An optometrist from America and ex professional footballer were the guests of honour at the annual conference of the British Association of Behavioural Optometrists (BABO) in Manchester earlier this month.
Former Stoke City defender Andy Wilkinson, who suffered a brain injury while playing football, took part in the conference. Optometrist Dr Geoff Heddle, a sports vision consultant with the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team and member of the medical team of the NBA New York Knicks basketball team, also presented.
‘Dr Heddle shared so much new information on the topic of sports vision and how to assess an athlete,’ BABO chairman John Stevenson said. ‘Our BABO delegates commented on how good it was to hear new information and to learn new procedures to use in practice immediately.’
BABO held a taster session at the parallel AIO conference on behavioural optometry and Dr Heddle also gave a CET lecture on sports vision and the role vision plays in athletic performance.