Loughborough Optician raises the importance of vision, contact lenses and sporting performance

LOUGHBOROUGH, U.K. - May 26, 2014 - PRLog -- Joe Cole was prescribed contact lenses at the age of 20.  Joe admitted that he did not think there was much wrong with his vision at the time, but was he was recommended an eye test during a routine medical when he was playing for Chelsea Football Club.

Joe explains ‘my eyes were getting tired in the evenings and I was getting headaches, but other than that my sight felt quite good, so I was surprised at the difference wearing 1-Day Acuview contact lenses made to my game.’

The contact lenses seemed to also noticeable improve Joe’s peripheral vision, essential for a midfielder.

‘(Contact lenses) really opened up the pitch to me. They improved my ability to spot more passes, see runs from team mates and find dangerous spaces with my passes…. My game improved dramatically’ he added.

Joe also added how easy they were to get used to and that they are now just part of his daily routine like getting up, brushing his teeth and putting his lenses in. Today.

Optometrist and contact lens specialist Mohammed Bhojani of Visual Answers Opticians Loughborough said, ‘Joe stated he would never consider stepping onto a football field to play without his contact lenses in’… just like he would never play without a quality pair of football boots’, he added, ‘Wearing the right contact lens on your eye and having them professionally fitted and having regular aftercare and review is essential’.

Reflecting on his 12 years as a contact lens wearer and how they have helped in as a professional footballer, Joe said: ‘it’s a huge privilege to play for your country and for that you need to be in peak condition, mentally and physically. Your eyes are just as important as your metatarsals, believe me.'

Contact lenses have been found not just to improve sporting performance, but studies in the US have also found them to improve academic peroformance, self-confidence and self-esteem in children too.

Visual Answers Optometrists in Loughborough are offering anyone who has had an eye test in the last 12 months a *FREE contact lens trial and just like Joe Cole, to experience the freedom and other benefits that contact lenses can bring first hand.

Clients can call Quorn (01509) 414151 or Barrow (01509) 416800 and book in for FREE contact lens trial. If an eye test has not be taken in the last last 12 months Visual Answers Opticians Loughborough will organise that too. They are independent warding-winning optometrists supply and fit Acuview and all other leading brands of contact lenses too.

The Full interview with Joe Cole is published in Optometry Today, May 24 2014 http://www.optometry.co.uk/magazine/issue/140522125920-fff4ce596f1741fe8e1980fd14df8a26

A contact lens trials at Visual Answers is normally £35, but this fee will be waived until June 2014 when clients book quote ‘Wold Cup 2014, FREE Contact Lens Trial Offer’.