Motion Sickness
Understanding Motion Sickness
Motion sickness is a complex symptom involving three key systems:
- Vestibular System: Located in the inner ear, it provides the brain with information about head position, spatial orientation, and motion.
- Visual System: Dominates balance maintenance by providing crucial cues from your eyes to your brain, helping prevent dizziness.
- Proprioceptors: Found in the legs and feet, they provide a stable platform and information on movement and motion.
How Can Impaired Vision Cause Motion Sickness?
If you’ve experienced sea or motion sickness, you know that closing your eyes can alleviate nausea and dizziness. This removes the visual system’s input, showing how any disruption in the eye-brain connection can lead to dizziness and balance problems.
Motion Sickness and Vision
When the eyes and inner ear send conflicting signals, a sensory mismatch occurs, causing motion sickness. This can result from vestibular conditions like BPPV, Meniere’s, or vestibular neuritis, or vision conditions such as poor depth perception or binocular vision issues. Our proven 3-step approach has helped thousands of patients, and we offer a 100% money-back satisfaction guarantee:
- Identify problematic areas: Assess binocular vision or depth perception issues.
- Improve function: Use specialized lenses to enhance depth perception, balance, and reduce dizziness.
- Vision therapy: Recalibrate how the visual and vestibular systems work together.
Balance Problems and Vision
People with balance disorders may feel as though they’re moving even when stationary. Difficulty walking straight, especially after sudden changes in position, is common. Vision problems can exacerbate balance issues as eye muscles strain to compensate, causing eyestrain, headaches, and further balance disorders. Depth and spatial perception problems significantly affect balance and equilibrium.
Treatment for Vision-Related Motion Sickness
Dizziness and balance problems often accompany visual issues. A neuro-optometric rehabilitation therapist can provide effective treatment.
When Should You Seek Treatment?
Early evaluation by a neuro-optometrist is crucial, especially following a minor brain injury. Early intervention maximizes recovery potential. However, even long-standing symptoms can be alleviated with our tailored treatment strategies.
Comprehensive Treatment for Motion Sickness
Motion sickness symptoms such as dizziness, vertigo, and balance problems can be distressing and disruptive to daily life. While these symptoms are often temporary, understanding their potential impact is crucial when discussing lens options with your optometrist. At Opto-Mization Optometry & Vision Therapy, we offer a comprehensive, dual-faceted treatment approach to address these issues effectively.
What Is Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Therapy?
Experiencing motion sickness related to vision can be unsettling. At Opto-Mization Optometry & Vision Therapy, we are ready to assist you in identifying and treating the visual causes of your motion sickness, ensuring optimal visual health and comfort.
Our customized treatment plans utilize various techniques and exercises aimed at enhancing visual perception and processing. We integrate specialized glasses and lenses to improve depth perception and spatial awareness, addressing the interaction between the visual and vestibular systems.
How We Can Help
If you or a loved one is experiencing motion sickness symptoms such as dizziness, vertigo, or balance issues, contact us for a consultation. Even if your symptoms have been attributed to stress or are expected to fade, a functional visual evaluation can help identify vision problems as a contributing factor.
Not every optometrist is trained in this field. Only a neuro-optometrist should assess and treat these issues with neuro-optometric rehabilitation therapy. We have the expertise and latest technology to provide top-level care.
How Long Does Treatment Take?
Each person’s experience with motion sickness, dizziness, and balance issues is unique. Some patients may require just a few weeks of treatment, while others may need longer-term care. The improvements achieved through neuro-optometric rehabilitation therapy are generally long-lasting, providing significant relief and enhancing quality of life.