by Optometric Insights | May 2, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometry Times, Review of Optometry
Every Central Intelligence Agency operative knows: Never enter a building without knowing where the exits are. All great athletes visualize the end before they start. And all great business people know what their exit looks like years before their planned departure....
by Optometric Insights | May 2, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometry Times, Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Review of Optometry
Between 50% to 94% of patients reporting to their eye-care provider do so because of issues that they are having with their contact lenses (Dumbleton et al, 2013). And what are those issues? Discomfort and dryness have been reported to account for the top two reasons...
by Optometric Insights | May 1, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
Ya know those low-plus patients who are just starting to get frustrated with their presbyopia? We need to sympathize with them; they have had it pretty good their entire lives. Now, their vision is going down the drain. Their accommodation system is not only failing...
by Optometric Insights | Apr 30, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
The Global Specialty Lens Symposium (GSLS) never ceases to amaze me. Last year’s meeting was no exception. I have been attending the meeting every year since it started, and every so often I think to myself, “I am a specialty lens fitter, I do this every day, what...
by Optometric Insights | Apr 29, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today, Publications
Cindy is an 18-year-old young lady who has historically been very involved in sports. She was referred to the clinic from an outside binocular vision specialist. Cindy has been a very competitive softball player and was struck in the head by a line drive while...
