Functional vision refers to the visual skills required for you to live your best, successful life. You might be surprised how much your vision impacts nearly every aspect of your life – from work or school to daily tasks and even your safety and comfort.
There are many different pieces to healthy vision, and even if you see 20/20 you may still be suffering from a hidden visual dysfunction. If you feel like something is just not right, we invite you to learn more about functional vision and see if it is the missing piece to your puzzle.
Learn more about your symptoms related to vision. Schedule a full evaluation or free screening.
Inland Vision Therapy diagnoses and treats a wide range of visual conditions including:
Come learn all about how important your vision is in all activities of daily life – it definitely is more than just having 20/20 vision with or without glasses!
At Inland Vision Therapy, we offer a range of specialized therapy services for individuals of all ages to improve functional vision. We use many different types of activities and special exercises that target neuro pathways and strengthen visual-motor skills. With repetition and time, these exercises train the brain to develop new pathways, allowing the visual system to operate with improved function, efficiency, and control. The result is better vision with less strain, less symptoms, improved performance, and happy patients!




Overcome visual struggles for better function and performance.
Restore visual function after injury or trauma.
Optimize visual performance for sports and daily activities.
Restore your brain's sensory processing ability and regain control.
Many people experience amazing improvements with their therapy sessions at Inland Vision Therapy. We would love to visit with you and see if we can help you, too. We’ll help you find the root of your symptoms and provide a clear, honest assessment of whether therapy is right for you.
Schedule a free pre-evaluation and an initial test of visual function. Come discuss your concerns, get some answers, and see how we can help.
After a series of visual testings, an eye scan, and conference with our doctor, you'll get a full report, diagnosis, and treatment plan if needed.
Real results from some of our amazing patients:

At Inland Vision Therapy, Dr. Rikson Zollinger and his highly trained and caring team are dedicated to helping YOU succeed in life! As we accurately identify and effectively address functional visual deficits, we are passionate about helping patients of all ages achieve life-changing effects by improving, enhancing, and rehabilitating your functional vision!
We love the staff at IVT! Lecia was great with our daughter and was so very patient even when our daughter was having an attitude. Dr. Z was very thorough and explained things so very clearly, which helped us understand what was happening. Dani was awesome to work with for appointments... read more and scheduling and financial stuff… We would recommend IVT to anyone who needs help with vision issues!
Dr. Z and Kristen are so wonderful! Easy to talk and both have helped us have a better understanding on how eye therapy works. My daughter has enjoyed her eye therapy and likes the activities. We have definitely seen improvement with eye therapy and I highly recommend Inland Eye Therapy.
The front desk ladies are amazing. We didn't have a lot hopes of improvement right away but, our daughter started getting better little bit at a time. Her sight has improved and she doesn't get head aches. Her hand - eye function has improved so much. Also, Mrs. Jessica... read more is amazing. She is the best. Her patients, understand and how she explains things to our daughter is wonderful.
My son and I had a very good experience here. The staff was very friendly. Dr. Zollinger started out by introducing himself and asking our names. I so appreciated this simple gesture that shows Dr. Zollinger cares about who we are. I also appreciated how Dr. Zollinger kept the appointment... read more lighthearted and fun. I liked his two rules--Have fun and try your best. This helped my eight-year-old perfectionist relax a lot. He was not thrilled about having to go the the eye doctor, but he was surprised to find that he DID have fun. I appreciated that Dr. Zollinger took the time to show and explain to me what is going on with my son's eyes. I learned there is a lot more to vision than just eyesight.
My daughter received vision therapy at Inland Vision Therapy and it has been life changing. We hadn’t heard of vision therapy before but we’re so grateful for how it has helped her with reading, learning, and confidence. Super thankful and would highly recommend!!
