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.
What is 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:
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:
Vision Therapy can help those individuals 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.).
To learn more about vision-related learning problems,
visit any of these web pages on reading, learning disabilities, ADD/ADHD,
dyslexia, tracking 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.).
To learn more about binocular vision, visit these
web pages on 3D vision and depth perception, convergence insufficiency or 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.
To learn more about crossed eyes or lazy eye,
visit the many web pages of strabismus.org, children-special-needs.org or
lazyeye.org.
Find out about eye muscle surgery as a treatment
option for crossed eyes and lazy eye.
Stress-induced Visual Difficulties
Twenty first 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. C.V.S. (Computer Vision
Syndrome) is one of the fastest growing health concerns in the workplace
today. 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 Photoretinology and/or Vision Therapy.
Neuro Optometric Treatment of Vision Disorders
Vision can be compromised as a result of
neurological disorders or trauma to the nervous system (such as, traumatic
brain injuries, stroke, whiplash, developmental delays, cerebral palsy,
multiple sclerosis, etc.). Vision Therapy and/or Photoretinology can
effectively treat the visual consequences of trauma (including double vision).
To learn more about brain injuries and vision,
visit 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! Accurate vision and athletic visual skills can be
measured, developed, and enhanced through Vision Therapy. We measure and
successfully improve eye-hand coordination, visual reaction time, peripheral
awareness, eye teaming, focusing, tracking, and visualization skills (to
mention just a few).
Vision Therapy can be the answer to many visual problems. Don't hesitate to contact us with your questions. To read definitions of Vision Therapy by outside sources, visit children-special-needs.org.
There is more to healthy vision than 20/20 eyesight!
Learn about symptoms of visual problems which affect reading, learning, sports and quality of life.
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Sol Optometry
250 West 57th Street - Suite 901 / 128 West 13th Street
New York, NY
(212) 810-6330
nyidoc@gmail.com