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Behavioral Optometry
BOAF
Volume1 Number1 2012
hours spread over two ses- sions.
Following just two sessions of therapy, his functional field had expanded from 5 to 15 de- grees; but more interesting were the substantial improvements in accommodation, accommoda- tive facility, fusional reserves, PRA/NRA, pursuit and saccadic eye movements, etc., most of which are now better than nor- mal’. . This improvement after treatment would normally have taken more than six months of optometric vision therapy to achieve.
His body movements were now more coordinated, he could catch balls normally and was no longer light sensitive. His reading and comprehension had improved and his writing was easier. He could now con- centrate for longer. His mother said that he had made major progress in behavior, his pos- ture was better and that his school work was continuing to improve. He was altogether a happier child. His posture was totally different and his person- ality was more outgoing and happy. A year later he continued to progress well at school and all the visual improvements had been retained.
How can Optometrists help?
Observe your patients !!
Conclusion
From the forgoing informa- tion, it can be seen that we as Optometrists are ideally suited to identify possible structural
problems that can be affecting our patients’ lifestyle.
We can use our knowledge of the visual system, in some cases, in order to affect posture and reduce structural strain and improve balance.
We, as Optometrists, daily use a very powerful tool, the Lens. Lenses can alter ones view of the world, alter percep- tions, alter posture, improve or reduce, efficiency at work, home and play.
Consider asking different questions when you assess your patients, observe them as they walk into your consulting room, look at their posture, head tilts and multifocal pos- tural problems. Think about your refractive results; consider whether some modification, perhaps using unconventional prisms, can improve your pa- tients lives. Think carefully about the refractive correction recommended to the presby- opic patient, is just one pair of specs enough to do everything.
Optometric vision therapy and syntonic optometry are ex- tremely powerful tools that can often prove more beneficial to treat our patients structural problems than conventional “physical therapy”.
In other cases we can see that referral to a physical struc- tural specialist - Osteopath, Chiropractor, Kinesiologist, Physiotherapist, etc. can im- prove, not only our patients health and structural comfort, but their visual comfort as well.
If we, as optometrists, can provide logical health reasons that our patients can under- stand, we increase the possibil- ity of increased optometric vi- sion therapy, multiple spectacle dispensing, better relationship with other medical profession- als, increased profitability, and, most important - happier pa- tients!
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Figures supplied with kind permission, W.Padula and G. Shayler.
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