Brain Injury Ruined Her Life; Mind-Eye Brought It Back

Physical therapist Kristie Burns thought “my life as I once knew it is over” following a head injury in a high-speed motor vehicle crash in January 2022. She was experiencing visual processing and perceptual challenges, constant low-grade headaches, sensory overstimulation, and difficulties reading – “my eyes would jump back and forth across the printed lines,” all of which left her fatigued, nauseous, dizzy, and just plain ill.

“When in a car, the road seemed to move faster than I was. If I looked to the left, it seemed as if I were still looking to the right, and vice versa,” she relates.

Only in her early 40s, “I started planning retirement [as a physical therapist] and considered looking for work that would not require the kind of high-level problem-solving, thinking, and patient care I had been doing. I was very scared. I was thinking no way can my life continue in this way. I am too young.”

In the weeks and months following her first Mind-Eye appointment in late spring 2023, “I began noticing positive changes. I was better able to process words – not stuttering every sixth or seventh word when talking. I no longer had the underlying, annoying headache that had plagued me for more than a year. And my eyes were more relaxed when I worked; I was not so fatigued.”

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Although some patients call what the Mind-Eye Institute does “magic,” Dr. Zelinsky says “there is no magic about it. We are using advanced optometric science to make positive changes in people’s lives.”

Indeed, The Mind-Eye Institute team is internationally known for the use of highly individualized therapeutic lenses, filters, and other advanced optometric tools to manipulate the amount, angle, and intensity of light passing through a patient’s retina. Such manipulation – called retinal stimulation -- can create changes in the brain function of patients struggling with the symptoms of stroke, neurological disorders, concussion, and traumatic brain injury like that suffered by Kristie Burns.

▶︎ If you or someone you know has experienced a vision problem, brain injury or feel like "something is different" then take our free online "Brain Quiz" or speak with one of our New Patient Advocates and come in for a Mind-Eye exam today by contacting our office at 847-984-3156 or visiting us at https://mindeye.com

The Mind-Eye Institute is an optometry practice with an emphasis on neuro-optometric rehabilitation that provides world-class care by measuring the eye as well as how the brain processes its visual inputs.

Through groundbreaking research and innovative treatments, Dr. Zelinsky and her team have been creating life-changing experiences for nearly 30 years - working with Post-Concussive Syndrome, Traumatic Brain Injury, Autism or Developmental Issues, Unique Learning Issues and Difficulties with Attention (ADD, ADHD, CAPD), PTSD and more. For more information, please call 847-984-3156, or visit http://mindeye.com.

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