Sports Vision includes:
• Basic optometric care
• Correction of any visual defects
• Glasses/Sports Eyewear
• Contact Lenses
• Refractive surgery including laser eye surgery
• Specific Vision Training
• Improving reaction time
• Improving speed of acquisition of 3D
• Improving visual perceptual skills
• Improving consistency of fixation
• Improving consistency and accuracy of eye movements
• Improving Eye-to-hand and eye-to-body accuracy
• Expanding peripheral awareness
The Wellington Eye Clinic are delighted to be one of the sponsors of the TopGolfer Tour for Ireland's best golfers. 30 events have been scheduled across the country for golfers with handicaps of 9 and lower. At the end of the tour, the 30 winners from each event play off to determine Ireland's Top Golfer at a 2-day event at Carton House. Improved eyesight always leads to improved sporting performance and we endorse all activities that lead to a better quality of life. See www.topgolfer.ie for more information.
Media
Irish Medical News 12th October 2009
Sports Vision: Maximising vision, maximising performance
Arthur Cummings FRCSEd (Consultant Ophthalmologist)
Clare Maguire (Sports Vision Optometrist)
(Wellington Eye Clinic and UPMC Beacon Hospital, Dublin)
When thinking about physical fitness, strength and overall sporting performance, the eyes do not automatically come to mind. You need sight to play sport; you cannot hit it, aim at it, know where it has come from, or where it should go, if you can’t see it.
Although athletes recognise that vision is an important aspect of their sport, many believe that they have perfect eyes. It is clear that there is a visual component to sport, but surprisingly, there is a general lack of awareness that this actually contributes to performance.
The Star
Saturday 11th of July 2009
Whelan's got a clear advantage in decider
Ciaran Whelan will have perfect vision in tomorrow's Leinster football final against Kildare. And that's because he had laser eye surgery earlier this year to correct a slight defect in his sight that meant he had to wear contact lenses during games.
More than once he could be seen down on hands and knees searching for a lens that popped out during the action, but those days are behind him.
