Having Perfect Eyesight May Not Mean You Have Perfect Vision!
Vision Therapy is a treatment methodology used to improve visual function. It includes a broad range of developmental and rehabilitative therapies individually prescribed to address specific sensory motor and/or visual perceptual-cognitive deficiencies. Vision therapy sessions are planned to enhance the brain's ability to control eye alignment, movement, teaming, focusing and/or visual processing. All treatment plans are based on a patient’s age, ability and capacity to participate.
Seeing clearly is important to all that we do. From the second you arise to the time you go to bed, your eyes act like a camera. Everything you look at is sent to the brain for processing and for storage, very much like the relationship between a camera and a digital memory card. This is a very basic explanation of a very complex series of events.
Sight is not only comprised of the images one sees, but also involves neurologic activity that processes the visual information sent to the brain. Good eyesight is the capacity to see clearly; good vision is the ability to recognize, understand, interpret and act on what is seen. One’s eyesight may be within normal limits using a standard eye chart; yet, a person’s visual skills may be significantly impaired. These impairments can range from simple refractive (eyeglass) conditions, to more complex problems of the eye.
Kicking a soccer ball, swinging a golf club or reading a book are all learned activities that take practice. Sight plays an important role in these activities by providing feedback as to what is happening. This too is a learned activity. Vision therapy helps people learn how to process visual information.
Vision therapy can correct a wide variety of vision disorders including a fast-progressing prescription, a "lazy eye", limited peripheral vision or depth perception. It can even help with eye-hand coordination, overall school performance, computer vision and eye comfort, and directionality (knowing your rights and lefts!).
