November 3, 2022 - EyeClarity Podcast
Do the eyes have the capability to access neuroplasticity? Neuroplasticity is the ability of the neural networks in the brain in the nervous system to change through growth and reorganization. I’m giving you about nine minutes of really interesting information on the relationship between neuroplasticity and your vision. Enjoy the show. If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com.
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Hello, everyone. It’s Dr. Sam. I’d like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. This is a show that offers cutting-edge information on how to improve your vision and overall wellness through holistic methods. I so appreciate you spending part of your day with me. If you have questions, you can send them to hello@drsamberene.com. Now to the latest EyeClarity episode.
Hey everybody, it’s Dr. Sam and I want to welcome you to another EyeClarity podcast. This is a show where I’m going to be talking about neuroplasticity. You know, I recently led a retreat called the vision sanctuary retreat. And I’m giving you about nine minutes of really interesting information on the relationship between neuroplasticity, and your vision. So I hope you enjoy the show. Thanks for tuning in, I want to start with a topic called neuroplasticity. And this is an important subject because in the world of neuroscience, there’s a lot of research on the plasticity in our body, our brain and our vision. Another term for this could be brain plasticity or neural plasticity. And it’s the ability of the neural networks in the brain in the nervous system, to change through growth and reorganization.
Another way to say it is that the neuroplasticity, that neuroplasticity is the AI brain’s ability to modify, change and adapt both structure and function throughout life and in response to experience. And if you give the eyes a different kind of food, whether it’s nutrient based or energetically based, you can actually create changes. So neuroplasticity can affect or reflex, the health of our nervous system and fluid body. So the more responsiveness we have, the better our health. If we’re kind of numbed out or we’re not responding, then it reflects some level of stagnating energy. There’s a lot of research on neuroplasticity, you could go on YouTube, or, you know, just look into the literature. One of the PhDs that I’ve followed is a guy named Greg reckoned zone. He’s a PhD, associate dean at Berkeley, UC Davis, sar UC Davis. And he and his team in research found that you can actually change the eyes, the adult brain can change provided, you get certain conditions and those conditions will be what I discuss. So I want to bring in Steven Porges, and the polyvagal theory. This is a very groundbreaking body of research and writings that Dr. Porges is has done over the years. And what he’s discovered is an explanation on how the nervous system develops and evolves.
And gives us that neuroplasticity potential. And one of the things that Dr. Porges highlights there are many aspects to the polyvagal theory, but the fight flight freeze response, and the reptilian to mammalian evolution that we as humans go through and one of the keys is developing social engagement, which stimulates this development and one of the keys in social engagement is eye contact. So we start off with a million I’m sorry with a reptilian response, fight flight freeze. And then through the vagus nerve, which connects our head with our body. We start moving more into this empathic capability, but we have to go through certain experiences to be able to make that leap. For many people, they either stay stuck in the survival, reptilian response
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and when they do, it affects their sensory motor system, their nervous system, their biochemistry, their endocrine health. And one of the things that I talk about is called interoception. That means This, how well we’re able to go inside and be aware. And the better, we’re able to have interoception. This allows us to begin to soften the defense strategies that are hardwired in us. And then we can move to a higher cognitive and brain sensory motor level. And we moved more into this empathic or mammalian response, we actually experienced that this morning, when we did the palm hum exercise, you all moved out of some thread of fight flight freeze and into more of a mammalian response. And we’re going to build on that in a little bit. So here’s a picture of me just few years out of school, no gray hair. And I published an article on trauma, trauma from either the brain or the eyes. And early in my career. I was starting a practice in the Philadelphia area.
And I had difficulty getting patients because the area that I was practicing in was very allopathic ly medically oriented. And there were a lot of traditional ophthalmologists in that area. And so people were not ready to necessarily hear the message from me, which is you can improve your vision. So I went to one of the local hospitals. And I talked to the physiatrist there who ran the outpatient clinic for trauma patients. And I volunteered to help his patients by doing this type of physical therapy that I had learned.
And over a period of three months, I helped people get rid of double vision, I help them improve their balance, their memory, their vestibular health. And he saw the value in it because the traditional eye doctors didn’t want to address this. So I ended up getting a contract at a few hospitals in the area, and started working for a company called remed. And this led to then working with special needs kids who had cerebral palsy and Down syndrome. And so I did a research study. And I found that this type of physical therapy I was doing, actually access to certain neuroplasticity. And part of the the change occurred in the brain, because I offered exercises that we’re going to do tomorrow that help them prove our focus. That focus was an important part in improving your concentration. And that was one of the stimulating factors in neuroplasticity. So I have much more to say about neuroplasticity and through my blogs, both written and video, I’ll be talking about those.
Now, if you want to ask me questions, you can always send me an email Hello@drsamberne.com. But now you can text me your questions. And that number is 1-844-932-1291. So text me your question, and I’ll do my best to answer it. Well, that’s our show for today. I want to thank you so much for tuning in. Until next time, take care.
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