3 Reasons Why You May Want to Wear Protective Goggles
I was recently at an NBA game and I noticed New York Knicks player, Amar’e Stoudemire, remove his safety goggles in order to shoot some free throws.
I wondered why he removed them to see the basket. I had assumed he was wearing them instead of regular eyeglasses to help his vision on the court. But, instead, it was obvious he was only wearing them for protection!
When I got home, I decided to do some research. According to Wikipedia, Stoudemire had a detached retina in 2009. It happened while he was playing for the Phoenix Suns. According to reports, he had actually injured the eye in the preseason, when he partially tore his iris. But, it was several months later when the actual retina detachment occurred. After that he was told he should wear protective goggles, always.
But, Stoudemire, who had never had to wear goggles before, didn’t listen. He stopped wearing them after seven games and got hurt again. He eventually had to undergo surgery to repair his retina, causing him to miss the rest of the season.
After that, Stoudemire announced that he would wear protective goggles for the rest of his career. I guess he had learned his lesson.
Protective goggles are vital for protecting your eyes. Here are three reasons you may want to consider getting some:
Goggles Can Keep Matter and Objects Out
If you work in a science lab with chemicals, if you are a welder who works with tiny bits of metal that fly off as they are cut, or if you work with any type of matter that can splatter or fly, you should be wearing protective goggles to keep these things out of your eyes. Your eyeglasses are not enough because they don’t offer any protection to the side of your eyes like a pair of safety goggles does.
Goggles Can Protect Your Eyes and Your Contacts
If you wear contact lenses, you may want to seriously think about protective goggles if you are active in sports where a ball, puck, or elbow could head towards your eye. But, you may also want to wear protective goggles in individual sports, like skiing, to protect your contact lenses. Goggles keep snow, ice, and tree branches out keeping your eyes and lenses safe.
Goggles Will Protect You From Many Eye Injuries
Detached retinas, scratched lenses, and burns, and bleeding are all different injuries that goggles can help protect you from. As Stoudemire learned, it’s better to wear the goggles than to suffer the injury and be forced out of the game!
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