • all squished together or too far apart

ATTENTION
Eighty percent (80%) of what you perceive is taken in through your eyes. A child with a binocular vision problem will have difficulty concentrating on anything, especially a task like reading. A significant amount of concentration is needed to sit and read a book for a long period of time. These children may start out reading fine, but they quickly tire. Soon their mind starts to wander and their attention is everywhere but on the book. Binocular vision problems cause difficulties with concentration and attention in many areas of life. Many children who have been diagnosed with an attention problem such as Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (ADD, ADHD) actually have a vision problem. There are numerous reports of children who were taking Ritalin (an attention medication) and other similar drugs that were able to stop taking the medication once their binocular vision problem was treated.

SPORTS
Have you ever wondered what it is that gives some athletes that "little edge" that allows them to achieve above all the others? It may be their vision. A child who has a binocular vision problem will have difficulty excelling in sports or may never reach his true potential. For example, in baseball, a child may consistently swing the bat too early or too late. He will have difficulty catching the ball because his depth perception will be "off".

BALANCE
Binocular vision problems affect body balance.

• clumsiness: spills glass of milk at the dinner table
• difficulty learning to ride a bike
• gets car sick
• poor body coordination

SELF-ESTEEM
Hundreds of intelligent children and adults go through life feeling stupid because of an undetected vision problem. When a bright child is struggling in school and is performing below the level that he knows he is capable of he gets frustrated and, finally, gives up. Sometimes these children are given labels like learning disabled or attention deficit. They carry this label all through their school years and into college. As adults in the workplace they secretly feel stupid and may do things to compensate or to hide their inadequacies. All this could have been avoided if only this problem was found and treated.