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Pretty Cool Facts About Peripheral Vision

Pretty Cool Facts About Peripheral Vision

The human eye is an amazing work of nature. It is a combination of muscles and lenses working together to send messages to the brain that come back with perceived images. One of the coolest things the human eye can do is see sideways—what we call peripheral vision. Keep reading to learn some new facts […]

What Is Peripheral Awareness and How Important Is It?

What Is Peripheral Awareness and How Important Is It?

We all know that maintaining a full field of vision is important. Arguably, though, one of the most important components of vision is peripheral awareness. Just think about when you are driving during rush hour. You’re focused on the car in front of you because traffic is starting and stopping very rapidly. However, you still […]

Best Eye Vitamins for Athletes

Best Eye Vitamins for Athletes

Whenever an athlete gets injured, there are many conversations in the media about what it will take for them to recover and how it will impact both their and their team’s futures. But, have you ever considered what would happen if an athlete developed a vision issue? For athletes, vision is an integral function of […]

How Vision Problems Can Impact Your Child’s Social Development

Your Child’s Social Development Image

We spend a lot of time at Rebuild Your Vision talking about the effects that poor vision can have on the day-to-day lives of older people. Presbyopia, glaucoma, cataracts, and AMD all are extremely common and severe eye disorders. They are much more likely to affect silver citizens than they are children. Sometimes though, visual […]

How to Naturally Strengthen Peripheral Vision

How to Naturally Strengthen Peripheral Vision

Our readers visit our site to learn about vision care and take our eye vitamins for a variety of reasons, from strengthening near and far vision to slowing down and treating aging vision and astigmatism. Still, out of all those, you’ll likely find a couple of unusually popular reasons, like maybe finally getting rid of […]

Better Vision, Better Volleyball

Better Vision, Better Volleyball

Good volleyball players must be athletic, and quick and be aware of the movement of not only the ball but the players around them. They play a fast-moving game and so must be hyperfocused when they are on the clock. Because of this, good vision is an integral part of being a good volleyball player. […]

4 Athletes Who Have Suffered from Post LASIK Side Effects

How LASIK Can Cost You the Game: Athletes Who Have Suffered from Post LASIK Side Effects

LASIK eye surgery has been growing in popularity in recent years. LASIK is a type of refractive surgery that is used to correct vision problems like myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism. It uses a highly specialized laser to alter the shape of the cornea. Most people get the surgery in the hopes of eliminating their need […]

How Vision Training Helps NHL Goalies

How Vision Training Helps NHL Goalies

There’s a lot of emphasis on physical strength when it comes to athletic training, especially for hockey players. Hockey players need about as much strength as they can get, from muscular to cardiovascular strength. But what about goalies? They don’t move around nearly as much as the offensive and defensive lines, who spend significantly more […]

Better Vision for Football Players

Better Vision for Football Players

Almost every high school in America has those famous Friday night football games throughout the fall. Watching professional football on T.V. is also one of the most enjoyed American pastimes on Sundays. But, partying and celebration aside, football is a tough and competitive sport. It is rather complex too. It requires players to not only […]

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Tyler Sorensen is the President and CEO of Rebuild Your Vision. Formerly, Tyler studied Aeronautics (just like his brother) with the dream of becoming an airline pilot, however, after 9/11 his career path changed. After graduating top of his class with a Bachelor of Science in Informational Technologies and Administrative Management, he joined Rebuild Your Vision in 2002. With the guidance of many eye care professionals, including Behavioral Optometrists, Optometrists (O.D.), and Ophthalmologists (Eye M.D.), Tyler has spent nearly two decades studying the inner workings of the eye and conducting research.

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