Correcting Vision/Balance Problems After a Stroke

Are you or a member of your family experiencing vision problems that may have resulted from a stroke event? The leading cause of neurological impairment worldwide is a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), also known as “stroke.”

A stroke can lead to dysfunction in the brain, which may affect one side or hemisphere of the brain. The spatial visual process–the ability to organize support from one’s visual processes for posture, balance, and movement–will be compromised.

Dr. Padula and colleagues at the Padula Institute of Vision in Guilford, Connecticut have proven that by assessing spatial visual process and evaluating posture and balance, they can prescribe yoked prisms which will affect postural alignment and increase weight bearing on the affected side.

In the video below, a patient with Visual Midline Shift Syndrome shows correction with the use of Yoked Prisms.

Only optometric physicians skilled in neuro-optometric rehabilitation for patients with midline-shift can prescribe Yoked Prisms.