Archive for August, 2009

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AOA SVS conducts free vision evaluations at Jr. Olympics

August 24, 2009

AOA SVS volunteers traveled to the AAU Junior Olympics to conduct free vision evaluations.

AOA SVS volunteers traveled to the AAU Junior Olympics to conduct free vision evaluations.

The AOA Sports Vision Section (SVS) conducted free vision evaluations July 30- Aug. 1 for athletes competing in the 2009 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympic Games in Des Moines, Iowa, thanks to a generous sponsorship grant from Vistakon®, Division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.

The program, co-chaired by Steven Hitzeman, O.D., and Stephen Beckerman, O.D., provided volunteers the opportunity to establish testing protocols, gather data, and aid in identifying the best types of sports vision evaluation equipment. Read the rest of this entry ?

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ODs, hospital join forces to prevent eye injuries

August 24, 2009

Cedar County, Mo., residents attend a free eye safety lecture in Cedar County Memorial Hospital’s classroom.

Cedar County, Mo., residents attend a free eye safety lecture in Cedar County Memorial Hospital’s classroom.

Eye safety can be an issue in rural areas like Cedar County, Mo. Farmers are subject to a variety of eye hazards from machinery mishaps and foreign bodies to simple allergies and ultraviolet ray exposure. So are workers in the small factories that are often the economic base of small towns.

However, few farms or small manufacturers have the type of formal eye safety programs that are common among large employers. And rural residents, likely anyone, can be subject a variety of eye hazards in the course of day-to-day living or recreational activities, notes Michael Frier, O.D. Read the rest of this entry ?

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Larry Fitzgerald’s visual skills catch eye of ESPN

August 19, 2009
Fitzgerald’s grandfather, Bob Johnson, O.D., spent countless hours working with Fitzgerald to hone his visual skills through vision therapy. The results have been stellar.

Full story from ESPN follows:
The Arizona Cardinals’ Larry Fitzgerald is arguably the best wide receiver in the NFL right now. But he is a football player, not an illusionist. So when a photograph captured Fitzgerald catching a football with his eyes closed, it must have been a fluke, right?

Not at all. He’s done it several times, as photos reveal, and even Fitzgerald can’t seem to make sense of it. Read the rest of this entry ?

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