Vision Training in Manlius and Syracuse, NY

Various parts of our bodies can be conditioned to achieve new levels of performance and regain abilities lost due to injuries or medical conditions. Our eyes are no different. Vision training refers to visual exercises guided by an optometrist to improve and enhance visual skills and abilities.

Savedoff, Ciccone & Davis, Doctors of Optometry, P.C., offers comprehensive core vision training at our eye care centers in Manlius and Syracuse, New York. Our doctors of optometry work closely with patients to address ocular diseases and improve visual comfort and performance.

About Our Vision Training

Vision is a complex process that involves the eyes, retinas, optic nerves, and brain working together. Considered one of the most important senses for most people, your vision greatly impacts many aspects of life, including safety, understanding, quality of life, and personal interactions. About 90% of the information processed and transmitted to the brain is visual.

Visual performance can deteriorate over time due to several factors, such as age-related changes, disease, and other factors. The highly skilled team at Savedoff, Ciccone & Davis, Doctors of Optometry, P.C., is committed to helping you keep your vision sharp through a variety of techniques and exercises. Our vision training will develop and strengthen coordination between the eyes and brain, improving visual perception, visual processing, and eye movement control.

Our optometrists meet with clients to better learn the current state of their vision and how they can benefit from vision training. We perform in-depth vision and eye health examinations in a comfortable environment to determine what conditions may be causing vision decay. We closely examine visual acuity, eye teaming, eye tracking, depth perception, visual memory, visual motor integration, and other aspects of visual function. 

What Does Vision Training Entail?

Our team then begins creating a personalized visual training program to address concerns and meet vision goals. Specific techniques and exercises clients perform vary depending on the individual’s needs. Vision training programs may include:

• Focusing exercises
• Hand-eye coordination tasks
• Visual puzzles
• Computer-based visual training aids
• Specialized vision equipment, such as prisms, lenses, and filters

Like any other type of training regiment, vision training is a gradual process that requires regular practice and commitment. The exact duration and frequency of training will depend on the person and how well they progress.

Why Someone Needs Vision Training

Vision training is a treatment approach for several eye-related conditions that result in declining visual performance. Conditions that may be improved with vision training include:

• Amblyopia: This eye condition, also known as lazy eye, is a common eye disorder in children that causes mild to moderate impairment in one or both eyes. 
• Strabismus: More commonly known as crossed eyes, this visual disorder causes the eyes to be misaligned and point in different directions, resulting in poor vision.
• Binocular dysfunction: This condition occurs when the eyes are misaligned and unable to send a clear image to the brain, often when the eyes are not perfectly synchronized, creating blurred vision, double or overlapping vision, shadowed vision, light sensitivity, and difficulty with glare or reflection. Binocular dysfunction can also contribute to reading problems, motion sickness, vertigo, and headaches.
• Oculomotor dysfunction (OMD): Also known as eye-tracking problems or ocular motility dysfunction, this vision disorder makes it difficult to control eye movement. It can affect people of all ages and can be caused by developmental delays, brain trauma, or diseases that affect the central nervous system. Oculomotor dysfunction can also contribute to reading problems, loss of place, poor penmanship, and difficulty in ball sports.
• Perception dysfunction: A condition that affects how people interpret and understand sensory information, which can lead to distortions in their perception of the world.
• Focusing problems: Eye focusing problems, also known as accommodative dysfunctions, occur when the eyes have trouble focusing on objects correctly, making them appear blurry. Focusing problems can also contribute to difficulty with coping skills (from one distance to another) and adversely impact reaction time in sports, as well as cause headaches.