Meeting the doctor and how amazingly he was able to help us understand our son's vison troubles and how he believes he can help him live a more fulfilled life. He took his time, you can tell he truly cares. The therapists that do the therapy have been awesome as... read more well. They help you understand whats going on, what to look for, and how to help. They make it easy to understand what to do for "homework" and keep my kid engaged and motivated to do the therapy
Dr. Zollinger is SO kind, compassionate and understanding. He, undoubtedly, has a vast knowledge in his field...he knows what he's doing! We feel lucky to be under his care.
Our eye doctor referred us to Inland Vision Therapy because our nine year old son was having trouble with visual tracking. It turns out he was having other significant issues with his eyesight that we had never even realized. We just completed his vision therapy with Inland Vision Therapy, and... read more we are so thankful for their help! Our son’s vision has improved tremendously! The doctor, staff, and our vision therapist are all so wonderful! They really want you to have a positive and successful experience with them. Their office is also very dependable, organized and friendly. I can’t recommend them enough!
My son, who is now in 5th grade, was struggling to read and write. He read large words but not sentences. He understood things and could answer verbally. Since starting vision therapy he went from doing only 1 workbook page a day in homeschool to doing 3 or 4. He... read more even wrote a full paragraph this week. His progress is quite miraculous. His reading level has improved greatly as well. Dr. Zollinger and the staff are very curteous and respectful.
Fantastic staff and services. This has been a game changer for our son!
I came here for intense testing on my cervical vertigo. The testing proved my vertigo was from my cervical spine. 4 years later I ask for more help. I get a personalized phone call and a doctor recommendation for potential dizziness or blurred vision from medications. I would highly... read more recommend this doctor and his office staff. I believe this has been my best doctor experience in the 20 years of issues. Thank you to everyone for helping me, even 4 years later!
Dr. Z and his staff are kind, courteous, and extremely interested in my daughter's success throughout her vision journey. With their help, her daily stress levels have been essentially eradicated within the course of 32 weeks! Her quality of vision has improved astronomically. We are so pleased with her progress... read more and how far she has come. We recommend Dr. Z at Inland Vision Therapy to everyone we know.
We currently have three of our children at Inland Vision Therapy. All three are making real progress. We have seen significant improvement in the reading of our 11-year old son. Our 12-year old daughter, who was reading fine, but not often, is reading much more and enjoying it! Our 21-year... read more old is getting close to no longer needing her neuro lenses, which is huge. Headaches for all of them have dramatically decreased. We've been very impressed with Dr. Zollinger and all his staff. Everyone is professional, kind, and seem very invested in the success of their clients.
The staff at Inland Vision Therapy and Dr Z have been absolutely wonderful to work with. They have always given us all of our options and let us decide what we want to do. They have taken our insurance in the past. We really appreciate their patience and care.
We will be thankful forever for how much vision therapy changed our 15 year old daughter’s life! We can’t thank Dr. Z, Marisa and all the staff enough for all the time and guidance they gave us throughout the process! Although starting VT was a very hard decision (as... read more we didn’t know much about it) we would 100% do it all over again if we needed to! Again, I can’t say enough times Thank you for being life changers!!
The staff at Inland Vision Therapy are amazing. They are so kind and welcoming. I am so grateful for their help. My daughter’s vision therapy changed her life.
Dr. Zollinger and his entire staff has been so great! So good with my daughter and has really helped her reading. We see a big difference in how her eyes function. Highly recommend.
My son was having trouble with tripping and eye tracking. Our OT recommended Inland Vision Therapy and we have had the best experience. It's a lot of work but so worth it. Just having the information about what was going on with his eyes was game changing. We have seen... read more significant improvement with the therapy and are grateful we found this practice.
Eye therapy has helped me so much in school and baseball. It makes me feel more confident. - N, age 12 We are so blessed to have the help, therapy and encouragement for our son. It has changed him for a lifetime. Very positive experience. Thank you IVT! -... read more Jen, mother
They are so informative with the way they explain what’s going on with your eyes and have helped our son so much! Thank you all for all your hard work.