See The Difference Your Regular Eye Doctor Is Missing
Helping patients all over the world with award winning specialty Functional Vision Care and Vision Performance Training—customized programs for every age, from optimizing visual performance to rehabilitating complex vision conditions after injury or disease.
What If Everything You Knew About Vision Was Wrong?
Most doctors stop at eyesight. We go deeper into how your brain and eyes work together to make sense of the world.
If you’ve been let down by traditional care and still struggle with vision-related symptoms, there is hope. At MyVisionFirst, we help you move beyond quick fixes and finally achieve lasting vision wellness.
Most people have no idea that their vision could be impacting so much of their life or that there is a treatment for what they are experiencing.
Concussion, Brain Injury & Stroke Recovery
Specialized vision rehabilitation to restore function, reduce symptoms, and support recovery after concussion, brain injury, or stroke.
Attention & Learning Challenges
Uncover and treat vision issues linked to ADHD, Autism, and Dyslexia—improving focus, reading, and learning for children and adults.
Aging Vision
Support for age-related vision changes, from frequent prescription increases and reading struggles to difficulties with night driving, glare, cognitive decline, memory problems, and overall visual comfort—helping you maintain independence and quality of life.
Myopia (Nearsightedness)
We use the latest treatments—including Ortho-K (orthokeratology) and other proven myopia control options—to slow or manage worsening prescriptions, reduce eye strain, and protect long-term vision health for children and adults.
Vision Disorders - Lazy Eye & Eye Turns
Customized treatment for amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus (eye turns) to improve eye teaming, depth perception, and lifelong visual function.
Early Vision Development
Comprehensive care for children—supporting visual development, learning readiness, and early detection of functional vision challenges.
Sports & Performance
Vision Performance Training designed to sharpen reaction time, focus, and visual processing so athletes can compete at their best.
Digital Vision Disorder
Solutions for eye strain, fatigue, and blurred vision—improve comfort, productivity, energy, and mood while safeguarding long-term vision health.
Sensory & Balance Sentivity
Vision rehabilitation for Light Sensitivity, Sound Sensitivity, Sensory Overload, Dizziness, Vertigo, and Balance Problems—improving stability and supporting integration of visual and vestibular systems.
Everyday Functional Vision Challenges
Specialized care for persistent, overlooked vision symptoms—headaches, migraines, motion sickness, brain fog, tired eyes, fatigue, and focus issues—so you can feel like yourself again in daily life.”
Why Everything You Know About Vision is Wrong
For decades, we’ve been told that 20/20 eyesight means perfect vision—but eyesight and vision are not the same thing. Neuro-Optometrist Dr. Bryce Appelbaum reveals how hidden functional vision problems masquerade as learning difficulties, attention issues, and even behavioral challenges, affecting children and adults alike. He shows how Vision Performance Training can rewire the eye-brain connection to restore clarity, unleash confidence, and unlock your full potential in the modern world.
Are Functional Vision Problems Holding You Back?
Answer a few quick questions about your symptoms and see if Vision Performance Training can help you reach your full potential.
Answer a few quick questions about your symptoms and see if Vision Performance Training can help you reach your full potential.
Get The Care You Deserve
Whether you’re local to Maryland or seeking help from afar, we begin with a comprehensive suite of both qualitative and quantitative tests to truly understand how your vision is functioning. From there, you’ll receive a fully customized treatment plan designed around your unique needs, with a range of options that not only address your vision goals but also fit your lifestyle and budget
Free Discovery Call
Start with a no-pressure conversation with our Patient Success Manager. We’ll listen to your concerns, answer questions, and guide you toward the best next step for your vision needs.
Comprehensive Evaluation
Get a full picture of your vision health through a comprehensive in-clinic evaluation, or schedule a virtual consultation if you’re outside the area. This is where we uncover the root causes of your challenges.
Personalized Treatment Plan
Walk away with a clear, customized treatment plan—whether that’s Vision Performance Training, a vision intensive, myopia management, or a home training plan you can follow—so you know exactly how to move forward.
Our visionary Founder and CEO, Dr. Bryce Appelbaum, is on a mission to change how the world views vision. He believes there is so much more to vision than just 20/20 eyesight and has developed programs to retrain and rewire the eye-brain connection.
MyVisionFirst is the Leader in Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation
We provide a holistic approach to visual wellness and family vision care, specializing in diagnosing and treating behavioral, sensorimotor, neuro-rehabilitative, developmental and learning-related vision problems for all ages ranging from infants to senior citizens.
Dr. Appelbaum’s work has been featured in USA Today, the New York Times Magazine, on CBS, NBC, on countless podcast interviews and much more.
Work with the best today.
Trusted By Professional & Collegiate Athletes
Athletes turn to MyVisionFirst when they want to optimize their vision. Our process has been trusted by professional and collegiate teams, as well as hundreds of individual athletes, to sharpen performance and transform raw talent into reliable skill. We’ve had the privilege of supporting players in the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, and NWSL, along with professional golfers, tennis players, race car drivers, and Olympic competitors across fencing, gymnastics, swimming, skiing, archery, and shooting.
Unlocking Life’s Potential Through Vision
Support Your Journey to Vision Health
Support your vision every day with affordable, effective solutions — from therapeutic digital performance lenses and targeted supplements to carefully selected products designed to work for everyone.
Not just another pair of blue light glasses. Digital Performance Lenses use advanced technology to filter harmful blue light, reduce glare, and ease visual stress from long hours on screens. By supporting how your eyes and brain work together, they improve comfort and visual processing in the moment—and help protect long-term vision health
Short, guided exercises you can do at home to reduce digital eye strain, sharpen focus, and strengthen the brain–eye connection. ScreenFit™ makes vision training accessible anywhere, for all ages, with lasting benefits for work, school, and life.
Our supplements are carefully selected for quality and proven efficacy, delivering targeted nutrients that support the eyes, brain, and body. By providing what your brain needs to heal and function at its best, they help accelerate progress on your vision journey, boost recovery, and strengthen the connections between your eyes and brain
A curated selection of trusted tools and resources to make vision care part of everyday life — enhancing comfort, boosting performance, and supporting your treatment plan.
Learn More About the Role of Vision
Trusted Voices in Vision Care
FEATURED ARTICLE
NBC Washington: Could Vision Problems Be the Root Cause of ADHD-like Symptoms in Students?
No ADD/ADHD Diagnosis is complete without ruling out functional vision problems.
NBC Washington — If your child is distracted easily or lose their place when they’re reading, you might be quick to get an ADHD diagnosis. Dr. Bryce Appelbaum, a neuro-optometrist, says that it might be vision issues instead. News4’s Joseph Olmo talks to Appelbaum about how ADHD-like symptoms are similar to problems with vision.
Ready to Get Started?
Schedule your free Discovery Call today and speak with our Patient Success Team. We’ll listen to your concerns, answer your questions, and help you find the right path forward for your vision.
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