A
NEW KIND OF TRAINING...
Dr.
Gail Stephenson, an Orthoptist Scientist
working with the Manchester United Football
Club, has been using BATAK
for over 12 months in her work program and has
been responsible for a number of very important
and well publicised improvements in the vision
field for this club - not least in being responsible
for changing the colour of the teams kit to
enable player's to stand out more clearly against
the background.
What
is Orthoptics?
The word orthoptics means 'straight
eyes' and Orthoptics is teaching an individual
to obtain the best possible use of both eyes
together. It is a process of re-educating a
person to use the two eyes more comfortably
and skillfully. Since orthoptics is mainly a
training process, orthoptics are chiefly concerned
in helping to establish a new sensory pathway
that will effect the accurate usage of the two
eyes.
Baseball
teams, Football players and Competing Athletes
use Orthoptists extensively in the U.S.A. and
there are a large number of academic programs
curently running aiming to improve Human Performance
using this Science.
Resources
ONA Specialized Health Care Profession in Ophthalmology
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