Complete EyeCare Center and Dr. Olson encourage you to Look Local First

There’s no need to travel to find a high level of eye health care teamed with cutting-edge products. They are right here in our local community. The expertise and selection that is often only available in a larger city has been brought to you, our neighbors.  In fact, Mt. Pleasant’s Complete EyeCare Center has actually been ahead of the curve in many cases.

Mt. Pleasant had the first Optomap Retinal Imaging technology in the entire state of Iowa–at Complete EyeCare Center.

Mt. Pleasant had the first  Z-view Corneal Aberrometer in the state of Iowa–at Complete EyeCare Center.

Mt. Pleasant led Iowa, being the first to offer patients iZon high definition lenses–at Complete EyeCare Center. (We have patients that travel from Waterloo, Muscatine, Des Moines, and cities in Illinois to come HERE for this unique, customized lens!)

Mt. Pleasant had a Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomographer before the University of Iowa–at Complete EyeCare Center!

Mt. Pleasant led our state as one of the first to quantify macular degeneration risk with its ZeaVision macular pigment optical density instrument–at Complete EyeCare Center!

Mt. Pleasant is home to one of only 50 eye doctors in United States that had initial access to a brand new hybrid multifocal contact lens–it’s Dr. Christopher Olson.

If you were considering traveling for your eyecare, glasses, contacts, or sunglasses, think again.  By looking local you may be better off in many ways.  Just foregoing the drive is like getting instant savings of $58.17 on your glasses and exams!

*According to the Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance the “Look Local First” campaign was started ”to change buying habits and unite our community by merging our greatest resources: local customers and local small businesses.”

Many well-intentioned professionals are unaware that some visual disorders share several common symptoms with ADHD and ADD, and that can lead to a misdiagnosis, perhaps even unnecessary medication.  Journalist Laura Novak writes, ”Doctors and teachers often attribute the behavior to attention disorders or seek other medical explanations. Mrs. Gragg said her pediatrician had never heard of convergence insufficiency.” Read the full article here: Not Autistic or Hyperactive. Just Seeing Double at Times

Complete EyeCare Center’s Optometrist, Dr. Olson, has the education and commitment to evaluate the visual system beyond the simple abilityto read an eye chart.  A child like Raea may be able to read the chart’s 20/20 line and still have a vision problem. Perhaps her struggles could have been avoided if a trained InfantSee optometrist had seen Raea before age 1 and had performed a visual assessment at age 3, as recommended by the American Optometric Association.  It is possible her convergence insufficiency could have been detected and treated before she began to experience symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, nausea, irritability, low self-esteem, inability to concentrate, aversion to reading, and difficulties in school.

Before you turn to medication, before you send your child to school, please ensure that your child doesn’t have a vision problem. We want to make it easy for parents to give their children a good start in life and follow the AOA guidelines for vision evaluation.  Dr. Olson participates in the InfantSee program providing free assessments for 6-12 month olds.  He has also developed his own free assessment program for children age 3, available exclusively at Complete EyeCare Center, called “See at 3!™”  If there is a child in your life age 6-12 months or age 3 we encourage you to give them every chance to succeed–including the assurance from Dr. Olson that they are seeing well, with both eyes working together properly.

Clear vision can be life-changing for those with limited access to eyecare.

$5 can provide an exam & pair of glasses to someone in a developing country, and that can transform the life of a child or adult living without access to basic eye care.  Optometry Giving Sight has numerous stories of how eyecare can change a life–from an adult who was able to work for the first time, to a boy from the school for the blind who is now succeeding in regular school–all because they had correctable but previously untreated vision conditions.

Just stop in our office and use your mobile phone’s facebook app to “check in” and claim the deal!  There’s no cost to you.  If fact, we’ll have a small gift for you when you do.

You can also donate $5 to Optometry Giving Sight yourself by clicking here!

(Our facebook page is facebook.com/completeeye)

Complete EyeCare Center Awarded #1 Optical Center

Dr. Olson Awarded #1 Optometrist

We are so grateful for all our patients and for the confidence you have placed in us.  This award means a lot to us as we strive to fulfill our mission statement for you.  ”We at Complete EyeCare Center are dedicated to providing our patient family with uncompromising quality and personal eye health care, just as we ourselves would expect to receive.”

