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Why Should I Wear Sports Glasses When Playing Sports?

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Most of us know that vision is invaluable. Many athletes would agree that their vision is could be one of their best assets! Being able to see clearly and “keep an eye on the ball” so to speak, can make the difference between winning and losing. Vision is one of the key factors in excelling in performance! Therefore, it is of the utmost importance when participating in sports, that your eyesight is at the top of its game! Our blog article this week offers some great tips to keep your vision in tip-top shape to give you the “edge” over the competition by wearing sports glasses!

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How to Protect Your Eyes While On The Hill

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Well, the hustle and bustle of the holiday season is finally over! With Christmas over, some of us may now have the time to enjoy some winter activities. If you plan on hitting the slopes this season, it is important to remember that you protect your eyes while on the snow. Here are a few simple pieces of advice that we recommend to our patients to follow when enjoying the great white outdoors and some downhill activities. 

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The Advantages Of Snow Goggles

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Some people think that wearing sunglasses is sufficient, when they head out to enjoy winter sports. However, when partaking in many winter sporting activities, like skiing, snowboarding, and snowshoeing, a good pair of sunglasses is no match for a great pair of snow goggles. There are many advantages that snow goggles offer over sunglasses. Making many winter activities much more enjoyable!

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Winter Eye Protection

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They don’t call Canada “the Great White North” for nothing! With so many of our winter days being abundant with snow, many Canadians have learned to enjoy and embrace the “snow day”. With there being a plethora of activities and options that cater to the cold, fluffy white stuff, it’s easy for many of us leave the comfort of our cozy homes. So in temperature only suitable for polar bears and penguins we set out in search of our next great winter adventure! Skiing, snowboarding, and snowshoeing are just a few of the more popular activities that people enjoy doing during our cold winter months. And with Calgary, being just a stone’s throw away from the mountains, many Calgarians take part in many different snow sports. Just as eye protection is important when it is warm and sunny, wearing winter eye protection is important when enjoying a winter’s day. 

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The Benefits Of Contact Lenses!

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With January being the start of a new year, often people are in a mood for change! If you are a full time glasses wearer, a change may be to introduce contact lenses to correct your vision. Wearing a contact lens can really help improve an eyeglass wearers life in so many different ways. Being free of wearing eyeglasses offers a cosmetic change and also freedom and flexibility that eyeglasses can’t. Here are just a few reason’s why people may consider wearing contacts.

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Summer Time Tips For Eye Protection

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Summer is a great time to enjoy the beautiful weather… and for some of us, enjoy the extra time we get off work for summer holidays. Sometimes though, how we choose to spend our free time, doesn’t come without risk. In the summer months, we tend to be more active with things such as yard work, sporting activities, and other leisure activities, like camping and hiking. However, while doing some of these different activities, we are sometimes unknowingly putting ourselves in harms ways. It is obvious one should be careful with this knife for slicing, for example. Such things are countless, and because of this we can be at a greater risk for suffering an accident that can result in bodily harm. That is why, while enjoying the summer we have to be smart, and proactively protect ourselves from danger. Our eyes are no different, here are some tips about eye protection that you can try and put into practice, to help keep your eyes and vision safe.

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Tips To Maintain Eye Health & Vision

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When asked “What value your vision is to you”, most people would probably reply that their eyesight is priceless! Our eyes go to work for us from the very moment we wake up and don’t stop until we go to sleep. So much of how we interpret and understand our world is visual… that is why it is very important to keep and maintain our eye health and vision! There are many factors that play into healthy eyes. Some of the factors are out of our control, such as family history. However, there are other extra precautions that a person can take to help maintain their eye health and promote good vision.

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Advantages Of Using Daily Disposable Contact Lenses

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Since the invention of the contact lens, there has been big changes to conatact lens materials, designs, and lens replacement schedules. Just a few short decades ago, conventional lenses that were replaced every one to two years were the norm, but slowly with advancements in lens materials and designs, lenses were designed to be replaced more frequently, such as every two to four weeks. But with the invention of the daily replacement contact in 1996, momentum in daily lens replacement has quickly been gaining ground. Patients are looking for an easier, more convenient way to wear contact lenses, and eye care professionals are looking for healthier contact lens options. Therefor, more and more people have been switching to daily disposable contact lenses. New daily disposable contact lenses provide the contact lens wearer with many advantages over older, longer wear, extended use, contact lenses.

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Choosing The Best Colour Of Tint For Your Sunglass Lenses

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Often when picking new frames, people can tend to get hung up on the color and style of the frame. Even though the frame colour and style is very important, one aspect that is often overlooked when picking new sunglasses is the colour of the sunglass lenses. In my opinion, the colour of the lens that you will be looking through is equally if not more important then the frame colour itself. This is because the colour of the sunglass lenses determines exactly how you see your world. Many people don’t know that there are both advantages and disadvantages looking through different coloured lenses, especially when performing different tasks and activities. Hopefully this blog article can educate you in helping choose the perfect lens colour in your next new pair of sunglasses.

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It Only Takes Once – Why It Is Important To Wear Sport Glasses

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For the past twenty years, I have enjoyed playing squash three times per week.  During that time, I have made a habit of always wearing my safety sport glasses.  I knew that because squash balls can travel up to 280 km/hr, they are capable of doing tremendous damage to the eye.  In fact, I have examined a few patients over the years who were blind in one eye as a result of not wearing eye protection while playing squash.  I had also read that a squash player has a 25% chance of receiving a serious eye injury at some time during their playing career. Because of my past experience with patient injuries, and the statistics regarding squash players, I knew that wearing sport glasses to protect the eyes was incredibly important.

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