Vision Therapy

Good vision is about more than just clear eyesight - it’s about how your eyes and brain work together to process the world around you. While glasses or contact lenses can correct clarity, they don’t always resolve problems with coordination, tracking, or focusing. Vision therapy uses customized exercises and activities to strengthen visual skills, improve comfort, and make daily tasks like reading, sports, and computer use easier and more efficient.
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What Is Vision Therapy?

Vision therapy is a personalized program designed to improve how the eyes and brain work together. It focuses on strengthening visual skills and enhancing the brain’s ability to process visual information.

Glasses and contacts help you see more clearly, but they can’t always fix issues related to eye teaming, focusing, or tracking. Vision therapy goes beyond clarity, addressing how efficiently and comfortably your visual system performs during everyday activities like reading, driving, or working on a computer.

What Can Vision Therapy Help With?

Vision therapy can be highly effective for a variety of conditions, including:

• Strabismus (Eye Turn): Helps train the eyes to align and work together to reduce or eliminate double vision.

• Amblyopia (Lazy Eye): Stimulates the weaker eye and improves coordination between both eyes.

• Convergence Insufficiency: Improves near focusing ability, reducing eye strain and headaches.

• Focusing Disorders: Enhances the ability to shift focus between near and far objects.

• Binocular Vision Dysfunction (BVD): Reduces symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, and difficulty with depth perception.

• Eye Tracking Problems: Strengthens smooth, accurate eye movements important for reading and sports.

• Visual Processing Disorders: Improves the brain’s ability to interpret visual information, often leading to better reading comprehension and learning outcomes.

• Post-Traumatic Vision Syndrome: Addresses vision problems caused by concussions or traumatic brain injuries.
  
  

What to Expect During Treatment

At your initial assessment, Dr. Brianna Herring will evaluate a wide range of visual functions, including:

• Eye movement and tracking ability

• Focusing stamina and flexibility

• Eye alignment and teamwork

• Depth perception and peripheral awareness

• Visual-motor integration
  
  

Based on this detailed evaluation, Dr. Herring will create a personalized therapy plan tailored to your specific needs and goals. Treatment may include specialized lenses or prisms, interactive activities with tools like balance boards and metronomes, computer-based training, and home exercises to reinforce progress between office visits.

Vision therapy programs typically last several weeks to several months, depending on your condition. Regular progress evaluations ensure that you’re reaching your goals and allow for adjustments to keep improvements consistent and long-lasting.

Benefits of Vision Therapy

• Reduces eye strain and headaches from prolonged reading or screen time

• Improves visual comfort and performance

• Enhances focusing flexibility for switching between near and far tasks

• Boosts reading fluency, comprehension, and speed

• Increases confidence in academic, work, and social settings

• Improves hand-eye coordination for sports and recreation

• Enhances depth perception and reaction time for athletes and drivers

• Supports recovery from concussions and vision-related injuries

• Provides a non-invasive, customized approach for long-term results
  
  

Discover How Vision Therapy Can Help You

Dr. Herring combines advanced diagnostic tools with personalized care to create therapy programs that are effective, engaging, and tailored to each patient’s unique needs. By tracking progress closely and providing guidance every step of the way, she ensures patients achieve lasting improvements in both visual function and overall quality of life.

If you or your child are experiencing vision challenges, don’t wait for them to interfere with learning, or daily comfort. Schedule a comprehensive vision evaluation with Brianna Herring, O.D. today and find out if vision therapy is the right solution.