Behavioural Optometry

Holistic Behavioural Optometry in Melbourne

Vision anomalies and disorders are commonly associated with biological causes, such as changes to the health and structure of the eyeball. However, they can also be caused and exacerbated by behavioural habits and conditions

At Microprism Optics, our team includes a qualified behavioural optometrist in Melbourne who can assess patients in Melbourne of all ages who have vision problems requiring correction. We apply quantum physics (biological application) to optometry and deliver solutions that are tailored to your needs. The opticians at our Docklands clinic are well qualified to assist in frame, lens selection and optical appliance dispensing with special Integrative activities that complement the optometric consultation and prescribing.

What is Vision Therapy?

Does your child have perfect vision and still seems to struggle in school? Are you experiencing symptoms like double vision and headaches after reading? These are common issues that can be treated with vision therapy. Microprism Optics is a provider of vision therapy in Melbourne, and we’re here to help you figure out if this is something that could be useful for you or your child.

Eye therapy is a well-researched treatment option used to improve brain-eye communication and visual skills in both children and adults. This can be used to treat a number of different problems that affect people even with 20/20 vision. There can be nothing physically wrong with your vision and you can still lack the visual skills that make things like reading and writing easy. This kind of therapy takes the form of a personalised treatment program that varies greatly in length depending on the individual. It utilises vision exercises along with equipment like lenses, prisms, filters and occluders to improve skills like eye-tracking, focusing, convergence, eye-hand coordination, visual processing speed and more.

Who Can Benefit from Eye Vision Therapy

Eye therapy in Melbourne is most commonly used to help children experiencing difficulties in school improve their academic performance. If your child struggles with reading or comprehension but you’ve been told there’s nothing wrong with their vision and they don’t have a learning disorder, it might just be that they lack the visual skills required to perform well academically. Common signs of a child struggling with their visual skills include reading, comprehension and spelling difficulties, messy handwriting, difficulties concentrating and poor depth perception.

However, adults can benefit too! If you experience symptoms like headaches or tiredness after reading, double vision, poor hand-eye coordination, dizziness, finger-pointing while reading and closing or covering one eye, you could greatly benefit from improving your visual skills. It can be hard to know something is wrong when you’ve never known anything different, but if tasks like reading and writing have always been difficult for you, chances are you could get rid of those struggles with therapy.

Common conditions that can be helped by eye vision therapy include:

• Convergence insufficiency
• Lazy eye treatment
• Cross-eyed
• Visual perception and processing difficulties

Are You in Need of Vision Therapy for Strabismus?

Childhood is a crucial time when it comes to how our eyes develop, and it is not uncommon for them to grow abnormally and need correction. Whilst this can be inconvenient in most ways, visible problems like strabismus can have a catastrophic effect on a child’s confidence.

Misaligned eyes can often result in low self-esteem and anxiety, in addition to problems associated with strabismus when it comes to strain and depth perception. Ultimately, strabismus requires psychological care as well as optometry.

It’s for this reason that anyone offering vision therapy for strabismus should have a good understanding of not just how to treat eye misalignment but how to offer pastoral care to those who come to them to help. Those who have grown up with the condition will likely have created all kinds of personal adaptations.

The Benefits of Vision Therapy

Improving your visual skills is likely to have a hugely positive impact on your life. You can improve your academic and professional performance and enjoy hobbies like reading and writing without experiencing headaches and tiredness. If this is something your child struggles with, they’ll no longer be falling behind in school and can start getting much better grades and fulfilling their potential. All of this can be done without taking medications, by completely natural and non-invasive means. For a lot of people, this kind of therapy gives quick results, making a noticeable difference in only a few weeks. One of the biggest benefits of eye vision therapy is that it’s a personalised treatment program designed to treat your specific difficulties, which is why it’s so much more effective than generic approaches. If you think this might be helpful for you or your child, contact a professional like the Melbourne’s optometrists at Microprism Optics. You can also visit this website for more info about vision therapy

The Correlation Between Vision & the Brain

Behavioural optometry focuses on vision as opposed to eyesight. While eyesight refers to seeing what is in front of a person, vision refers to the ability to focus, aim and move eyes. Vision is connected to the brain’s sensory systems that control movement, balance and the ability to do simple tasks like walking and reading.

While the foundation of behavioural optometry is built on traditional optometry, the emphasis is more on functional dynamics:

• The focusing, aiming and movement of the eyes
• Processing of visual information
• How vision can affect movement, balance and everyday tasks

Diagnosis & Assessment

A behavioural optometry assessment looks at more than just eye function, providing a more holistic snapshot of all elements of vision that can also impact on other areas of a person’s life, as well as conditions that can impact on vision.

Once this assessment is complete, the optometrist will write a report describing the state of the patient’s visual perceptual skills and a diagnosis on their condition. If any problems are identified, a behavioural optometrist may recommend ophthalmic aids and/or behaviourally directed vision exercises to rectify them. This includes having the patient undergo vision therapy that will include prescribed activities designed to train the affected eye with eye movement skills.

Conditions Behavioural Optometry Can Treat

This type of optometry can treat various conditions, including:

• Lazy eyes
• Eye motor control issues
• Developmental delays
• Reading difficulties
• Acquired brain injuries

How Behavioural Optometry Can Help Children

Children who struggle with learning to read and write or concentrate at school might have a problem with their vision. Our optometrist can assist children by assessing their visual capabilities and planning a vision therapy program that is suited to their individual requirements and age group.

During therapy, we take note of their visual skills, including eye tracking, eye teaming, eye focusing and visual perception. We will help your child to develop their vision skills, allowing them to reach their full potential at school and with extracurricular activities.

Behavioural Optometry for Adults

Many adults experience blurred or double vision due to accidents and illnesses. Our optometrist can provide a comprehensive vision assessment that will determine what type of treatment a patient will need. Such treatment can include a vision therapy plan, vision exercises and lenses that will help to improve the patient’s quality of life and their ability to carry out everyday tasks.

How We Can Help You

Whether you need a behavioural optometrist for children or adults, Microprism Optics can provide solutions to change and alleviate your specific conditions.

People are often surprised when our behavioural optometrist tells them that dyslexia, autism, learning disabilities, brain injury, visual processing issues and concentration disorders like ADHD can be connected to vision. When you think about it, however, these conditions all affect the way people process the world around them, and much of that is filtered through the eyes. Our Melbourne’s optometrist aims to address this and improve vision accordingly.

Treatment Methods

Our experienced team can conduct a behavioural eye test and behavioural optometry assessment in order to formulate a treatment plan that may include behavioural optometry exercises, including Vivid Vision therapy. We can also provide prism glasses and lenses that are tailored to your specific needs. These can alter spatial context and perspective, allowing wearers to process the world with more focus and clarity.

Our treatments adhere to the latest developments surrounding neuroplasticity and muscle memory, facilitating a greater ease of visual consciousness.

Make a Booking Today

If you’re looking for behavioural optometry in Melbourne, Australia, make an appointment with Microprism Optics optometrist in Melbourne today. Call us now on (03) 9606 0330 to learn more and make a booking at our clinic in Docklands. Alternatively, you can message us online and we’ll get back to you shortly. Read Less