Boy With Dyslexia Turns Things Around
Ben Burgess of Georgetown is a bright, healthy, well-coordinated 14-year-old who loves to be outdoors.
Books, not so much. At least that was the old Ben, the Ben of a year ago.
Dr. Graebe
6 Things You Need to Know About Vision
Dr. Rick Graebe is a behavioral optometrist with more than 30 years of experience.
He runs a full service practice in Versailles and specializes in Vision Therapy, a kind of physical therapy for the eyes, brain and body.
‘No Competence Without Confidence’
Children who avoid reading are quick to be labeled as lazy or unintelligent. But Dr. Rick Graebe, a behavioral optometrist in Versailles, knows that this is often a misdiagnosis of a larger problem.
Dr. Graebe: New Tools for New Year
The new year means new technology for Dr. Graebe, a behavioral optometrist in Versailles, who prides himself on keeping his office on the cutting edge of breakthroughs that benefit his patients.
Dr. Graebe Visualizes His Blessings
Dr. Rick Graebe, a behavioral optometrist in Versailles, is a bit nearsighted, but for most of his childhood he didn’t know it. Rick was a successful high school student, achieving a 4.0 GPA and earning 10 varsity letters. One day while watching a Woody Woodpecker cartoon, he tried on a friend’s glasses. Suddenly, he could […]
Preventing Falls in the Elderly
“Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” That line is a well-known quote, but also a harsh reality.
Corneal Molding Can Correct Vision
While wearing contact lenses for a night or two while sleeping, presto, an extremely nearsighted person can regain nearly 20-20 vision.
Treating the Myopia Epidemic in Kids
Myopia, commonly called nearsightedness, is often genetic, which explains why some children need glasses at an early age. But genetics alone cannot explain the virtual epidemic of nearsightedness that has struck U.S. children in the past generation. The spike in myopia is as much as 30% in the past three decades, and Dr. Rick Graebe, […]
11-Year-Old Improves With VT
Already frustrated by her son’s struggles in school, Kristie McIntyre of Frankfort was heartbroken when she learned that her hard-working son suffered from undiagnosed vision problems. Not that she hadn’t taken him to an optometrist. It’s just that glasses did nothing for her son, now 11 and entering sixth grade. It wasn’t until Kristie and […]
Dr. Graebe’s Inter-Disciplinary Way
Always looking for kindred spirits in the medical world, behavioral optometrist Rick Graebe of Versailles reaches out to colleagues from different disciplines because, well, that’s the condition of the human body – interdisciplinary.