We pledge to provide the same high quality service and materials to the people you care about and we welcome your referrals.  We gladly accept new patients.  If you are already a patient, we look forward to seeing you soon!

Regular soft contact lenses are not designed to correct astigmatism.  If you have astigmatism and wear them you’ve been  experiencing blurry, inconsistent vision–definitely a source of frustration and compromised performance during daily activities.

What about soft toric lenses?  They are designed to correct astigmatism but can rotate on your eye, causing blurry vision that goes in-and-out of focus; especially at night.   Here’s another issue.  They are meant to stay aligned when your head is in a vertical position–like standing. But if you lie down, recline, or tilt your head, your vision can blur.  Think of all the activities you do where this is the case.  How would that work on the putting green?  Watching TV?  Even looking down to read something on your desk?

Some active people have given up altogether on the possibility that they can successfully wear contacts and are resigned to wearing glasses fulltime.  They can be cumbersome during sports and many physical activities. 

Dr. Olson wants to provide you with dependable, crisp, high-definition vision and all-day comfort no matter what life demands. He has the expertise and access to prescribe a cutting edge hybrid lens that eliminates many problems people have had with previous contact lenses!   

*If it’s been more than a year since your last eye exam, you’ll need one prior to your contact lens fitting.

Dr. Olson has used new Duette hybrid lenses to successfully fit people who thought they could never wear contacts!

Like our facebook page and get special benefits

Complete EyeCare Center has a facebook page.  You can find it at www.facebook.com/completeeye 

So what?

People who “like” our page will have some unique opportunities.  Right now, they have the abilty to request appointments online.  There’s also a place to write a recommendation.  Soon there will be special deals for our facebook fans when they check-in to our page.   Sometimes each check-in will result in us making a contribution to a charity!   Occasionally there will be a random drawing with a prize for one of our facebook fans. 

So if you’ve got facebook, you’ve got privileges with potential benefits–to yourself and others!

See the entire Koali, Oga and Lightec collection. One day only!

On Saturday, March 26, 8 AM -1 PM at Complete EyeCare Center you get…

Fifty-off fun fashionable frames

Tasty Tazza Bella treats

(& you could win a $50 gas card!)

 See the new collection of Koali, Öga & Lightec frame designs for men & women at our annual Trunk Show.  Each spring we bring in the entire collection of one of our favorite frame lines.  It’s a chance for our staff and our patients to get first dibs on the latest frame designs.

Besides the expanded selection, you get $50 Off all glasses or sunglasses purchased on March 26th* & you’ll be entered  to win another $50 in gas. Or you may win a prize from HyVee, Family Video or Subway!

All prescriptions are welcome & this offer extends to your family and friends.  Stop in Saturday and see how your eyewear can not only help you see better, but look better!

  *  $50 savings is on a complete pair (frame and lens purchase) of any prescription eyewear we carry.  This special cannot be combined with other discounts or vision plans.

The World Sight Day Challenge is a campaign coordinated by Optometry Giving Sight to raise funds for projects that provide vision care, local training and infrastructure support for people who are blind or vision impaired due to uncorrected refractive error – simply the need for an eye exam and a pair of glasses.

Our practice will raise funds for the World Sight Day Challenge by matching the first $500 donated to this cause throughout the month of October.

Please join us in helping to give sight to people in need by making a donation of any amount.  It’s easy to do.  Just stop in our office, or donate online by clicking here.  Sponsor Us

Together we can help transform lives. Here’s just one example:

Nlando was helped by Optometry Giving Sight

9 year old Nlando lives in a township in South Africa where the average family income is just $7 per day. Nlando struggled to see clearly until she received an eye exam and pair of glasses thanks to the support of  Optometry Giving Sight. Having new glasses will enable her to learn at school.  Because education can lead to freeedom from poverty, her future is likely to be much brighter.

Find out more about Optometry Giving Sight’s World Sight Day Challenge at www.givingsight.org.  (You can see a video of a young man who had spent years in a school for the blind, and is now studying engineering in a regular school because his vision problem was corrected by a pair of glasses!)

A 3-story eyeball sculpture is coming to Chicago's Loop in July 2010!

For a CNN story on this unusual piece of public art click here.  Need we say more?