Office Expansion Means More Tools

Now that a 1,600 square-foot office expansion is complete at Dr. Rick Graebe’s office, the Versailles behavioral optometrist is ready to match his services with anyone else’s in the country.

“With the extra room we have and the equipment we have added, we can provide services that nobody else in Kentucky can provide,” he said. “We will be as cutting edge as anyone in the country.

“We are not limited by space nor equipment in giving our patients the best of care.”

Dr. Graebe made sure his new space was state-of-the-art by visiting top vision performance offices in the U.S.

“I visited about three dozen top vision performance offices, the ones who are ahead of the curve,” he said. “I went to the best of the best and patterned what we’re doing after them.”

The new space is devoted to vision therapy and neuro-rehabilitation, including room for individual work and for patients who need a quieter space.

“Before we had one giant therapy room. Now we have more tools in our toolbox,” Dr. Graebe said.

Those tools include high-tech equipment designed to help in two main areas – brain training and sports vision.

Dr. Graebe specializes in Vision Therapy and neuro-rehabilitation, which is a kind of physical therapy for the eyes, brain and body that addresses the entire visual system.

That treatment already involves brain training. The new equipment will allow for even more work in that area.

Senaptec, a technology that helps measure and quantify sports performance, can improve sport specific skills.

Augmenting the Senaptec is a Neurotracker, which includes a 3-D TV that improves concentration

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Dr. Graebe also purchased an A.M.P System that adds a virtual reality component to the 3-D TV. With the virtual reality headset, users can simulate any sports environment such as football and baseball. For instance, baseball players can work on identifying the spin on a baseball as it leaves a pitcher’s hand.

With the new technology, Dr. Graebe can work with brain waves and help people lower their stress.

“When we’re stressed we get tunnel vision and can’t see the big picture,” Dr. Graebe said.
He applied the technology to himself. His brain waves at first measured him at 62 years old. (He’s 61.) After a few minutes of brain training exercises, his brain wave age dropped to 42.

“Lowering your stress is a great benefit to your overall health,” he said, “and we can now be one part of that process.”

Dr. Rick Graebe
Family Eyecare Associates &
Children’s Vision and Learning Center
105 Crossfield Drive, Versailles
myfamilyvision.com • (859) 879-3665