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read more › Job vacancies: Optometrist: Bridle Opticians in Felpham and East Wittering are looking for an Optometrist to work at least two days a week in their Felpham or East Wittering branches, especially a Saturday. We are always keen to talk with people who want to work with us, especially if they can show us how they can help us grow. To find out more about these positions please drop into our Felpham practice to pick up an application form or call David Bridle on 01243 823467.

read more › Visual Stress- Coloured Overlays: Coloured overlays aim to reduce Visual Stress, the perceptual distortions experienced whilst reading text. This can increase reading fluency and speed, reduce headaches and increase the duration of comfortable reading. The symptoms can occur despite normal vision. Approximately 5% of the population are severely affected by Visual Stress and 20% to a lesser degree. Visual perceptual distortions can be the experience of any combination of blurring, movement, doubling, shadows, flickering, seeing shapes

read more › Behavioural Optometry: Whereas conventional optometry concentrates on correcting visual errors (often concentrating just on refractive error or sight defects alone) and checking on eye health, the behavioural optometrist goes well beyond this to consider how vision has developed, whether there are problems with the developmental process, and how this is impacting on what is being asked of the system - and what may be asked of it in the future. As over 80% of our learning comes through vision, an inefficient visual system

read more › Optometrist of the Year 2017: Optometrist Prabhjit Boparai has been fascinated with eyes since childhood and believes that patient communication is central to a successful practice. After working part time as a dispensing optician during her A-levels, Prabhjit Boparai decided to pursue ophthalmic dispensing as a career. Later, having started a family and citing a 'hunger for knowledge, ' she returned to academia as a mature student to study optometry. Mrs Boparai, who works in her own independent practice in Wolverhampton, says

read more › Behavioural Optometry: Behavioural optometrists are specially trained to examine other aspects of vision that are not normally checked in a standard eye test. The behavioural optometrist takes into consideration how the vision has developed and whether there were any problems during development that could be limiting the potential of our visual system. 80% of our learning comes through vision. Therefore, it is vital that the visual system is operating at it's optimum for the maximum learning to take place. As an analogy

read more › Optometrist Job: Exciting new opportunity for a full time optometrist to work across both our practices in Halifax and Lindley. We are 3 generations old, progressive and love what we do. We are and always have been serious about clinical excellence and we have a lot of the very best equipment including OCT. You will be clinically brilliant and be comfortable recommending the very best optical solutions relevant to each of our clients individual needs. You will be a team player and appreciate working with the best

read more › The Team: Is our Resident Optometrist. He undertook his professional training in the community and hospital practice. He specialises in contact lens fitting and dry eye. Vishal has undertaken further training in glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and acute eye diseases. With over 15 years experience, Vishal understands the importance of taking the time to listen to the concerns of patients and ensuring that they are fully addressed during the consultation. Vishal is especially passionate about eyecare for children

read more › Advanced Optometry: Advanced Optometry is an eye exam that takes a much closer look at your eyes. You will have access to advanced investigative techniques that aren't available with an NHS sight test. Including OCT Scans, Retinal Imaging, Dry Eye Assessments, Visual Stress Assessments, Digital Keratometry, Colourimetry and much more. These consultations take about 45 minutes of clinical time and have been designed for clients who want to take the very best care of their eyes. After carefully discussing your current

read more › Colorimetry: Colorimetry at DF Optometrists is only performed using the gold standard Mk3 Colorimeter to ensure we treat with the utmost precision. The Mk3 colorimeter accurately controls the parameters of coloured light; the hue, saturation and brightness giving us unprecedented levels of control. The intuitive colorimeter is the only machine currently to have been shown effective in double-masked trials. Examination with the Mk3 Colorimeter lasts for approximately 30 minutes and once found the precision tinted