The visual system is a complex communication network between the eyes and the brain. Vision therapy aims to assist the visual system in ways that glasses, contacts, or corrective surgery cannot effectively treat.
Vision therapy is a non-surgical, doctor-supervised, individualized program of visual exercises aimed to improve vision problems like tracking and movement coordination, fixation, focusing, binocularity, perception, and more. Through the use of lenses, prisms, filters, computer programs, and vision games the vision therapist, supervised by the optometrist, is able to improve and/or correct these issues. A positive outcome is heavily dependent upon a coordinated effort between the optometrist, vision therapist, and patient. The end objective for any vision therapy patient is to obtain clear, comfortable, binocular vision through organized information transmission between the eyes and the brain.
Vision therapy can help treat an array of visual diagnosis. Due to neuroplasticity (the brain’s ability to form new communication pathways), vision therapy can help treat vision problems like amblyopia or “lazy eye”, strabismus or “eye turn”, eye movement disorders, accommodative or“focusing” disorders, and visual perceptual disorders. These diagnoses are more easily treated when addressed at an early age. When vision therapy is considered later in life, results are more guarded.
The first step to any eye-related concern is to schedule a comprehensive eye exam at Vision HealthSpecialties. Pending diagnoses and treatment options, a vision therapy evaluation will be scheduled to determine therapy treatment duration and assist with customization of the therapy program.
The Vision Therapy Department at Vision HealthSpecialties is directed by Dr. Cara Sczepanski and comanaged by a lead vision therapist, Brittany Self. Dr.Sczepanski is a native Texan with a Business Leadership degree from The University of Dallas. In 2016, she graduated from the Rosenberg School of Optometry in San Antonio, TX. Following graduation, she completed a 12-month, private practice residency in Pediatric Optometry and VisionTherapy/Rehabilitation in Portland, OR.
Brittany Self, the lead vision therapist, is originally from the Houston area. She has accumulated an array of eyecare experience and knowledge as a technician and assistant to doctors in pediatric general surgery, general ophthalmology, and optometry. She partnered with Dr. Sczepanski in early2018 to develop and operate the Vision Therapy Department at Vision Health Specialties.
Q: Can you request lenses made from glass? Is glass still used for lenses?
- A: Opticians still sometimes use glass for lenses. However, glass is not used very often because they aren’t as safe. If these glass lenses breaks, they can shatters into many pieces and can injure the eye. Glass lenses are much heavier than plastic lenses, so they can make your eyeglasses less comfortable to wear.
Q: Can a coating be added to eyeglasses to protect them from further scratches?
- A: A protective coating can’t be added to a lens after it’s scratched. The coating is applied when the lens is manufactured and can’t be put on later.
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