Answer True or False to the following questions to test your Eye-Q.

  1. Sports eyewear is different than your regular prescription glasses.
  2. When looking for sports glasses, the frame doesn’t matter only the lenses.
  3. Polycarbonate lenses are 10 times more impact resistant than regular plastic lenses.
  4. You can actually enhance your vision with specially tinted lenses.
  5. Polarized lenses are only for sport fishermen and boaters.

SPORTS PERFORMANCE EYEWEAR

Lifestyle Eyecare Centers Nothing’s better than the wind in your hair and the sun on your face as you ride your bike down a mountain, paddle a kayak around a boulder, or make that perfect drive on the 18th fairway. You have an active lifestyle that brings you outdoors as much as possible to participate in a wide variety of sports from golf to fishing, from tennis to running. Maybe an indoor sport is your game of choice, ranging from basketball, racquetball or pool.

For every sport there is specialized gear that enhances your performance or protects your body. Today’s specialty sports performance eyewear provides you with enhanced vision for better performance and also protects your eyes from numerous hazards.Lifestyle Eyecare Centers


PROTECTION

Lifestyle Eyecare Centers Quality sports performance eyewear will protect your eyes from harmful sunlight and from foreign objects. Like sunscreen for your eyes, the ultra-violet (UV) protection in your lenses blocks damaging UV rays. But just blocking UV isn’t enough. Blinding glare, reflections off of water, snow, and shiny objects like the hood of your car, can only be eliminated with polarized lenses. Polarized lenses act like Venetian blinds, cutting out glare and making it easier to see. Fisherman and boating enthusiasts have been using polarized lenses for decades to eliminate the glare off water, making it easier to see the fish or other boaters.Now everyone can stop squinting and take advantage of the benefits of polarized lenses. The shape of the frame is another important component of protecting your eyes. Frames that wrap around your eyes block sunlight and glare from sneaking in at the corners and impacting your peripheral vision. A wrap frame also helps protect your eyes from wind, dust and insects. Today, there are new lens products that can turn any pair of wrap sunglasses into prescription eyewear, allowing you to have the protection of the wrap, with the visual accuracy of your personal prescription. When it comes to protecting your eyes, you’ll want your lenses made from the most impact resistant material available. There are two lens materials—polycarbonate and Trivex—that offer the best impact resistance. Polycarbonate is 10 times more impact resistant than regular plastic lenses, is up to 35 percent lighter and thinner than standard plastic and has 100 percent UV protection built into the lenses. Used to make airplane windows, riot police shields and helmets, polycarbonate is the material of choice for sports and children’s eyewear. Trivex is currently the most advanced protective lens material. It is essentially unbreakable, it is more scratch resistant and lighter than polycarbonatean.

ENHANCED PERFORMANCE - DIFFERNECE YOU CAN SEE AND FEEL

Protecting your eyes with the proper lens material and frame shape is important but you can also enhance your vision at the same time. If you wear prescription eyewear the lenses can be made for the unique focal distance requirements to maximize your visual acuity. Special tints and lens designs can give you a visual advantage on the slopes or the putting green. There are lens tints that block some colors and let in others enhance your vision. For example, snow skiers use an amber or rose tint to enhance the shadows on the slopes; a yellow enhancement tint helps tennis players see the yellow tennis ball better; and a golfing tint that blocks red and blue will enhance green, providing more contrast between the various shades of green. Ask your eye care professional about special lens designs for your particular sport or activity. Look for advanced technology features in your sport frames. These features include: no-slip components such as temples and nose pads that stay in place during the heat of competition; durable, rugged materials that can take a beating and maintain their shape; interchangeable lenses for people who play different sports or want different lenses for a variety of lighting conditions; lightweight frames and lenses that don’t weigh you down, and adjustable temples. The right combination of high-performance frames and lenses will not only protect your eyes but enhance your vision, allowing you to be at your best no matter the activity or sport.