Visual perception as your brain’s way of turning what your eyes see into what you understand. It is the visual skills that answers the question: “What am I looking at?” In chess, players don’t just look at the board – they see, remember, and imagine future moves. Some of the visual skills used in… Continue reading Visual Perception and Chess: How the Eyes and Brain Work Together on the Board
Category: Functional Vision
How Light Shapes the Nervous System: Highlights from the 92nd International Conference on Light and Vision
Light does more than help us see. When light enters the eyes, it sends signals through the retina to important brain pathways, including the hypothalamic tracts. These pathways help control sleep, cognition, mood, focus, heart rate, and stress. In simple terms, the kind of light we are exposed to can change how our nervous system… Continue reading How Light Shapes the Nervous System: Highlights from the 92nd International Conference on Light and Vision
Imperfect Fusion in Low Vision – Why Eye Teaming Matters
Low vision can be a challenging and sometimes confusing condition, especially when it comes to understanding how it impacts the way our eyes work together. To grasp this better, let’s start with a basic concept: how our eyes normally work together to give us a clear, single view of the world. How Our Eyes… Continue reading Imperfect Fusion in Low Vision – Why Eye Teaming Matters
Concussion and Vision Problems
Last week, Dr. Ho presented a few hours of continuing education on “Concussion Management for Optometrists” and “How to Better Serve Concussion Patients” to optometrists and the paraoptometric staff at Tennessee Association of Optometric Physician’s annual meeting in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. This continuing education seminar provided clinical pearls of diagnosing and subtle clinical presentations of patients… Continue reading Concussion and Vision Problems
Heart Rate Variability and Syntonic Phototherapy
Dr. Ho had the pleasure of presenting “My Approach to using Heart Rate Variability for Syntonic Phototherapy Assessment in a Highly Symptomatic TBI Patient” at the annual College of Optometrist in Vision Development (COVD) meeting in Toronto last month. Heart Rate Variability Heart rate variability (HRV) is the fluctuation of time intervals between heartbeat that… Continue reading Heart Rate Variability and Syntonic Phototherapy
Head, Neck, Shoulder and Vision
Head Neck Shoulder and Vision Patients are often surprised that sensory motor information from the head, neck, and shoulder can affect vision. This week we had several patients in the office who we sent out for manual support since these patients were experiencing double vision resulting from a tilted head sitting on an unstable… Continue reading Head, Neck, Shoulder and Vision
My Journey As a Neurorehabilitation Provider
Today in honor of Women’s Entrepreneur Day last weekend, I will share the story that many patients have asked me to share on how I became a neurorehabilitation provider. I tell them I have taken the road less traveled by and worked in many different settings that each provided me with unique insight. Research… Continue reading My Journey As a Neurorehabilitation Provider
What is Syntonics Light Therapy
Syntonics light therapy involves applying a combination of specific frequencies of light to restore balance to an individual’s nervous system. Certain wavelengths can either stimulate or calm the sympathetic (fight / flight) or parasympathetic (rest) nervous system. When light stimulates the retina (the layer of neural tissue at the back of the eye), some information… Continue reading What is Syntonics Light Therapy
Shifting the View of the World Through A Lens – Prism Glasses
What are prism glasses? When we hear the word prism, most people probably think of the triangular reflective glass that disperses white light into a spectrum of color. In the optometric world, prism is used in a slightly different manner that has astounding effects on the patients that use it. Prism is an extraordinary tool… Continue reading Shifting the View of the World Through A Lens – Prism Glasses
Vision is Motor
Vision is motor! When thinking about optometry, most think about general eye health. This is also how I thought prior to my experience working at Ho Vision Group. My background in Biochemistry and Neuroscience taught me a lot about neurophysiology and structural visual pathways, but never demonstrated the importance of movement in relation to visual… Continue reading Vision is Motor