What is the best way to protect my child’s eyes while playing sports?
Sport specific eyewear should be a required piece of equipment for all participants of any sport, whether the participant wears a corrective prescription or not. Using normal street eyeglasses or sunglasses will not provide adequate eye protection. Studies actually show participants have a more severe risk of eye injuries using street wear for sports than those not using any eye protection at all. Sporting and recreational activities account for more than 600,000 eye injuries per year and 42,000 of these injuries require emergency room attention; 90% of these injuries could have been avoided if proper eye protection would have been used. Sport specific eyewear is designed to protect the eyes and must meet specific minimum US standards for optimum eye safety. The lenses must be made of a high impact Polycarbonate or Trivex lens material that will not shatter on impact, and the frames must be designed to hold the lenses in the frame in case of impact. The Polycarbonate and Trivex lenses
