Contacts provide a lot of benefits to wearers, especially those who participate in sports. If you are an athlete, switching from glasses to contacts is a simple and effective way to improve your sports performance. They provide a crisp and full field of vision without your eyeglasses getting in the way. Research has demonstrated that many athletes enjoy a higher level of individual performance when wearing contact lenses.
The contact lens exam is not all that different from a comprehensive eye exam.
Switching to contacts is not much of an adjustment if you already wear glasses or sports goggles, as it will only take getting used to putting them in and taking them out. Compared to sports goggles or glasses, contacts provide vision all around the eye rather than having frames impeding your vision.
Contact lenses can be the life-changing solution for athletes to improve in their sport and help avoid injury.
List of Advantages
Here are some examples of why you should consider switching to contact lenses for sports:
- You can see clearly. Whether you have played without any visual aid or you’ve tried to look around you with foggy, wet, or muddy eyeglasses or sports goggles, contact lenses can help you. They don’t fog up or get muddy when they’re on your eye and don’t have glare problems that glasses do. They feel much more natural, and you will rarely notice they are even there.
- They are less likely to cause injury. During physical activity and sports, you are more likely to fall than you are just simply walking around the street. Having glasses on your face can pose a serious risk if you were to fall and break them. Since these falls are almost unavoidable, it may be best to switch to contact lenses.
- You can focus more on the game. Instead of having to worry about keeping your frame in place, wiping them off every few minutes, or having them slip around, you can get contacts. They will not leave your eye unless you take them out so you cannot constantly get distracted trying to put them back in place.
- An unobstructed view and better peripheral vision. Contacts lens won‘t block your vision like eyeglasses do.
- Fewer distortions. Contact lens move with the eyes.
- Better depth perception. Contact lens allows for better depth perception.
- Fewer reflections. Eyeglasses wearers experience reflections off the lens surface distorting their vision.
- Cheaper to replace. Contact lenses are typically thrown away after daily or a couple of weeks use. Damaged glasses can be expensive to replace.
- Fewer minification and magnification effects. Objects are viewed more realistically than with eyeglasses.
- They don’t slip. When you sweat, your eyeglasses can slip down your nose, affecting your concentration.
- Great for tumbling sports. You can wear them for martial arts, gymnastics and any other sport that involves tumbling.
- Perfect for headgear. Contact lenses can be worn with masks and helmets.
- Wear them under goggles. If you ski or participate in an extreme sport that requires goggles, you can wear contacts.
Which contact lenses are best for sports
The lenses you choose is all about personal preference, but many athletes prefer daily disposable lenses because you simply wear them and dispose of them, so there is no need for a contact lens cleaning solution.
Getting used to contacts takes almost no time at all and having a contact lens exam is an easy process. Athletes around the world use contacts to improve their performance, so if you want to play your best, consider getting them.
