In my 20's I was diagnosed with Keratoconus, a genetic condition of the eye where the cornea thins. Today, at 53, I have better vision than when I turned 40, probably better vision than when I was 12 and started wearing glasses.
For about 10 years through my 40's and early 50's, I was the Clinical Director of VisionIMT at the Center for Integrative Manual Therapy and Diagnostics, a multi-disciplinary clinic in CT. I often say, I was the director of vision services because no one could tell me it didn't work.
Light sensitivity is one of the typical symptoms of Keratoconus. Today, my friends often reach for their sunglasses before I even think about where mine are. I also had severe migraines 6+ a year, weather related. I have had one in the last 10 years.
To create healing for myself, my vision, my nervous system and overall well being as well as healing and recovery for my clients, I use a combination of hands-on therapies (Integrative Manual Therapy, Osteopathy, Acupressure), Energy Medicine (Matrix Energetics, MPR, Reiki, Visualization, Manual Fractal Therapy), Functional Approaches (Wisdom Healing Qigong, Meridian Tapping Techniques, EFT) and Eye Exercises, Nutrition and Homeopathy.
My journey to better eye health began not when I was diagnosed with Keratoconus but later in my 40's when after 1 hour of manual therapy I focused on my eyes. I put on my glasses and literally felt like I had put on someone else's glasses, my vision was so different.
Around that time I worked with a little girl hit by a car. "I don't know how you are going to do it," my boss, the creative & clinical force behind a large multi-disciplinary clinic said, "but your job is to fix up the bone bruises in the back of the orbit of her eye." The girl regained her sight and over time much of the damage to her face healed.
