Sports Vision
When athletes undergo a comprehensive vision examination, it is important to have good vision. However, it goes beyond just checking for 20/20 vision. There are many additional components that allow for good athleticism, including:
Important Announcement: We've partnered with ReFocus Eye Health to best focus on providing the best patient care possible. Of course, our doctors and staff will remain the same but our name, logo, and website will be updated as we integrate with the ReFocus family of eye clinics. This will not affect your appointments or your patient experience in the least.
Important Annoucement: Our Blue Bell clinic is now closed. All patients from that office will be seen at our state-of-the-art North Wales location, where they can expect the same caliber of exceptional eye care and patient experience. This location is only 6 miles away and has ample parking.
It’s summertime and the weather has been scorching hot. It’s the perfect time to head down to the shore, go to a water park, or find a local swimming pool to cool down.
If you are one of the 150 million Americans who have a refractive error (you are farsighted, near sighted, or have an astigmatism), you have made a decision not to wear your glasses in the water and begin to debate wearing contact lenses instead. But you stop yourself as you remember your eye doctor warning you against wearing contact lenses in the water. Here’s why.
Water contains a whole slew of organisms or chemicals that can irritate the eyes. Most bodies of water are not completely germ-free and can possibly result in an eye infection or corneal ulcer. An ameba in particular called Acanthamoeba causes an infection that can result in blindness or a corneal transplant.
Contact lenses act as a Petri dish. It provides a moist enclosement to keep things on the eye that should normally flush out. As a result, the CDC and FDA both recommend contact lenses be taken out when entering any water.
