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Behavioral Optometry
BOAF
Volume1 Number1
2012
Motility
Full range
Tracking a target (pursuit)
Jerky with uncontrollable head & body movement Saccade
Over 6 under shoots, does not know where to look.
Full range
Smooth and fluid no compensatory move
Accurate smooth targ
Convergence
Strain at 20cm, diplopia at 10cm, recovery at 20cm Left eye deviates
No strain, diplopia at
Muscle Balance
Within normal limits
Within normal limits
Focussing ommodation /convergence
relationship
Right eye aiming high Imbalance got worse was straightened
erAtlhmaonsthneolremftal when the head
Focussing flexibility
PRA -1.25 NRA +2.00
-9.75 +3.50
Fusional reserves
Distance convergenc Distance divergence Near convergence Near divergence
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5/10/3
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RX
No RX before therapy Right eye acuity
Left eye acuity
No RX after therapy
R6i/g9ht eye acuity L6e/9ft eye acuity
Accommodative facili Slow and unable to m
Stereo Fly / Reduced Color Vision / Normal Peripheral visual field Confrontation test / S
Bjerrum / Tangent scr 5° 40mm white target
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Normal
Normal
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- After 2 weeks of ad optometric vision ther at home, the function expanded to normal
In school he had difficulty copying from the blackboard.
When reading, he used a bookmark, skipped words and lines, and had to re-read bits. He frequently reversed letters (b,d,p,q) and words (was, saw)
He had little comprehension of what he had read.
His writing was poor and he had a rigid pencil grip.
He was hyperactive, frus- trated, his body tense.
He had a short attention span, lost interest quickly, and fell into daydreams.
Not only did he suffer with severe visual processing diffi- culties, see insert, he had ap- palling posture, his head and shoulders were dropped for- ward, there was no swing to his arms as he walked. Pursuit eye movements were non – existent as he just turned his head.
Optometric measure- ments before and after two N.O.T. (Kinesiology) treat- ments.
Kinesiology Assessment
At the first session the fol- lowing deficits were found:
- Anterior Atlas fixation with a
Category 1 pelvic distortion. -Posterior and Anterior
Switches were off.
- Posterior and Anterior Gait
reflexes were misaligned.
- Both hip joints and their liga-
ments needed resetting.
- Universal Cranial Fault was present with posterior Atlas
fixation.
-The dura mater was locked
tight.
- There were also signs of minor cranial injury.
Further investigation showed:
- Descent of the lesser wings of the sphenoid, indicating eye muscle weakness.
- A narrowing of the Maxilla, indicating speech problems.
- The Spheno Vestibular, Spheno Ocular and Ocular Palatine reflexes were not functioning which suggested that Joe had problems with balance and direction, had difficulty in concentrating, and was easily distracted. Some supplementary exercises were given to be carried out at home.
A second session was ar- ranged for the following week.
All corrections made earlier had held, with the exception of Gaits and the descent of the lesser wings of the sphenoid, which were corrected again.
OPTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS BEFORE AND AFTER TWO N.O.T. (KINESIOLOGY) TREAT - MENTS
need for ment
eting
6cm
Acc
6/6 6/6
flipper
ditional
apy, carried out
al visual field
Posture
Marked and uncontrollable
head tilt to the left Body drooping Glum, unresponsive
Small controllable head tilt to the left Upright
Smiling, responsive
Dominance
Right hand Right foot Left eye
No changes No changes No changes
Eye Movements
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In all, Kinesiology treatment was given for a little over two