Do you love living an active lifestyle? If cataracts are affecting your vision and holding you back from performing your favorite activities to the best of your ability, cataract surgery with a premium IOL may be the solution.
Whether you enjoy golfing, cycling, or aerobics, cataract surgery can rejuvenate your active lifestyle. Keep reading to learn more about cataract surgery and why it invigorates active lifestyles!
When Should You Have Cataract Surgery?
If cataracts start to keep you from the things you want to do and get in the way of your active lifestyle, your ophthalmologist will recommend cataract surgery. Cataract surgery is the only way to eliminate cataracts permanently and restore clear vision.
The highly effective, safe, and quick procedure involves removing the lens with a cataract and replacing it with a synthetic one called an intraocular lens (IOL). Before cataract surgery, you’ll have to figure out which IOL you want. IOLs are not created equal.
There are two main types: monofocal and premium IOLs.
Monofocal IOL
Monofocal lens implants can only correct vision at one distance: up close, arm’s length, or far away, but not all three. For instance, if you choose distance vision, you’ll need to wear glasses or contacts to see at the other uncorrected distances following cataract surgery.
A monofocal lens implant is the only IOL covered by insurance.
Premium IOL
A premium IOL is an ideal choice if you live an active lifestyle. They utilize advanced technology to deliver crisper, sharper vision at more than one distance.
Premium lenses can also address a myriad of vision problems, drastically reducing or eliminating the need for prescription lenses. These IOLs are not covered by insurance, so you’ll have to pay out-of-pocket.
However, most cataract surgery patients, particularly those with active lifestyles, find it worth the price to achieve their best vision.
Why Does Cataract Surgery Encourage an Active Lifestyle?
Here are some of the ways cataract surgery benefits anyone with an active lifestyle.
Decreases Dependence on Glasses or Contact Lenses
After cataract surgery with a premium IOL, like the light adjustable lens, you’ll see clearly and have less dependence on visual aids. Premium IOLs address a range of vision problems, including nearsightedness, presbyopia, farsightedness, astigmatism, and cataracts, allowing you to see clearly.
If cataracts have held you back from your favorite pastimes, a premium IOL will help you see your best, whether you’re playing tennis, pickleball, or any other sport. Imagine seeing everything around you with sharp clarity with little to no need for corrective lenses.
With life-changing cataract surgery, you’ll be able to swim, jog, do yoga, and play sports, allowing you to enjoy an active lifestyle like never before.
See Well in Low Light Settings
If the best time for you to fit in a run, walk, or workout is in the evening, cataract surgery with a premium IOL can allow you to live the active lifestyle you want. A premium lens implant, such as the Tecnis Symfony IOL or Vivity lens, enables you to see well in low light.
These lenses provide a superior experience compared to a monofocal IOL. They’re designed to deliver high-quality vision at multiple distances and in all lighting conditions, including dimmer places.
With these IOLs, you’ll see effortlessly, no matter the time of day, enabling you to remain active even when the sun goes down. You won’t have to put your active lifestyle on hold just because it’s getting dark outside.
Improves Your Game
Clear, crisp vision is the ultimate advantage when playing sports. Prescription lenses can be quite distracting.
Glasses are delicate, forcing you to take measures to keep them intact when you should be focusing on your golf, pickleball, or tennis game.
If you wear contact lenses, they can dry out, irritate your eyes, and blur your vision in the middle of a game.
You can opt not to wear visual aids, but then you’re left with distorted vision. The last thing you want is to be unable to see the ball clearly.
Cataract surgery with a premium IOL like the PanOptix lens can address these limitations. Various premium IOLs deliver incredibly clear, sharp, precise vision at multiple distances, decreasing or even eliminating the need for contacts or glasses.
For people who play sports, that means elevating their game. After cataract surgery, you can easily track a moving ball, make split-second decisions, and respond with greater precision, enhancing your performance on the court or field.
Plus, you’ll expand your field of view, experience improved depth perception, and have increased awareness of your surroundings, enabling you to react faster to unanticipated movements. This can be especially beneficial in sports, where swifter reaction times can determine the outcome of a game.
Following cataract surgery, you’ll no longer have to worry about your glasses breaking or dry, irritated eyes from contact lenses. You can focus on what matters most at that moment–the game.
Level Up Your Active Lifestyle with Cataract Surgery
If you like being physically active, cataract surgery at Evergreen Eye Center can help you keep up. You can resume your active lifestyle with clearer, sharper vision than you ever imagined.
Are you ready to take your active lifestyle to the next level? Schedule your appointment at Evergreen Eye Center today!
