We live for the extraordinary moments where we change lives.
It may not happen every day, but when it does, it’s unmistakable. Sometimes it’s the look on a child’s face as they realize that trees are not green blobs, but are covered with thousands of individual, intricate leaves. Or fitting a young man with specialty contact lenses after he’s been told a dozen times that he’ll just have to resign to wearing glasses every day. It could be saving a father’s vision by detecting an unknown retinal tear just in time for emergency surgery to repair. Or seeing a mother’s confident smile when the face in the mirror looks as young as she feels inside.
These are the extraordinary moments we live for. At Grand River Eye Care, we change lives through innovative eye care.
Welcome to Grand River Eye Care
We live for the extraordinary moments where we change lives.
It may not happen every day, but when it does, it’s unmistakable. Sometimes it’s the look on a child’s face as they realize that trees are not green blobs, but are covered with thousands of individual, intricate leaves. Or fitting a young man with specialty contact lenses after he’s been told a dozen times that he’ll just have to resign to wearing glasses every day. It could be saving a father’s vision by detecting an unknown retinal tear just in time for emergency surgery to repair. Or seeing a mother’s confident smile when the face in the mirror looks as young as she feels inside.
These are the extraordinary moments we live for. At Grand River Eye Care, we change lives through innovative eye care.
Caring doctors with advanced technology focused on your best eye health
Is your child’s prescription getting worse and worse? It’s more than an inconvenience, it vastly increases the likelihood of vision-threatening diseases such as macular degeneration developing later in life. Myopia control can effectively slow and even halt the progression, significantly mitigating these risks.
Scleral lenses
Ever been told you can’t wear contacts? Do you find regular contacts unbearable? Scleral lenses aren’t like ordinary contacts. They are suitable for keratoconus and other conditions involving irregular corneas, as well as for athletes and those suffering from severe dry eye.
Dry eyes
Do you suffer from itchy, dry eyes? Contact lenses feel uncomfortable, you rely on eye drops to get you through the day, and you find simple, everyday tasks like reading and driving more difficult than they should be. You don’t have to suffer like this. We offer some of the most effective and advanced dry eye treatments available so we can restore comfort to your daily life.
Is your child's prescription getting worse and worse?
It’s more than an inconvenience, it vastly increases the likelihood of vision-threatening diseases such as macular degeneration developing later in life.
Myopia control can effectively slow and even halt the progression, significantly mitigating these risks.
Ever been told you can't wear contacts?
Do you find regular contact unbearable?
Scleral lenses aren’t like ordinary contacts. They are suitable for keratoconus and other conditions involving irregular corneas, as well as for athletes and those suffering from severe dry eye.
Contact lenses feel uncomfortable, you rely on eye drops to get you through the day, and you find simple, everyday tasks like reading and driving more difficult than they should be.
You don’t have to suffer like this. We offer some of the most effective and advanced dry eye treatments available so we can restore comfort to your daily life.
Since the 1970’s the prevalence of myopia has more than doubled in North America, mainly due to the shift from outdoor to screen time. Myopia in children can be a progressive condition, getting worse each year. Children with medium and high myopia have a 2,200% increase in retinal detachments and other vision-threatening conditions such as glaucoma.
What causes myopia?
Optometrists were once taught that genetics were the cause of myopia. Now scientists are finding that a lack of daily exposure to sunlight is correlated to higher myopia rates. Our children used to play outside for more than 2-3 hours on a daily basis. Now we see that children are inside more, playing on tablets and other digital devices for hours on end. Studies show that this is harmful to their eyes.
Myopia prevention
Preventing and slowing down the progression of myopia can save your child’s vision later in life. Parents can help by encouraging children to play outside more, put limits on screen time and take technology breaks every hour. Have annual comprehensive eye exams by an eye doctor – school eye screenings or vision tests are not sufficient to ensure your child’s best eye health.
We love talking about your eye healthand best vision
Did you know that anyone with type 1 or type 2 diabetes can develop diabetic retinopathy? At first, diabetic retinopathy may cause no symptoms or only mild vision problems, but eventually it can cause changes in nearsightedness, farsightedness, and lead to blindness.
We are conveniently located in North Waterloo at the corner of King and Northfield, in the plaza with Ye’s Sushi and Tirecraft, with plenty of free parking.
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We are conveniently located in North Waterloo at the corner of King and Northfield, in the plaza with Ye’s Sushi and Tirecraft, with plenty of free parking.
