Good vision isn’t just seeing well; it is a balanced and coordinated visual system and Dr. Aggarwal’s Eye Clinic understands that. A subspecialty of eye care known as orthoptics diagnoses and treats a wide variety of vision problems including many of which are not often recognized, but greatly affect daily living. In this article, let’s learn why orthoptics is so important and why it can be the key to balanced vision.
What is Orthoptics?
This is a subspecialty of eye care dealing with the diagnosis and some of the treatment of disorders of eye movement, binocular vision, and visual development known collectively as orthoptics. If a patient has a problem such as strabismus, amblyopia, convergence insufficiency or some other functional eye disease and needs to have it treated by an orthoptist, he or she will often be teamed up with an ophthalmologist. Poor eye coordination, depth perception, and increased effort in visual work such as computer work are treated in Orthoptics using nonsurgical techniques and exercises.
The Importance of Balanced Vision
If your eyesight isn’t labeled 20/20, you’re probably missing the balance part. It is when two eyes play together in order to have depth perception clarity and focus. When this balance is disrupted, it can lead to symptoms such as:
- Double vision
- Eye strain and fatigue
- Difficulty focusing, especially during tasks like reading
- Headaches
- Poor hand-eye coordination
Unnoticed, uncorrected visual imbalances for the child can affect learning; for the adult, they can impair productivity and quality of life. Orthoptics comes to the rescue to put things in order and improve vision.
How Orthoptics Can Help
Orthoptic services are offered at Dr. Aggarwal’s Eye Clinic as we customize it to suit the requirements of each individual. Here are some key ways orthoptics can make a difference:
Customized Vision Therapy: Orthoptists plan and assess how exercises and activities can help to strengthen eye muscles, improve coordination, and increase visual skills.
Non-Surgical Management: Orthoptic techniques are effective in treating many conditions such as convergence insufficiency and types of strabismus which require no intervention of surgery.
Rehabilitation After Surgery: Orthoptics helps patients who have had eye surgery to help them recover and maximize the results of surgery by improving visual function.
Improved Academic and Workplace Performance: Orthoptics targets overcoming visual imbalances to enable those who use them to do better in school, in the workplace, and in their day to day.
Why Choose Dr. Aggarwal’s Eye Clinic?
They trust Dr. Aggarwal’s Eye Clinic to be among the most trusted eye care clinic providing comprehensive solutions for all your eye problems. Blending our sophisticated standards of diagnostic tools with individual treatment we describe our expert team as our team of orthoptics. The Eye Pros are here to help you to reach that. Whether it’s because a young child is not reading, an adult is having unexplained eye discomfort or vision needs a more thorough exam… the Eye Pros are here.
Conclusion
Orthoptics is more than just restoration of balance and harmony to the visual system; it also corrects vision problems. At Dr. Aggarwal’s Eye Clinic, we are committed to providing the very highest level of care to all patients to fully unlock your vision. If you or a loved one have signs of visual imbalance, come see us today to see how orthoptics can help. Balanced vision isn’t a goal, it is a necessity.