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.
What is Orthoptic Vision Therapy: Does Vision Therapy Work?
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.
What is Vision Therapy? What You Need to Know About Behavioural Vision Therapy
Behavioral vision therapy involves addressing a variety of visual issues, including but not limited to:
- Visual Processing
- Perception Therapy
- Sensory Learning
- Syntonic Phototherapy.
Visual Processing & Perception Therapy
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 Learning
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
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.
Working With Langley Vision Therapy Patients at Our Vision Therapy Clinic
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.
Vision problems are very common
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:
- Improve eye movement control
- Develop better focusing ability
- Treat amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus (eye turns)
- Improve visual thinking skills
- Improve sports performance
- Promote visual-motor skills with “clumsy” kids
- Prevent vision problems from worsening
- Rehabilitate vision and balance problems after brain injury
You Should Know:
- Vision training sessions are one on one with a therapist
- Sessions are usually scheduled for 50 minutes, once or twice per week
- Improvements are quicker if a few fun activities are done at home as well
Much like music lessons, you learn more quickly when you practice.
- Changes in performance may be seen after only a few sessions
- Depending on your goals, programs range in length from 10 to 70 sessions
- The results should last a lifetime
RELATED SERVICES
Many people are cheered by a bright, sunny day, but the effect of all that sunlight on the eyes is a less sunny proposition. UV and glare can create a variety of issues, from dangerous “snowblindness” to irreversible disorders that threaten your eyesight.
