Concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury. (TBI) You don't have to have a loss of consciousness or pass out to have a concussion, as is commonly thought. Usually, concussive symptoms such as headache, dizziness, loss of balance, brain fog, get better between 2 weeks to 3 months time. However, a large percentage of patients up to 30%, have post concussive symptoms after 3 months time. What my colleagues in Michigan, (Dr. Debby Feinberg), have discovered is that a significant number of these patients have an uncorrected binocular vision problem that has been caused or made worse by the TBI.
We believe this happens due to a faulty signal being sent to the eyes from the brain. This causes the eyes to become misaligned. The main problem is that this misalignment causes double vision. The brain does not like to see double. This leads to the eye muscles stressing and straining to move the eyes into alignment and a headache results. The stress and strain on these muscles causes them to quiver, which in turn causes the eyes to quiver. This sensation of movement is now in conflict with the vestibular system which is sensing no movement. Dizziness is the result.
Proper prismatic correction in a pair of eyeglasses, moves the images back into alignment. The eye muscles relax. The headache and dizziness symptoms resolve or significantly decrease. We can get an 80% reduction of symptoms at the first office visit. If you or someone you know has post concussive syndrome, has seen many doctors with no relief, please visit our website www.nvcofny.com. Take the questionnaire. It may be your eyes!
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