Do you practice triathlon? Do you know the importance of using glasses in sports?

Of all the eye injuries that occur, at least 90% could have been avoided.

For all athletes it is always important to take into account the best material at the time of training and competition, placing special emphasis on the issue of footwear, since a good choice can avoid injuries. However, there is a low awareness on importance of taking care of our eyes when playing sports.

According to studies conducted more than 2.000 people lose a year the vision of an eye due to impacts in sports practice.

These injury ranging from severe, with complete loss of vision and are generally produced by impacts, to average injuries, which are complications due to the entry of particles or the fact of not wearing sun glasses that cause greater influence in the long term of cataracts and macular degenerations or the so-called "dry eye syndrome" that is avoided with a closed sunglasses. With good UV protection.

The minor injuries and less severe are usually caused by sunstroke due to excessive solar radiation that produces pain and discomfort for several days, as well as inflammation in the cornea, it must also be borne in mind that the sight has "memory" like the skin, and accumulates harmful effects of solar radiation on long exposures.

Aware of this, he was born a few years ago VISIORAMA SPORT, company belonging to OPTICAS VISIORAMA. Directed and Managed by David Calderón (Col. 8017), today it has a total of 11 opticians and 20 years of experience in this sector, basing its business on product quality, competitive prices and unbeatable customer service.

En VISIORAMA SPORT, in addition you can already find in more of the 90% of the models of technical sports glasses the option to graduate them, with several optical options of quality.

Triathlon News, thanks to a collaboration agreement with VISIORAMA SPORT, will provide information and advice through the web to raise awareness of the importance of eye protection in sport, analyzing different models of lenses and frames focusing on different sports.

Further information: https://www.visioramasport.es/

Photo: taken by Daniel Hurtado Cabrera from triathlete Daniel Múgica http://danielmugica.com