The Sports Vision Clinic at Patrick and Menzies, is working with Olympic 100m hurdle finalist, Sarah Claxton, to help her break her 'personal best' in time for next year's World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
Director of Patrick and Menzies' Sports Vision division, Gavin Rebello, explains: "Sarah's a local girl and we watched her in the Olympic finals like everyone else. We noticed that she looked down each time she took a hurdle, and we knew she would be losing speed. We thought there must be a problem, so we offered her our services to see if we could help her."
Patrick and Menzies is one of only a few specialist opticians that offer 'Sports Vision' services to their clients. They have state-of-the-art technology, and are leaders in understanding the visual requirements of sportsmen and women.
Patrick and Menzies discovered that Sarah has subtle focussing inefficiencies in the right eye, and this had led to a lack of spatial awareness at high speed - a problem that would not have been picked up with a normal eye test. Patrick and Menzies has started treating the problem with contact lenses, and a series of eye muscle exercises.
Sarah Claxton is intrigued and excited about Sports Vision. She says: "I had never heard of Sports Vision, and was completely unaware that other sports people like professional footballers already used this technology. My aim for next year is to get my personal best down to 12.6 seconds and I hope this will really help me, I'm really looking forward to seeing the results."
by Patrick and Menzies
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