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September Is Sports Eye Safety Month! Ocular sports trauma is among the leading causes of permanent vision loss in North America. Tens of thousands of...

Is it safe and healthy for kids to wear contact lenses? Many parents are uncertain about whether kids are good candidates for wearing contact lenses...

Eye health tips for students from our Citrus Heights eye doctor The start of fall means back-to-school for kids of all ages – and our...

This summer, heat waves with scorching temperatures have hit communities nationwide, making an already hot summer even hotter. With high temps and heat waves in...

1 in 4 kids has a vision issue significant enough to impact learning. During back to school season, it's our goal to educate parents on the...

July is UV Safety Awareness Month, and no wonder! With the summer sun out in full force, it’s now more important than ever to protect your eyes from harmful UV rays. Call [tokens name='phone'] to learn more.

Make sure your student gets an evaluation of their complete visual system. This will uncover potential difficulties with any of the above skills, and if one is found, help you plan treatment options

A big part of EYEcenter culture and brand is looking for ways to give back to our community. We were fortunate to be given that opportunity...

Summer is synonymous with barbecues, parades and fireworks. EYEcenter joins the National Safety Council in advising everyone to enjoy fireworks at public displays conducted by...

This summer, whether you're headed across state lines on a family road trip, flying off to Europe, grabbing a quick weekend getaway, or taking a...

How your devices are contributing to changes in your vision, and what you can do to help prevent it Although it’s environmentally friendly, blue light...

We have the latest styles and the best lenses for your favorite man! Whether he’s an adventure seeker, a golfer or a BBQ griller, we...

June is Cataract Awareness Month. During this important time, people living with cataracts (and their loved ones) are encouraged to talk about their personal experiences...

Specialty lenses for keratoconus and other corneal disorders It used to be that people with keratoconus and other corneal irregularities were not able to wear...

Do your kids need glasses in order to see clearly? Maybe they have a strong case of nearsightedness, perhaps they have astigmatism, or another type...

More sunshine means new beginnings, gorgeous flowers, and more time outside. But for people with allergies, spring brings one more thing: suffering. If checking the...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the USA; in Canada, Mental Health week is May 6th to 12th. Since 1949, it has been observed...

Some of life’s most basic activities rely on your eyes, eye muscles and brain working together: driving a car, reading a book, playing a sport...

April is Parkinson's Awareness Month in the USA and Canada, a time when those living with the disorder, their family members, friends, and community come...

I am part of a large, full-scope optometry group practice with access to a wide range of diagnostic and treatment technologies. Eye tracking is a...

At EYEcenter, we talk a lot about your eye health and the products that help to care for your vision. While we continually emphasize these...

Spring is a season of new beginnings, when the cold harsh winter months are behind us, flowers bloom, and people begin spending more time outdoors....

March 8th is International Women's Day, a day when women are honored and their accomplishments celebrated worldwide. From medicine to law, entrepreneurship to corporate leadership,...

Most of us have the basics: bleach, oven cleaner, air freshener, furniture polish, and window spray. Did you know that chemicals found in these kinds...

It’s February and that means we’re smack in the middle of winter, which is also the middle of the school year. It’s the season when...

If you don’t wear glasses or contacts, scheduling an appointment with your eye doctor might be low on your to-do list. But needing a new...

January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month. What is Glaucoma? Glaucoma, a silent eye disease, is the most common form of irreversible blindness in the world....

Each year during the month of January we recognize World Braille Day which gives us the opportunity to take a moment and appreciate the incredible...

Now that mid-year progress reports are out, you might see some places your child is struggling in the classroom. Did you know 80% of learning...

What’s your new year’s resolution? Does it have anything to do with your health? We have a few easy ways to keep your goal of...

Nerf Guns: Popular, Projectile... Safe? With the newest Nerf guns and blasters reigning at the top of lists for the most popular toys this holiday season,...

Watery, scratchy eyes are a drag. But you don't have to live with them! Relief is easier than you might think! Click here for more...

Whether you live in a climate with cold winter weather or you are planning a ski trip up north, winter can be a challenge if...

Diabetes is becoming much more prevalent around the globe. According to the International Diabetes Federation, approximately 425 million adults were living with diabetes in the...

Attention members of the uniformed services: Your TRICARE insurance is about to give you even more coverage! Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP)...

Have you heard of the eye disease with no symptoms? Scary right? It’s true--in it’s early stages, diabetic eye disease won’t give you any sign...

