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Vision therapy (with or without a professional advisor) works for some people, but not others. We don't know why.


No, it doesn't. Vision therapy is reliably shown to be quackery in studies. Vision therapy doesn't make sense, as there is no known signal to cause ECM breakdown / eye reshaping to reduce axial elongation.

Myopia is a terrible thing to discuss, there are so many people guessing and making false claims about things.


Vision therapy covers a broad range of conditions.

> quackery

COVD, the professional association has existed for 40 years, https://www.covd.org/page/About_Us

  The College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) is a non-profit, international membership association of eye care professionals including optometrists, optometry students, and vision therapists. Established in 1970, COVD provides board certification for optometrists and vision therapists who are prepared to offer state-of-the-art services in Behavioral and developmental vision care, Vision therapy, Neuro-optometric rehabilitation.
A local search found 40 COVD-certified optometrists.


How is this related to my factual statement that "vision therapy to improve myopia is quackery"?


It's a response to your actual statement: "Vision therapy is reliably shown to be quackery in studies."




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