Contact Lenses: A Better Way for Glasses Wearers to Enjoy Physical Activity
If you engage in physical activities on a regular basis, you could be held back by your vision. More than 70 percent of people need to wear glasses in the UK and, if you’re among them, then you might not be enjoying physical activities to the fullest.
Most sports and physical hobbies require you to be able to see clearly to make the most of them. No matter how athletic you are, you won’t be able to perform well and enjoy yourself if you can’t see clearly.
But what aspects of vision do you need for physical activities and what solutions are available? We’ll explain all in this article.
What aspects of vision do you need for physical activities?
There are several aspects, including:
- Peripheral vision – This is your ability to see things at the side limits of your vision, this helps you navigate space without colliding with objects or other participants.
- Depth perception – Helps you determine how far away other objects and people are and where they are in relation to each other.
- Hand-eye coordination – How well you can process what you’re seeing to guide your hands as they reach, touch, and grasp objects, crucial for most sports.
- Eye tracking ability – Your ability to focus your vision and follow the movement of an object, which helps you carry out tasks and keeps you safe from fast-moving objects.
Having full use of these different aspects of vision is crucial then participating in physical activities. Not only do they help you perform well but they also help to keep you safe.
What solutions are available?
Most prescription eyeglasses have flat lenses in small frames, meaning that they don’t provide you with the peripheral vision that you so desperately need when engaging in sports and other physical activities.
Eyeglasses obstruct your field of vision, blocking and distorting what you can see and making it more difficult for you to perform well. They’re also impractical, easily slipping and falling from your face while you’re moving or if you’re too sweaty.
When it comes to enhancing your vision for physical activity, daily contact lenses offer several advantages, including:
- Better peripheral vision – Contact lenses cover your entire cornea, meaning that improve your peripheral vision.
- Unobstructed field of view – You’ll be able to view more of your surroundings and react faster to movement in the spaces around you.
- Cleaner vision – Contact lenses will remain clear regardless of your environment and the weather conditions you’re in.
- Less chance of injury – Unlike eyeglasses, they’re no chance of contact lenses breaking and giving you an eye injury.
Having vision problems makes participating in physical activities more challenging. But by using the best solutions available, you can still perform well and enjoy yourself.
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