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6 Winter Eye Wellness Tips
With winter comes dropping temperatures, cold winds, and low humidity — all of which bring unique challenges to caring for your eyes and vision. Though you might be tempted to ignore cold weather eye symptoms, don’t! Be aware of symptoms including eye...
Glaucoma Myths vs. Reality: 10 Things You Need to Know
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month. Glaucoma is a serious eye condition, but it isn’t widely understood. Called the “silent thief of sight,” glaucoma is a group of diseases that raise eye pressure and slowly damage the optic nerve, causing permanent...
Donate Food Items for a Chance to Win Designer Sunglasses
It’s a shocking statistic: nearly 200,000 children, families and seniors in Central Virginia struggle with hunger each day. Ridgefield Vision Center wants to help solve this problem by donating food, so we’re reaching out to our best asset: our patients. To thank you...
First Aid Tips for Eye Injuries
Even a minor eye injury can cause serious, lifelong eye damage. Bleeding in the eye caused by an eye injury may lead to glaucoma later in life. Eye injuries can cause loss of vision or complete loss of an eye. Eye injuries can happen at any time anywhere. Children in...
Good Vision for School Students
Good Vision….Important for a Successful School Year for Students Parents everywhere are racing to get the entire back to school checklist completed; school supplies, new clothes, bigger shoes and physical exams at the Pediatrician. Eye exams need to be...
Protective and Sports Sunwear
If you play sports, you should keep two things in mind related to your vision: protection and vision performance. Sports lenses protect the wearer’s eyes. Sports such as tennis, baseball, softball and racquetball may have ball speeds of 90 mph or more. In...
You’re Invited! Open House: Friday, July 21 from 4-6:30pm
You're invited! On Friday, July 21, Ridgefield Vision Center is hosting an Open House to formally welcome Dr. Christine Craig to our practice. We hope you'll stop by the office from 4-6:30 p.m. and meet Dr. Craig, enjoy some delicious hors d'oeuvres and register to...
Choosing Sunglasses for Children
Children usually get more sun exposure than adults because many of their activities are outdoors including recess, sports and playtime. This increased exposure to sunlight also increases children’s exposure to damaging ultraviolet (UV) light – an...