COMPUTERS AND VISION

The widespread use of computers has created an epidemic of eyestrain and eye related headaches. Having to focus and concentrate on small print for a large part of the day causes all of the eye muscles to work excessively.

Whether you don't need or already wear prescription lenses for seeing far away, your eyes could certainly benefit from wearing custom computer prescription lenses.

In general, there are 4 muscle tasks that are involved in doing any kind of near work:

1. The focusing muscles must move the position of the image onto the retina.
2. The turning muscles must aim the eyes together at the object viewed.
3. The tracking muscles must move smoothly across rows of words.
4. The targeting muscles must jump accurately from one word to the next and from one row to the next.

This is a lot to ask for 8 hours a day. Constant eye muscle stress causes you to be tired physically and mentally. Your ability to concentrate decreases and you become less productive.

At Eye To Eye, when we recommend that you get your vision examined every year, we do a lot more than get you to read the 20/20 line. We test all of these muscles and make our recommendations to provide you with not just clear, but the most COMFORTABLE vision possible. This often means wearing a special pair of computer glasses or doing specialized eye exercises to keep your eyes relaxed and functioning smoothly and efficiently.

Come in and see how we can help you be more productive at work, while at the same time feel more relaxed.

OVER 40?

Congratulations! (We can hear you grumbling: "Thanks a lot".)

You may have noticed that your near vision is starting to become blurry or that it is more difficult to focus on small print than it used to be. This is NOT because your focusing muscles are getting weaker. It is a result of the crystalline lens inside the eye becoming less elastic from normal aging processes. Ultraviolet rays, poor dietary habits, and smoking can contribute to the aging processes, and ultimately lead to cataract formation sooner than normal.

This decrease in the crystalline lens' elasticity is a universal human occurrence. Eventually every person will need to wear some sort of reading prescription to do the work that the eye can no longer perform on its own (unless they are just nearsighted enough that they can see up close without a prescription).

Currently we have many different options to correct this problem:

1. Single vision reading glasses.
2. Lined bifocal glasses.
3. Progressive (no-line) bifocals.
4. Lined trifocal glasses.
5. Bifocal contact lenses.
6. Monovision contact lenses (one eye for far, the other for near).
7. Distance contact lenses with reading glasses.
8. Specialty bifocal glasses, e.g. double bifocal (one segment below, the other above the pupil)
9. Computer trifocals (specially designed large middle area for intermediate, arms length vision).