Published: 27 August 2021 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: People with myopia can participate in sport using correction and protection suited to the activity. Contact lenses do not protect against impact and should be removed before swimming. Ortho-K suitability varies, and neither it nor visual training guarantees perfect vision or sporting results.
Published: 11 May 2021 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: This 2021 awareness interview discusses myopia and its longer-term risks. Correcting distance blur and managing progression are different goals. A child’s prescription and progression need individual monitoring; historic projections are not predictions for one child.
Published: 16 November 2020 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Presbyopia is an age-related loss of near-focusing ability as the natural lens becomes less flexible. It can occur alongside myopia. New near blur deserves an examination rather than an assumption that every change is simply ageing.
