Protecting The Eyes Of Athletes
With the Olympic Games coming up, the eyes of the world are going to be on London and the professional sportsmen and women who will be performing to the best of their abilities.
Goggles And Glasses For Sport
Training hard is part of the key to success as is having the right equipment, and several Olympic standard sports demand protective eyewear as a given. A professional sportsperson in these areas would not dream of risking his or her eyesight by neglecting to wear goggles or glasses designed to keep their sight intact.
If you play sport, you should remember that your ordinary, everyday glasses are not designed as safety eyewear and will not resist impact. They were created for non stressful use in the office or at home and the lenses and/or frames could fracture and shatter under impact, causing injury to the eye. For sports, eyewear conforming to a particular safety standard should be sought.
Eye Trauma In Accident And Emergency
A high number of people attend accident and emergency departments in a hospital as a result of an eye injury relating to a sport and most of these injuries are found in people under the age of 25 and children.
On the slopes, ski goggles should be worn with a special tint to stop the glare of the sun and with a polycarbonate lens that will stand up to extreme duress (for example if the skier falls heavily). Apart from trauma, it is vital to protect the eyes from the sun when skiing or sailing with tinted goggles or sports sunglasses, as UV rays reflect off snow and water even on cloudy days and overexposure can cause a form of eye sunburn – photokeratitis – which can cause pain and longterm cornealdamage.
Paintball is a popular past-time amongst young adults and paintball parties for children are also available. A responsible paintballing centre will always provide safety goggles to protect the participants’ vision, along with protective overalls and gloves.
Nowadays in cricket, the facing batsmen wear helmets with a protective wire cage around the upper part of the face and eyes and with a ball often being bowled at over 80 mph, this is absolutely crucial, particularly when a ball bounces up unevenly from the crease.
Wear the right protective eyewear and you can enjoy a sport comfortable in the knowledge that you are behaving in a professional, responsible way.
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