Brush Up Before You Dress Up Halloween is one of the most fun times of the year for children and adults alike. When else do...

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is the largest network of breast cancer awareness events in the nation. For the second year, EYEcenter decided to join...

October is Contact Lens Safety Month. Good habits and proper contact lens care can prevent infection and keep your eyes and vision safe, comfortable, healthy...

Besides giving you the most thorough eye care with the most advanced methods, EYEcenter Optometric’s goal is to employ the best doctors. We’re so excited...

World Sight Day (WSD) is an international day of awareness, held annually on the second Thursday of October to focus attention on the global issue...

October is “Contact Lens Safety Awareness Month” and EYEcenter is taking steps to educate our patients in the best ways to care for their eyes...

Regular exercise is an essential component of overall health and wellness. It is proven that exercise reduces sickness and disease; it increases strength, immunity, and...

Screen Time Pros and Cons Whether it is homework, email, gaming, chatting with friends, searching the web or watching Youtube, kids these days seem to...

Getting old doesn’t have to be synonymous with vision loss. There is a lot you can do to keep your eyes and vision healthy and...

EYEcenter Optometric is excited to be offering a Sports Vision Screening Event on October 6, 2018, at our Gold River location (2200 Sunrise Boulevard, Suite...

What Is Progressive Myopia? Nearsightedness or myopia is one of the most prevalent eye disorders worldwide and its incidence is increasing. In fact by 2050,...

It’s that time of year again. Back to school and back to learning! We know you care about giving your kids the best tools for...

What are the dangers of an Online Eye Test EYEcenter Optometric - What are the dangers of an Online Eye Test, Citrus Heights, California An...

Three vision issues unrelated to glasses that could be affecting your child’s ability to learn We all know vision and learning are linked. Our eyes...

Healthy eyes and good vision are essential for your child’s growth and development. In fact, learning is 80% visual, which means a child’s success in...

At EYEcenter we know our patients like to be informed. We get a lot of questions regarding the differences between our various roles at the...

College Student Eye Care Help EYEcenter Optometric - College Student Eye Care Help, Citrus Heights, California It’s almost back to school time for college students...

July is UV Awareness Month. UV rays can come from many directions. They radiate directly from the sun, but they are also reflected from the...

Why You Shouldn’t Rub Your Eyes EYEcenter Optometric - Why You Shouldn’t Rub Your Eyes, Citrus Heights, California While it may seem like a harmless...

Migraine Awareness Month: An ocular migraine is any migraine headache that involves a visual disturbance such as flashes of light, seeing stars or zigzags or...

Cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss in the United States, and the leading cause of blindness in the world. A condition that commonly...

Sure, sunglasses might add the final touches to your chic ensemble, but the real reason to purchase your shades is to protect your eyes from...

Your vision is one of the first senses you may notice changing as you get older. Age-related eye diseases such as macular degeneration and cataracts...

Think about this: We use our eyes to take in 90% of everything going on around us. All other senses combined are just ten percent....

Vision is a critical component to succeed as an athlete and this doesn’t just mean having 20/20 vision. There are a number of visual processes...

From the moment you wake up until you go to bed at night, your eyes are working to bring you the world. In fact, they...

While we all know that regular eye exams can help detect warning signs of disease and prevent vision loss, many people fail to seek medical...

April is Women’s Eye Health Month in the USA and May is Healthy Vision month in Canada too, so let’s take the opportunity to look...

Did you know that 90% of sports eye injuries are avoidable? Take the following steps to avoid them. Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month is dedicated...

If you want strong, healthy eyes and clear vision for life, a major step you can take is to protect your eyes from UV radiation. ...

Three beautiful new frames. Four trendy colors. Sounds great right? But the newest line of eyewear at EYEcenter has even more to offer. Level glasses...

We all experience the occasional eyelid twitch, which is when the muscle of the eyelid spasms involuntarily. Usually, it comes and goes without intervention and...

Dr. Fred Fuerst founded the first EYEcenter in Sacramento in 1960. Back then Dr. Fred imagined a mix of quality care, family values, and compassion...

Educate yourself on ways to protect vision on the job The dangers of blue light, digital devices and vision, and eye injury prevention are all...

Infant Eyesight Despite nine months of growth in utero, babies are not born with fully developed eyes and vision - just like they can't walk...

It’s that time of the year again. Each February, the optometric community bands together to create awareness about age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is a...

Light yet stable, precise yet dynamic. Harmonious in shapes, efficient in function. EYEcenter is excited to bring you LOOK—the handmade frame line custom designed for...

