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Adult Vision: 41 to 60 Years of Age

Adult Vision: 41 to 60 Years of Age

If you are over 40 years of age, you’ve probably noticed changes in your vision. Difficulty seeing clearly for reading and close work is among the most common problems adults develop between ages 41 to 60. However, this is also the time when other changes in your eyes...
Toys, Games, and Your Child’s Vision

Toys, Games, and Your Child’s Vision

Developing vision at playtime There are some children’s games that call for blindfolds or “not peeking until…” or hiding from sight. Most of the time your child is at play his or her eyes are a part of the action. However, most of the time your child is at play his or...
How to Help Dry Eyes

How to Help Dry Eyes

Every time you blink, your healthy eyes get a bath from a fluid that’s a combination of oil, water, and mucus. This fluid, or tears, helps protect and moisturize the eyes. When something irritates your eyes or interferes with the production of tears, it can...
Springtime Red Eyes: Allergies or Pink Eye?

Springtime Red Eyes: Allergies or Pink Eye?

Spring is officially here and that has many people hopeful warm weather will arrive soon. But often times the change in weather brings on those red, puffy, itchy eyes. Is it Pink Eye or is it Allergies? Pink eye and allergies can come on with similar symptoms and it...
Spots and Floaters

Spots and Floaters

Spots and Floaters Spots, often called floaters, are small, semi-transparent or cloudy specks or particles within the vitreous, which is the clear, jelly-like fluid that fills the inside of your eyes. They appear as specks of various shapes and sizes, threadlike...
Ocular Hypertension

Ocular Hypertension

Ocular hypertension Ocular Hypertension is an increase in the pressure in your eyes that is above the range considered normal with no detectable changes in vision or damage to the structure of your eyes. The term is used to distinguish people with elevated pressure...
Important Vision Skills for Sports

Important Vision Skills for Sports

Dynamic Visual Acuity If you are playing a sport like racquetball, tennis, soccer or hockey, it is important that you be able to clearly see objects while you and/or the objects are moving fast. Without good dynamic visual acuity, you are going to have a difficult...