by Mark Davis Optician | Sep 29, 2016 | Blog, Eye Health, Health
We’ve been training for years for our upcoming charity event…well, who doesn’t like cake?! After last year’s huge success with our Macmillan Coffee morning at our Spondon branch, on the 30th September this year we’re going to be holding a coffee morning at both our...
by Mark Davis Optician | Sep 20, 2016 | Blog, Eye Health, Health
Anyone that suffers from migraine will sympathise greatly with CJ. Reading her blog really paints a picture of how debilitating this condition is, and also gives an indication of how it can strike out completely unexpectedly. I am one of the fortunates that is not...
by Mark Davis Optician | Sep 6, 2016 | Blog, Eye Health, Health
I suffer from migraines! Not often thankfully but severely about 2-3 times a year, since I was young. I will never forget my first diagnosis at the family GP back in the early eighties when my mother, whom I was sitting next to, was told I probably just didn’t like...
by Mark Davis Optician | Jun 22, 2016 | Blog, Eye Care, Eye Health
After writing ‘Trials & Tribulations of a Screen’, I came across an article that I found very interesting, discussing Computer Vision Syndrome. I therefore decided to spend a little time chatting about it. What the article was saying was that if your work...
by Mark Davis Optician | Apr 13, 2016 | Blog, Eye Health, Eye Wear
Last weekend, from the 9th to the 11th April was Optrafair. This is the annual Optical Exhibition at the NEC Birmingham, and I love to go. It is a chance to catch up with the latest lens technologies and see the latest frame styles; there is some amazing eyewear...
by Mark Davis Optician | Mar 18, 2016 | Blog, Eye Health
How long do you spend looking at a computer screen? I bet, if you’re honest with yourself it can easily be an hour a day. “I was only checking my emails.” “Just looking something up.” And this is if you don’t spend your working life in...