
With a combination of the proper optometry care and self-care, you can minimize computer eye syndrome and other modern-day vision problems. Contact us for an appointment today.
What is Vision Therapy & how can it help? Your vision is precious, and if you or a loved one struggles with a visual disability, you are even more aware how it can impact your daily activities and independence. Genetic and eye health conditions like macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, low vision, and other conditions can cause reduced or limited vision, and there is little that can be done medically or surgically to correct the issues or restore vision in a significant way.
However, with vision therapy, patients have a brighter outlook on their visual capacity than ever before. With a combination of state-of-the-art therapies, exercises, and technologically advanced equipment and aids, patients can improve their visual abilities and skills.
Orthoptic vision therapy is a series of exercises and therapies that are designed to improve binocular function, or to help the eyes learn to work together to process visual information.
Orthoptic vision therapy is most often used by pediatric optometrists and ophthalmologists for children who have amblyopia (Lazy Eye) or strabismus (crossed eyes). Other conditions that orthoptic vision therapy may be able to treat successfully include binocular vision problems, focusing disorders, convergence insufficiency, and eye movement problems.
It is a non-surgical, non-invasive, and painless treatment that can help to correct a patient’s visual system over time.
Behavioral vision therapy involves addressing a variety of visual issues, including but not limited to:
Therapy that focuses on visual processing and perception can assist patients in enhancing visual discrimination (the ability to visually see differences between objects), visual figure ground (the ability to separate an object from a background), and visual memory (the ability to retain visual information over a period of time.
Sensory integration therapy is often combined with visual therapies in order to produce more effective results.
Sensory therapies involve using other senses, such as taste, smell, touch, and hearing to corroborate with visual integration.
Syntonic phototherapy, or light therapy, is an advanced type of visual therapy that involves using specific light frequencies through the eyes to treat a variety of visual dysfunctions.
At InSight Optometry & Vision Therapy in Langley, we are dedicated to assisting patients with numerous visual problems. We offer a variety of advanced and scientifically proven vision therapy techniques to assist patients in achieving the best possible visual results.
Contact us today at 604-455-0477 to further discuss how Visual Therapy at Insight can help you or a family member or schedule an appointment for a comprehensive vision and eye health examination. Once your examination is complete, we work with you to develop a custom vision therapy treatment plan that is designed to improve not only your visual acuity, but also how your visual system works as a whole.
Vision is a highly developed set of skills which we use to guide our movements and to interact with the world around us. We learn how to use our eyes and to understand what we see, starting from before birth.
When vision is working well it guides and leads; when not it interferes. – John Streff O.D.
Children that struggle at school or have attention and behaviour challenges are particularly likely to have underdeveloped vision skills.
Vision therapy helps build better vision skills to take to school, sports, work and play.
Vision therapy may be used to:
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Much like music lessons, you learn more quickly when you practice.