Dry Eyes: Sydney Optometrist Offers Advanced Treatments
Blepharitis is characterised by inflamed eyelids, often with flaky skin around them, and red, itchy, dry eyes. Having dry eyes doesn’t necessarily mean someone has…
How “Training for Eyes” Improves Sporting Performance
Sportspeople are always very focused on their training, and many professional and amateur athletes have come to appreciate the fact that training their eyes can…
Eyes After 40: What Everyone Needs to Know
It’s a birthday that many celebrate with some trepidation. It’s the big four-zero and it’s the start of a decade that has more than its…
Computer Vision Syndrome: How Screen Time Hurts Eyes and What to Do About It
Whether it’s the smart phone and its beguiling apps or the necessary business of working in front of a computer all day, most people are…
Why Maintaining Good Eye Health is Vital
Studies have shown that for most of those with poor eye health, eye impairments, and vision loss, the consequences are likely to go way beyond…
Many Parents Shortsighted About the Importance of Myopia and its Management
As the number of children with myopia keeps growing at an epidemic rate, and impacting on an increasing proportion of younger children, a global survey…
Importance of Physical Exercise for Healthy Vision
Studies over the past decade suggest that a physical exercise routine can improve and strengthen both sight and vision. It has also been shown to…
How Other Senses Play a Role in Perceptual Vision
Eyes are considered the primary sense because they gather 80% of the information necessary for enabling people to see the world around them. But the…
The Impact of Smartphones on Children’s Vision of the World
Smartphones can be wonderful, both for children and their parents as it keeps them connected at all times, entertains and teaches them, and gives them…
20/20 Vision and Struggling at School: How Vision Therapy Can Help
When kids struggle at school, parents and teachers try to identify the cause of the problem. They wonder whether the student can see or hear…
Functional Vision and Why it is Important
Nothing functions properly if those operating it don’t know how to apply and use it. That applies to technology, equipment or appliances, which can easily…
Studies Report Big Increase in Myopia and Vision Problems During Lockdowns
The Covid-19 pandemic and its lockdowns haven’t only impacted on the health, economic and business sectors. Studies and surveys show they have also taken a…
Vision’s Effects on Spatial Relationships and Why They Matter
Putting the right shoe on the right foot, standing up straight, keeping within the lines when writing, and recognizing the shapes of objects and how…
Eye Health: Why it’s Important to Get Enough of the Right Kind of Sleep
Anyone who’s had extended periods of poor sleep knows that too little of the right kind of shut-eye leads to feelings of lethargy, irritation and…