Light Therapy

Light Therapy, also known as Syntonics or optometric phototherapy, is the use of specific frequencies of visible light projected into the eyes, to enhance visual efficiency and visual information processing.

It has been utilized by Behavioral Optometrists for over 80 years in the treatment of functional vision problems such as strabismus (eye turns), amblyopia (lazy eye), focusing and eye teaming problems, as well as learning problems.  In recent studies, Syntonics has also been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of traumatic brain injuries and various emotional issues such as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Minnesota Vision Therapy Center is one of just a few clinics in the Upper Midwest to offer this life-changing treatment to our patients.

A child with functional vision problems often has constricted visual field.  A constricted visual field means that in cases where there exists an excess of visual information coming into the eyes, the visual field often reduces in size, affecting the amount of visual information that a person can see and understand.

Light Therapy, also known as Syntonics or optometric phototherapy, is the use of specific frequencies of visible light projected into the eyes, to enhance visual efficiency and visual information processing.

It has been utilized by Behavioral Optometrists for over 80 years in the treatment of such visual dysfunctions as strabismus (eye turns), amblyopia (lazy eye), focusing and eye teaming problems, as well as learning disorders.  In recent studies, Syntonics has also been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of traumatic brain injuries and various emotional disorders such as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Minnesota Vision Therapy Center is one of just a few clinics in the Upper Midwest to offer this life-changing treatment to our patients.

A child with functional vision problems often has constricted visual field.  A constricted visual field means that in cases where there exists an excess of visual information coming into the eyes, the visual field often reduces in size, affecting the amount of visual information that a person can see and understand.

The most common symptoms associated with reduced visual fields are words moving/merging and skipping lines/words.

Constricted visual fields also affect one’s visual-spatial awareness which is the ability to perceive accurately and judge where objects are in one’s visual space world.  Symptoms can also include poor eye/hand/body coordination which often results in poor organizational skills, poor handwriting, clumsiness and an overall “lost in space” effect or appearance.

For more information about Light Therapy, we recommend the College of Syntonic Optometry’s website which you can find at collegeofsyntonicoptometry.com

 

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