Help Your Brain Make the Most of Your Program of Care
Good vision needs a good brain. Most of vision occurs in the brain and your eyeballs are actually the outermost part of your brain! We want to help your brain make the most of your program of care. It’s important that patients:
- Do home activities
- Get plenty of sleep
- Eat a healthy diet and get optimal nutrition
1. Do Home Activities
Vision therapy helps build new neural pathways by repetition. Plan on doing your assigned home activities every day between sessions for 10-15 minutes. If you have a Monday therapy time, plan on doing 10-15 minutes of home activities Tuesday-Saturday.
Doing home activities twice each day is only beneficial if separated by at least 8 hours.
2. Get Plenty of Sleep
Good sleep is essential for a healthy brain. Children and teenagers need between 8-12 hours of sleep each night. If you’re having difficulty sleeping, establish a bedtime routine that soothes the mind and indicates that it’s time to sleep. Exposure to sunlight in the morning and limiting light exposure before bed both help our eyes tell our brain when it’s time to go to sleep.
3. Eat a Healthy Diet and Get Optimal Nutrition
Children and adults need certain nutrients to perform optimally. While it’s best to get nutrition from whole foods, it can be hard to get those in each day, which is why we suggest Juice Plus. 75% of people reported that they did not meet the recommended daily serving of fruits and vegetables- do you?
Juice Plus+ Essentials give you nutrition from 30 different fruits, vegetables and berries every day, and they have gummies that are kid friendly.
Juice Plus+ Essentials Capsules are supported by more than 40 peer-reviewed scientific publications from clinical studies on the products themselves — the vast majority as randomized clinical trials. Learn more about the research. They have found that Juice Plus+ Essentials Capsules:
- are bioavailable
- support immune function
- provide antioxidant protection
- decrease biomarkers of inflammation
- protect DNA from oxidation
- improve key cognitive processes
- support healthy skin
- support dental health
- support cardiovascular health
- support lung function
- support metabolic health
- reduce exercise-induced oxidation
- support gut health
- increase the Omega-3 Index
“Nuts, garlic, and greens aren’t just great energy boosters when consumed daily, they’re good for your immune system too. The nutritional powers of citrus fruits rich in vitamin C, like oranges and grapefruits, also work to help strengthen your immune system, so your body is better armed to fight off colds, cases of flu, and other nasty infections.”
With so many on-the-go solutions, Juice Plus+ helps bridge the gap between what you and your family should eat and what you do eat, giving you the fuel to conquer the day. Connect with us to learn more!
Ready for your first Vision Therapy Session?
It can be scary to start something new! We feel more comfortable if we know exactly what to expect, so our Branch Manager Posey wanted to walk you through what a first vision therapy session appointment would look like in preparation for your first day!
