Syntonics, or optometric phototherapy, is the branch of ocular science dealing with the application of selected light frequencies through the eyes. It has been used clinically for over 80 years in the field of optometry with continued success in the treatment of visual dysfunctions, including strabismus (eye turns), amblyopia (lazy eye), focusing and convergence problems, learning disorders, and the after effects of stress and trauma.
Looking for a practitioner in your area that offers Syntonic light therapy? Use our interactive map to locate practitioners who are members of the College of Syntonic Optometry. Search your zip code or address for a local Syntonics practitioner, or browse the map to see our members around the world.
Looking for a practitioner in your area that offers Syntonic light therapy? Use our interactive map to locate practitioners who are members of the College of Syntonic Optometry. Search your zip code or address for a local Syntonics practitioner, or browse the map to see our members around the world.
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To further the Art and Science of Phototherapy in the treatment of the visual system, for the promotion of human health and potential, and this includes promoting and expanding the therapeutic use of light in clinical practice through post-graduate education and research. Furthermore, the College strives to improve the quality of life of our patients and practitioners, to create healing conditions, so that patients can attain their potential.
Light has been used as medicine from ancient times. Egyptians filtered sunlight light through precious gems, Greeks built solarium cities in high mountains to harness ultra-violet light for healing tuberculosis, and red light was used to quell the effects of smallpox virus.
The second Nobel Prize in Physiology of Medicine was awarded in 1903 to Niels Ryberg Finsen, M.D., "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he opened a whole new avenue for medical science."
The second Nobel Prize in Physiology of Medicine was awarded in 1903 to Niels Ryberg Finsen, M.D., "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he opened a whole new avenue for medical science."
The College of Syntonic Optometry is an active and growing post-graduate educational organization with branches in Australia, Europe, Mexico, and Great Britain. Established in 1933, its members include optometrists and other health professionals and supporters from around the world. Those who achieve a clinical level of experience and mastery are awarded the status of Fellow.
It is an exciting time to be involved in this special branch of developmental and behavioral optometry. Interest in the use of light to treat vision conditions and improve vision therapy outcomes is growing rapidly. Our introductory courses are frequently selling out.
Whether you work with children with learning-related vision problems, strabismus and amblyopes, or survivors of traumatic brain injuries, syntonic phototherapy can help you help more patients and increase your success rates.Whether you are new to this field, or an experienced provider, I believe you will find this new website useful and full of information you can use immediately.
Whether you work with children with learning-related vision problems, strabismus and amblyopes, or survivors of traumatic brain injuries, syntonic phototherapy can help you help more patients and increase your success rates.Whether you are new to this field, or an experienced provider, I believe you will find this new website useful and full of information you can use immediately.
This course will review recent research on the increasing influence of the "placebo effect". How this is affecting research itself and the practices we employ. Especially the practice of Optometry and Syntonics and how intention may help facilitate outcomes. The course will also review the opposite effect called the "nocebo effect" and how fear and negative thoughts can influence decisions and outcomes.
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