Our office can prescribe specialized eyewear to protect your eyes at work or at play. Specialty frames and prescription or non-prescription lenses are available for:
Work: Nearly 2000 workers in the United States have a work related eye injury each day. About 30% of these injuries require emmergency care. Up to 2% of these eye injuries cause permanent blindness. Safety glasses, safety goggles and other face and respiratory protection should be used when working in industrial jobs, healthcare, janitorial, lab work, animal handling and other potentially harmful occupations.
Sports- More than 42,000 sports related eye injuries each year require a visit to the emmergency room. About 13,500 sports related eye injuries each year result in permanent loss of vision. The following sports have the highest rate of injuries; baseball/softball, ice hockey, raquet sports (tennis, badminton, raquetball), basketball and paintball. Up to 90% of sports related eye injuries may be prevented with protective eye wear.
Other specialty glasses and goggles:
Swimming
Cycling
Skiing
