Networking is important in any business. I'm fortunate in that I enjoy it. Many of my patients have come to me through networking events with the various chambers of commerce that I belong to. I have worked with some patients whom I met at Twenty-Four Hour Fitness. Over the last several months I've started working with the electronic social medial such as Facebook and Linkedin. As you can also see I enjoy blogging. My other blog is www.newyorkcityhighlights.blogspot.com regarding places of interest in NYC.

I also enjoy talking to different groups from secretarial groups to diabetic support groups to seniors discussing areas of vision as it pertains to them. I am very enthusiastic about the profession I so enjoy practicing.

My first patient this morning came in for her annual vision exam. No complaints. she was wondering why she was coming in since it was just a little over a year since she was last seen. As it turned out, it was a good thing we examined her. Her pressure in her eyes went up significantly. She will be monitored and probably treated for glaucoma. If she would have waited another year, she could have developed a serious loss in her vision.

There have been recent advances in fitting the "over forty crowd" with contact lenses. Many people over forty were fit with one eye for reading and one eye for distance (monovision). This for some individuals works quite well. The other other method used was just fitting reading glasses over contact lenses.

Recently, there has been the development of multifocal contact lenses. They don't work on everybody. However, when they do work, the vision feels very natural. There are a few manufacturers of these particular contact lenses. Sometimes the patient has to return to the office a few times to get the correct lens fitted. I work quite diligently with my patients in trying to get them fit.

I conduct seminars on vision to local groups, teachers, PTA's, business groups and various service organizations. The seminars include such topics as visi0n and computers, vision's affect on learning and sports performance or even the effect of systemic disease (diabetes and hypertension, for example) on the eye. If you are interested, please contact us at (909) 980-3535.

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The computer over the last two decades has created a significant demand for optometric services. People starring at screens for hours on end can cause changes in the visual system. Also bifocal wearers have unique problems with the video displays in the sense that their working distance is usually further away than normal reading and the height in which they view the computer (especially a desktop set-up) varies from their normal reading. A lot of times, the prescription for normal reading is different than the one for the computer. This must be taken into consideration in prescribing for the patient. Also contact lens wearers appear to have more problems when viewing the screen due to the constant close-up content as well as the wearer not blinking enough. This could lead to a dry eye situation.

Over the last few years another form of extreme viewing has occurred. Texting. Here the viewing distance is even closer than normal reading and this over time can have an impact on vision.

One of my most interesting cases occurred several years ago. A patient was referred to my office after brain surgery. Her complaint was that she would continuously walk into walls. Her eyesight was clear as she was 20/20 in each eye. Her problem was with her peripheral vision. She was missing the right side of her vision, probably as a result of the surgery. Even though I cannot restore a lost visual field, I was able to shift the lost vision over to the side with prisms. This made the patient more balanced in her visual world. She was able to perform a lot better. To start with, she wasn't walking into walls anymore. Secondly, her outlook toward life improved immeasurably as a result. Also, she was able to read a lot better. The result was immediate.