Sports are a major pastime worldwide.
But while we go to great lengths to protect against broken bones, concussions and even blisters, we often forget to prevent scratched corneas, fractured eye sockets and permanent vision loss. 40,000 people every year suffer eye injuries significant enough to report.
There are various types of sports eyewear designed to not only protect your eyes and your vision, but to enhance your athletic performance.
Better play, better performance, better protection
Wearing eyewear that’s designed for sports has defined protective and performance benefits. Here’s how sports eyewear can help in major categories of sports.
Players and excited spectators alike are well aware of the stray elbows, knees and other objects that get thrown your way in football, hockey, soccer and basketball.
Eye guards or goggles help keep these things from hitting your eyes, the most delicate and exposed organs of your body. You can prevent socket fractures, swollen retinas, internal bleeding, inflamed irises and traumatic cataracts from such blunt-force traumas.
Sports eyewear also provides better vision and protection in the sun and, if you need vision correction, give you better visual performance with less worry.
- Eye guards or goggles
- Polycarbonate face shields
Ball and stick sports
Sports such as handball, squash, racquetball, tennis, golf and baseball all hurtle hard objects at high speeds. Not only does non-slipping, non-fogging eyewear help you keep your eye on the ball, but their impact-resistant polycarbonate and sports-specific designs keep the ball out of your eye.
- Eye guards
- Faceguards and batting helmets
Sports and swimming goggles are great for water sports, where high wind and hectic conditions can toss things your way. Sports eyewear is also critical for blocking ultraviolet (UV) damage and performance-harming glare.
For swimmers with contact lenses, wearing swimming goggles keeps water away from your eyes, helping to prevent cases of infection, which are the leading cause of contact lens complications. (Note: Don’t wear contacts while swimming.)
- Eye guards or goggles
- Swimming goggles
Choosing the right sports eyewear
Here’s what you should know when you’re picking out eye guards or goggles:
- Never buy eye guards or goggles without lenses.
- Make sure the lenses are designed to pop outward in an accident.
- Choose polycarbonate lenses, which are the most impact-resistant lens material on the market.
- Look for anti-fog lenses and, for outdoor sports, UV protection.
Remember, protecting your eyes protects your eyesight. Check with your eye doctor anytime you have questions; he or she will help make sure you have the right eye care and eyewear for your eyes and your lifestyle.
Michezo ni burudani kuu ulimwenguni pote. Lakini wakati tunafanya kila tuwezalo kujilinda dhidi ya mifupa iliyovunjika, mshtuko wa ubongo na hata vidonda, mara nyingi tunasahau kuzuia corneas zilizovunjika, sockets za macho zilizovunjika na upotezaji wa maono wa kudumu. Kila mwaka watu 40,000 hupata majeraha makubwa ya macho. Kuna aina mbalimbali za miwani ya michezo iliyoundwa si tu kulinda macho yako na maono yako, lakini kuboresha utendaji wako wa michezo. Kucheza bora, utendaji bora, ulinzi bora kuvaa miwani ambayo ni iliyoundwa kwa ajili ya michezo ina kufafanuliwa ulinzi na utendaji faida. Hapa ni jinsi miwani ya michezo inaweza kusaidia katika makundi makuu ya michezo. Wachezaji na watazamaji wote wanajua vizuri juu ya mikono, magoti na vitu vingine vinavyopigwa katika mpira wa miguu, mpira wa magongo, mpira wa miguu na mpira wa kikapu. Vifaa vya kulinda macho vinaweza kusaidia kuzuia vitu hivi visiguse macho yako, ambayo ni viungo vya mwili vyenye kuonekana zaidi. Unaweza kuzuia kuvunjika kwa socket, retinas swollen, kutokwa na damu ndani, irises inflamed na cataracts traumatic kutoka kwa majeraha kama hayo blunt-force. Miwani ya michezo pia hutoa maono bora na ulinzi katika jua na, ikiwa unahitaji marekebisho ya maono, kukupa utendaji bora wa kuona na wasiwasi mdogo. - Walinzi wa macho au miwani - Polycarbonate ngao ya uso mpira na fimbo michezo kama vile mpira wa mikono, squash, racquetball, tenisi, gofu na baseball wote hurl vitu ngumu kwa kasi ya juu. Suti za macho zisizo na kuteleza na zisizo na ukungu zinasaidia kuweka jicho lako kwenye mpira, lakini polikarboni yao ya upinzani wa athari na miundo maalum ya michezo inahifadhi mpira nje ya jicho lako. Vifaa vya kuhifadhi macho, vifuniko vya uso na kofia za chuma, miwani ya kuogelea na miwani ya kuogelea ni bora kwa michezo ya maji, ambapo upepo mkali na hali ya msukosuko inaweza kutupa vitu njia yako. Miwani ya michezo pia ni muhimu kwa kuzuia uharibifu wa ultraviolet (UV) na mwangaza unaoharibu utendaji. Kwa wale wanaovua lensi za mawasiliano, kuvaa glasi za kuogelea huweka maji mbali na macho yako, na kusaidia kuzuia maambukizi, ambayo ni sababu kuu ya matatizo ya lensi za mawasiliano. (Kumbuka: Usitumie lensi za mawasiliano unapokuwa uogelea.) - Walinzi wa macho au miwani - Miwani ya kuogelea Kuchagua miwani sahihi ya michezo Hapa ni nini unapaswa kujua wakati wa kuchagua walinzi wa macho au miwani: - Kamwe usinunue walinzi wa macho au miwani bila lensi. - Hakikisha lensi zimetengenezwa ili ziondoke nje katika aksidenti. - Chagua lensi za polycarbonate, ambazo ni vifaa vya lensi vinavyostahimili athari zaidi sokoni. - Tafuta lensi za kuzuia ukungu na, kwa ajili ya michezo ya nje, ulinzi wa UV. Kumbuka, kulinda macho yako kunalinda uwezo wako wa kuona. Jibu maswali yoyote kutoka kwa daktari wako wa macho, na yeye atakusaidia kuhakikisha kuwa una huduma sahihi ya macho na miwani kwa macho yako na mtindo wako wa maisha.