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May is Vision Health Month. Did you know that nearly 75% of vision loss is preventable or treatable? Eye diseases such as glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration if caught early enough are treatable (not curable) to prevent vision loss. There are also many systemic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure) that can […]
Category Archives: Optometry Blog
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Apr
Apr
With the increase in near demands on today’s society, the advent of therapeutic lenses is becoming more popular. More lens manufacturers are putting a stronger focus on developing different powers and types of therapeutic lenses to accommodate for the different types of near demands. The average amount of screen time (computers, cell phones, tv’s, laptops, […]
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Apr
Apr
Hurray for SPRING! Now that the sun is finally starting to peek out a little more, I wanted to remind everyone about the importance of UV protection and clear up some common myths surrounding the topic. Brightness does not correlate to intensity of UV index/exposure. It is important to actually check the UV index for […]
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Mar
Mar
Boost Your Vision: The Power of Leafy Greens We often get the nutrients our eyes need from a regular, healthy diet. But what if we add extra leafy greens? While we won’t gain superpowers or laser vision, we can sharpen our eyesight and improve how our eyes see. Carotenoids like lutein and zeaxanthin, which we […]
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Feb
Feb
Glaucoma – the proper pronunciation is glaw-koh-muh, but many will come up with their own way of saying it. No, it has nothing to do with guns, glowing, or glue. It actually isn’t completely understood at this time. What you do need to know about it is that it can cause severe permanent vision loss if left untreated. […]
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Dec
Dec
Strobe training involves an athlete wearing strobe glasses while performing simple to complex tasks. It is a form of deprivation training aimed towards increasing an athlete’s ability to anticipate and their reaction time to specific stimuli. Studies have been done that show how strobe training can benefit an athlete’s performance where trajectory anticipation and fast […]
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Nov
Nov
Sports vision training is a specialty type of vision therapy that works to enhance and improve an athlete’s vision capabilities to take their game to the next level. There’s a lot more than just seeing clearly than people realized that’s involved in high performance sports. Having 20/20 vision is only the first step – ideally […]
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Oct
Oct
Virtual reality (VR) systems are the new craze now a days with the ability to immerse the user into a different world that they can interact with. There are various manufacturers of VR systems including, Sony, HTC, Oculus Rift, Google, and Samsung. Some systems involve splitting one image between the eyes or presenting slightly different […]
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Sep
Sep
This one’s for all the mothers out there – whether you’re a mother-to-be, already a full-fledged mother, or planning on being a mother, here are some changes you can expect or may have already experienced. All eyes are different, so the degree to which the changes occur will differ among mothers. As if your body […]
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Sep
Sep
For those of you who were lucky enough to view this once in a life-time event, we hope that you all did so safely from behind the proper protective eye wear. The sun is normally not healthy to look at on a normal day and is deceivingly even less safe to look at during an […]