Vision Therapy
Therapy to improve the vision system's issues
What is Vision Therapy
Vision therapy is a set of exercises that aim to improve and train deficient areas of the vision system so the patient can have an improved visual experience. We design a custom therapy plan to help improve any areas of your vision system that have issues.
What does it Involve?
Each patient is given a unique treatment plan based on their needs. The plan covers which areas need therapy, which exercises will improve these areas and also the order in which the exercises need to be done. In most cases, our patients start with three unique exercises and are thoroughly shown how to do these by our therapist during their first therapy appointment. They will then be expected to do the exercises for a round 10 minutes at home and return two weeks later. During the second session our therapist will assess their progress and either give further advice for the patient to complete the exercise or if they have completed the exercise show them how to do the next one. This process continues until the patient has worked through their treatment program.
Exercises
You may be asking what these "Exercises" are and will my child be able to do them. We have over 150 different exercises that we use with our patients and that number is increasing all the time so describing them all would be impossible. To simplify things we typically use three types of exercise:
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1, Play type - Much like games smaller children would play
2, Yoga type - Positional exercises much like Yoga, but simpler
3, School type - Involve reading or writing challenges
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We feel it's important that our patients are motivated to do the exercises, so we try and make them as much fun as possible. The key to success with Vision Therapy is consistency.
How long does it take to see results?
Typically we see improvements in visual function within the first couple of sessions, and this continues throughout the therapy process. In terms of academic improvement, it can vary based on the issues the patient has, however we would expect an improvement fairly quickly as well. The most common early improvement we see is with concentration, more advanced improvements like an improvement in comprehension tend to occur towards the end of the therapy block.