AMD is the leading cause of vision loss in Americans over 50 years old. Know your health and family history, and educate yourself on this...

At this time of year when the sun sets early, many people are affected by night blindness. Night blindness or nyctalopia refers to difficulty seeing at...

It’s a problem only those who wear glasses understand. You’re trying to take a selfie, but every time it seems like there’s a large glare...

If your child has myopia (nearsightedness), you're probably wondering if there’s a cure — or at least something that can be done to slow its...

It’s that time of year again. January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, a time set aside each year to create awareness about this potentially devastating...

With cold winter temperatures come wind, dry indoor air and blasting heat, all of which can be annoying to your eyes. In fact, this season...

While most people have sunglasses high on their packing list for a tropical vacation, many people don’t consider it as much of a priority for...

Glaucoma can take your sight away. January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, an important time to spread the word about this prevalent, sight-stealing disease. Glaucoma...

As the season to deck the halls arrives, make sure that you aren’t one of the many people who find themselves celebrating in the urgent...

The movement of our eyes tells a lot about where our attention is and what our brain is doing. Where do we look? What do...

Vision Therapy Success Story: Bryson Most children have no idea how they are supposed to see. When they have double vision, when words jump around...

Too often, accidents involving children and toys occur and may result in eye injuries. Each year, thousands of children age 14 and younger suffered serious...

The New Year is coming and many people include healthier eating and exercise in their resolutions for the year ahead. Well other than weight loss...

Between all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, you can spend a lot of money.  Gifts, parties, clothes, travel – the list goes...

November 14th is World Diabetes Day. This year, the theme of World Diabetes Day is women and diabetes - our right to a healthy future....

EYEcenter Optometric prides itself on staying ahead of the curve. From advanced methods in vision care to the latest technology, we always aim to stay...

November is Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month. EYEcenter wants our patients to love and preserve their vision, whether they have diabetes or not--but during this...

October is World Blindness Awareness Month, an initiative started to help the public to understand the realities of visual impairment and how it affects the...

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is the largest network of breast cancer awareness events in the nation. This year, EYEcenter decided to join the Sacramento...

If you have trouble handling soft contacts when trying to put them on your eye, often it could be because you're blinking before the lens...

Halloween is almost here, and the desire to take your costume to the next level can sometimes involve decorative contact lenses. Whether you’re dressing up...

Vision and learning are intimately related. In fact, experts say that roughly 80 percent of what a child learns in school is information that is...

Dry, gritty eyes are no fun, and the effects they can have on your vision and quality of life are significant. Dry eye is one...

Every good pair of eyes eventually gets old and with age comes a condition called presbyopia. Presbyopia, which usually begins to set in some time...

We Provide Advanced Eye Care for Glaucoma Glaucoma describes a type of ocular disease that causes damage to your optic nerve and destroys your quality...

EYEcenter Optometric Helps Kids Reach the Top of the Class There’s a strong association between sharp eyesight and successful classroom learning. According to education experts,...

Everyone, regardless of age or physical condition, is recommended to go for regular eye exams. Thorough evaluations of your eye health and vision by EYEcenter...

Many people love the convenience and quality vision of contact lenses. If you are interested in wearing lenses instead of eyeglasses, we’ll help you with...

Our expert eye doctor, Dr. Lee, is committed to providing you with the best vision possible. He will perform a detailed eye exam to check...

If you are over 40, chances are you need reading glasses (or you will soon!). You can purchase these eyeglasses on your own from a...

EYEcenter Optometric provides much more for your eyes than eyeglasses and contact lenses! Our optometrist Dr. Lee, in Folsom, Rocklin, Citrus Heights & Gold River...

Learn How Contact Lenses are Made Contact lenses are immensely popular, with a wide variety of types to fit almost every individual and their vision...

Dr. Randall Fuerst is our resident expert on dry eye disease and treatment. Dry eye has historically been associated with older patient demographics, but symptoms...

Even if you don’t have any eye or vision problems, the natural process of aging affects your ability to see and react to visual stimuli....

How many hours each day do you spend staring at a screen of some sort? One? Three? Five? More? EYEcenter wants you to know what...

Dr. Lilley is our resident specialist on myopia (nearsightedness) and myopia control. When Dr. Lilley learned that you could improve eyesight without glasses using a...

Most children have no idea how they are supposed to see. When they have double vision, when words jump around the page in a book,...

