How have the last few months been for you? Regardless of the positives in your life you’re probably baseline stressed. It’s normal to feel anxious, stressed, overwhelmed or even scared right now. Colorado is experiencing both a pandemic and a civil rights movement alongside the compounding challenges of reopening schools, a high unemployment rate, and …
We’ve all had that moment where we get some bad news and we can feel the stress take over our bodies. This is called fight, flight or freeze and it’s where your body moves into protection mode. Initially, your heart may pump faster as adrenaline moves through the body, your breathing becomes shallow, and your …
How have the last few months been for you? Regardless of the positives in your life you’re probably baseline stressed. It’s normal to feel anxious, stressed, overwhelmed or even scared right now. Colorado is experiencing both a pandemic and a civil rights movement alongside the compounding challenges of reopening schools, a high unemployment rate, and …
In the past, Colorado students have kicked off the year with new clothes, new supplies and the typical nerves and excitement of starting a new year of learning. Regardless of whether a student liked school or not, they mostly knew what to expect. However, the 2020-2021 school year is starting with a baseline of caution, …
A lot has changed for the summer of 2020, but Colorado optometrists want you to know that protecting your eyes is still important. Colorado’s sunlight is roughly 20% brighter than at sea level. Our sunlight is even more intense at the top of a mountain as there is less atmosphere at higher elevations to filter …
As social distancing becomes a normal way of life during the COVID-19 pandemic many individuals are participating in increased screen time while technology becomes the hub for employees, social circles, students, teachers, families, and entire communities to stay connected. This increased screen time for many is an important part of life and staying healthy mentally …
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Many Coloradans who wear glasses for vision challenges have been struggling to properly wear masks in public due to their prescription glasses or sunglasses fogging up. The Colorado Optometric Association, 2020 Eyes Colorado and Colorado’s doctors of optometry have compiled the following solutions to make mask wearing easier. These tips will help you reduce or …
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March 23, 2020 – If you experience an eye or vision emergency during the closures of the Covid-19 pandemic, you are urged to seek care through your optometrist. Many optometry offices remain open for essential and emergency care. Colorado’s optometrists are taking steps to remain available for care for those patients needing urgent and/or essential care. This will also be a …
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Did you know that you’re at a higher risk for a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) or concussion if you’re male, play sports or drive a car? For Coloradans the highest risk occurs in age groups 15-24 years and 65+.2 The leading causes of TBIs are: Falls (47%) Struck by/against (15%) Motor vehicle-traffic crashes (14%) Assaults …
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Colorado emergency rooms see an average of 23,500 visits annually due to Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)1. A concussion is considered to be a mild brain injury caused by a blow or jolt to the head that produces changes in normal brain function following the impact. Typically, concussions are not life-threatening, but their after affects can …
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