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Old 07-18-2014, 10:21 AM
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Hi all,
Sending you all wishes for your health, safety and happiness. My question is whether anyone has come across research that supports doing exercises with your eyes to more quickly reconnect areas of the brain. My neurologist thinks not. Chiropracter thinks so. Neurologist has a lot more training, but hasn't been terribly helpful, i guess because she cannot influence time.
I got a list of eye exercises from an occupational therapist. They can help with visual deficits, such as near term/far term focus, peripheral vision etc. As I understand it the repeated eye movements can help reconnect synapses in the occipital lobe, but I would go with the neurologist's view if the idea is that it will help "reconnect" areas not involved with visual processing. But who knows, the brain is a very complex organ and visual processing connects with memory storage and recall. Certainly can't hurt.
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What Happened: On November 29, 2010, I was walking across the street and was hit by a light rail commuter train. Result was a severe traumatic brain injury and multiple fractures (skull, pelvis, ribs). Total hospital stay was two months, one in ICU followed by an additional month in neuro-rehab. Upon hospital discharge, neurological testing revealed deficits in short term memory, executive functioning, and spatial recognition.

Today: Neuropsychological examination five months post-accident indicated a return to normal cognitive functioning, and I returned to work approximately 6 months after the accident. I am grateful to be alive and am looking forward to enjoying the rest of my life.
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