Did you know that 90% of sports eye injuries are avoidable? Take the following steps to avoid them. Most fall sports are well underway by...

Many teens who wear glasses are eager to try out contact lenses for convenience, fashion or to just provide another option for vision correction.

EYEcenter’s Dr. John Coen reflects on his recent ministry trip, performing eye exams in Tijuana EYEcenter’s Dr. John Coen has just returned from his annual...

Starting August 21st, we'll be selecting one lucky person every week this back to school season to win a free pair of Ray-Ban or Nike...

What’s it like to be color blind? Contrary to what the name implies, color blindness usually does not actually mean that you don’t see any...

With back-to-school time around the corner, parents will be scrambling to buy new school supplies and clothes. As they tick off their long list of...

Tips on how to safely view this once-in-a-lifetime event On Aug. 21, millions of people in the U.S. will see day turn to night as...

On August 21st, for the first time since 1979, a solar eclipse will be visible across North America. What's even more historic is that it...

Light sensitivity, also known as photophobia, is a condition in which bright light - either natural sunlight or artificial light -  can cause significant discomfort,...

What Exactly Is a Black Eye? A black eye, also known as a periorbital hematoma, is usually not an injury of the actual eye (which...

Question:  So how does the Vision Therapy process start at your practice? Does a parent come to you and say that their child is skipping...

It's National Cataract Awareness Month According to the World Health Organization, cataracts are responsible for 51% of cases of blindness worldwide - although this blindness...

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You Don’t Have to Live With Dry Eyes Have you noticed that your eyes feel chronically dry, itchy, scratchy or even sometimes watery? Many people...

Eye Doctors Weigh In: How Smoking Can Harm Your Vision & Eye Health We all know that smoking is bad for you, especially the risks that...

We Interviewed Dr. Fuerst, a leading expert in Vision Therapy. Question: Dr. Fuerst, please explain to us, what is vision therapy? Dr. Fuerst: In a nutshell,...

In honor of Sjogren’s Awareness month, eye care providers are helping to spread the word to increase awareness about this hard-to-diagnose disease. Sjogren’s is a...

Hey women! Did you know that women are more likely to suffer from vision problems and are at higher risk of permanent vision loss than...

There is nothing worse than a dirty spot on your glasses - well except perhaps many dirty spots or smudges. When that happens, most of...

Workplace Eye Safety Month Blue light. Do you know what it is? Do you know where it comes from, or how it can be harmful...

It is normal to encounter exceedingly dry eyes after a flight. Known for having an exceptionally dry environment, plane travel can create significant irritation to...

Eye color is a hereditary trait that depends on the genes of both parents, as well as a little bit of mystery. The color of...

Your toddler may show every sign of good eyesight including the ability to see objects in the distance, however that doesn't necessarily mean that he...

Age-related macular degeneration is a serious condition that can threaten your vision and general well-being. Characterized by the deterioration of the central area of the...

Dr. Joseph Lilley earned his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Oregon and went on to complete his Doctorate of Optometry at Pacific...

Now and then we just can't seem to create enough tears or our tears don't have the correct qualities to keep our eyes healthy and...

Make your resolution for healthy vision this year with increased awareness of the leading cause of blindness worldwide.

This is the one way you can be sure that you or your child’s eyes are truly safe during Nerf shooting:

Despite the fact that it is one of the most common eye problems, a surprisingly large percentage of patients are not aware of it.

Chances are it affects you or someone you know. November has been dedicated as a time to spread awareness about the disease, its risk factors and the effects it has on your body, your daily life and the lives of your loved ones.

Red, itchy, watery eyes and swollen eyelids (along with sneezing, congestion or a runny nose)...

Most people wouldn’t consider contact lenses dangerous. In fact, they are a great alternative to glasses, offering convenience and great vision for those who wear...

90%! That’s the number of sports eye injuries that studies show can be prevented using proper eye protection.  Yet most sports leagues don’t require protective...

Fall into SAVINGS!  Designer Frame Showcase, Saturday, October 1st, 2016 from 10 AM to 2 PM.

Researchers help mice with destroyed optic nerves to see again. ‪ TIME.COM #‎youreyecenter‬...

Supplements can help maintain or even improve upon the benefits of nutrients in a healthful diet.

We invite you to take a look around our new site to get to know our practice and learn about eye and vision health. You...

Conjunctivitis, also called pink eye, is one of the most frequently seen eye diseases, especially in kids. It can be caused by viruses, bacteria or...