Who Benefits? – Learning – Dyslexia – ADD – Lazy Eye – Stress – Rehab – Sports
All About Vision Therapy
Some visual conditions cannot be treated adequately with just glasses, contact lenses and/or patching, and are best resolved through a program of Vision Therapy.
Vision Therapy is an individualized, supervised, treatment program designed to correct visual-motor and/or perceptual-cognitive deficiencies. Vision Therapy sessions include procedures designed to enhance the brain’s ability to control:
- eye alignment,
- eye teaming,
- eye focusing abilities,
- eye movements, and/or
- visual processing.
Visual-motor skills and endurance are developed through the use of specialized computer and optical devices, including therapeutic lenses, prisms, and filters. During the final stages of therapy, the patient’s newly acquired visual skills are reinforced and made automatic through repetition and by integration with motor and cognitive skills.
Who Benefits from Vision Therapy?
Children and adults with visual challenges, such as:
- Learning-related Vision Problems
Vision Therapy can help children and adults who lack the necessary visual skills for effective reading, writing, and learning (i.e., eye movement and focusing skills, convergence, eye-hand activity, visual memory skills, etc.).- Children, adults, parents and teachers tell about improved learning, reading and school performance at Success in School.
- To learn more about vision-related learning problems, visit any of these web pages on vision and learning, eyesight and reading, learning disabilities, ADD/ADHD, dyslexia and vision, eye tracking and/or convergence insufficiency.
- Poor Binocular Coordination
Vision Therapy helps individuals develop normal coordination and teamwork of the two eyes (binocular vision). When the two eyes fail to work together as an effective team, performance in many areas can suffer (reading, sports, depth perception, eye contact, etc.).- Read about improved depth perception, eye tracking, and the elimination of double vision at Success with Disabilities.
- To learn more about binocular (two-eyed) vision, visit web pages on 3D vision and depth perception and convergence insufficiency.
- Test your binocular vision with The Framing Game.
- Strabismus and Amblyopia
Vision Therapy programs offer much higher cure rates for turned eyes and/or lazy eye when compared to eye surgery, glasses, and/or patching, without therapy. The earlier the patient receives Vision Therapy the better, however, our office has successfully treated patients well past 21 years of age.- Children, adults and parents tell their stories about Success with Lazy Eye, Crossed Eyes, etc..
- An expert explains crossed eyes and lazy eye.
- Find out about all types of eye turns at strabismus.org.
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about eye muscle surgery for crossed eyes and lazy eye.
- Even more helpful information and links can be found at children-special-needs.org and lazyeye.org.
- Stress-induced Visual Difficulties
21st century lifestyles demand more from our vision than ever before. Children and adults in our technological society constantly use their near vision at work and at home. Environmental stresses on the visual system (including excessive computer use or close work) can induce eyestrain, headaches, and/or visual difficulties which can be effectively treated with corrective lenses and/or Vision Therapy.- Find out more about Vision Therapy and the elimination of blurry vision, headaches, and eyestrain at Success with Symptoms.
- Visual Rehabilitation for Special Populations
Vision can be compromised as a result of neurological disorders or trauma to the nervous system (such as, head injuries, traumatic brain injuries, stroke, whiplash, developmental delays, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, etc.). Vision Therapy can effectively treat the visual consequences of brain trauma (including double vision).- Read patient testimonials about the elimination of double vision and other visual difficulties at Success with Brain Injuries
- Learn more about brain injuries and vision at braininjuries.org.
- Sports Vision Improvement
Strong visual skills are critical to sports success. Not much happens in sports until your eyes instruct your hands and body as to what to do! Vision Therapy can successfully improve eye-hand coordination, depth perception, visual reaction time, peripheral awareness, eye teaming, focusing, tracking, and visualization skills (to mention just a few).- Vision Therapy has helped many children and adults enjoy newfound Success with Sports and Coordination!
Vision Therapy can be the answer to many visual problems! Don’t hesitate to contact our office with your questions. To read definitions of Vision Therapy by outside sources, visit children-special-needs.org.
You are also invited to look through a National Catalog of hundreds of Vision Therapy Success Stories.
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