Vision Loss

There’s no doubt that a high percentage of people who play sports need corrective lenses. Until recently, athletes with poorer eyesight had three options: 1) play without their corrective lenses despite compromised vision; 2) play with their corrective lenses despite discomfort, annoyance, and less-than-ideal range of vision; or, 3) play while wearing prescription goggles (relatively) popularized by the likes of Horace Grant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (a choice most athletes actively avoid, more or less for aesthetic reasons).

While contact lenses provide certain advantages, such as better depth perception and peripheral vision, over glasses, specially-designed athletic contact lenses provide even more benefits. Now, contact lenses specifically created for sports afford athletes not only the chance to play with their corrected vision, but optimize their eyesight to their sport of choice.

Certain new sports contacts can enhance athletic performance covering the entire pupil to reduce glare, enhance contrast, and cut down on the athlete’s eyes’ exposure to UVB and UVA radiation. Certain tints are designed to help athletes who participate in long-distance running, golf, or any other sport that requires extended exposure to bright sunlight by sharpening the details of their surroundings. Other tints actually sharpen the image of the ball and are ideal for sports like baseball, tennis, and soccer.

While contacts can’t make you stronger, taller, or more agile (at least not yet – okay, probably not ever), they are ideal for professional and amateur athletes alike who are serious about enhancing their athletic performance.