Is Protective Eyewear necessary?
- At April 08, 2021
- By Pamela Myhre
- In Eye safety
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Eye Injuries Cost the NBA $2.4 Million in Single Season
Basketball remains the leading cause of sports-related eye injuries in the United States. But getting athletes of any age or skill level to wear protective eyewear is a tough sell.
Eye experts push for sports eye protection
Ophthalmologists hear all the reasons for not wearing eye protection, even after a player suffers a significant injury,
such as fractures to the bones around the eye socket. Eye protection is cumbersome, they fear it will impair their peripheral vision or that fog or sweat will accumulate on lenses and cloud their vision. Even though sports goggles have vastly improved over the years, their appeal has not caught on.
Maybe an appeal to the NBA’s bottom line might get their attention?
