What is Vision Therapy?
Vision Therapy is an individualized treatment program designed to correct visual-motor and visual information processing deficiencies caused by inadequate sensory motor development, stress or trauma to the nervous system which interferes with the ability to use your eyes and vision efficiently.
What conditions can Vision Therapy treat?
- Amblyopia (lazy eye)
- Computer vision discomfort
- Learning Related vision problems
- Visual information processing
- Visual tracking problems
- Accommodative insufficiency or inadequacy
- Convergence insufficiency or excess
- Strabismus (wandering eye)
- General Binocular Dysfunction
- Visually induced headaches or eyestrain
How does Vision Therapy work?
Through vision therapy, the individual develops the ability to use his or her eyes effectively to gather visual information, understand it quickly, react to it appropriately, and reliably interact with the enviornment.
Vision therapy typically will include the use of special lenses, prisms or filters in association with prescribed procedures desig ed to enhance the brain's ability to control eye alignment, eye movements, focusing ability,a nd teamwork between the two eyes. The ability to analyze, understand and use visual information accurately is also improved. High levels of visual-motor efficiency and endurance are developed during carefully monitored therapy sessions using special optical devices. These new vision abilities are generalized through integration with motor and cognitive skills so they can be readily used during everyday activities such as reading, computer work, driving, and even sports.
Are the benefits of Vision Therapy long term?
Most healthy vision therapy patients enjoy long term resolution of their visual problems following completion of treatment. Generalizing the newly acquired visual abilities to the activities of daily life allows these new visual skills to become self-reinforcing. Efficient vision becomes a habit, as hard to break as any other habit.
Who can do Vision Therapy?
People of all ages can benefit from vision therapy. While vision therapy can be a very effective tool in the treatment of many vision problems, therapy can only be prescribed after a thorough vision and eye health examination performed by a qualified Optometrist. To find out if vision therapy may be right for you, consult you eye care provider for more information on all of the options available to you.
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