Hello, I have only sparred a little but everytime my contact lenses (daily disposible) get knocked out due to punches/sweat. This is very disorientating and also embarrasing when I have to try to pick it out from behind my eye if it hasn't popped out completly. Is there a solution to this like maybe sport lenses or something?

Hello, I have only sparred a little but everytime my contact lenses (daily disposible) get knocked out due to punches/sweat. This is very disorientating and also embarrasing when I have to try to pick it out from behind my eye if it hasn't popped out completly. Is there a solution to this like maybe sport lenses or something?

Laser eye surgery/Lasik?

Not that I've found. If you can take them out, and the guy in front doesn't become a giant blur, just dump them before training. Put in some fresh ones afterwards or bring your backup glasses for the drive home.

Ok I guess I will just have to bring spares.. I thought that there would be ones that didnt fall out maybe. Laser surgery is my goal but I need a bit more cash first. :P

If you're like me and can't see well enough to strike without the lenses in, keep your chin tucked, hands up, and shoulders rolled. Proper posture will go a long way towards keeping your lenses in.

Also Indy's advice is good, keep spare lenses and/or glasses with you at all time.

And NEVER put a lens back in if it falls out. Seriously. Put it in a case or, even better, toss it, but don't put it back in.

If you buy daily disposables you can take a few with you, as putting contact lenses back in is really bad for the eyes. For some reason my contact lenses stay put now days, but they used to come out quite alot.

I've only had a contact fall out once at practice, and it was when rolling in BJJ. Sometimes, I've had them get stuck up somewhere to the side or something, then drop back in position a little later, usually by just blinking, but sometimes I need to go to a mirror and pull it to the correct position.

I only sometimes wear them, I like having them but I don't per say need them.

I find that the main way for contacts fall out is when I rub my eyes. I thought they were going to fall out all the time at practice but this hasn't been my experience. Focus Dailies is the brand I use, I prefer them over the one other brand I've tried because I find them easier to put in.

I'd recommend having spares with you too, in case one falls out

I would recommend trying to not wear them if this is possible. I wear glasses and have no choice but to take them off for training, but I would recommend training without them. I know several people that are legally blind, but are competant strikers just due to the fact that they learned "where to hit the blur" so to speak. If that doesn't work, I would go with the extra pair option mentioned before.

I wear monthly-disposables and I've only had one come out once. It stuck on my opponents glove after he sneaked a cross in over my jab.

And NEVER put a lens back in if it falls out. Seriously. Put it in a case or, even better, toss it, but don't put it back in.

I hate to ask, because it's pretty stupid, but why can't you put it back in? Simply because it's dirty? What if you grab it out from your eye before it commpletely falls out and hits the mat?

If it comes out and you are covered in sweat (plus bacteria and dirt if it falls on the ground), then it can sting a bit when you put it back, assuming you don't clean it first. One of mine popped out last night just from sweat getting in my eyes. I cleaned it, put it back in, and all was well. If it is something that happens often for you, it's just better to leave them off when you train.

I hate to ask, because it's pretty stupid, but why can't you put it back in? Simply because it's dirty? What if you grab it out from your eye before it commpletely falls out and hits the mat?
Because the eye, eyelids, and all eye-related products are a perfect pathway to absorb bacteria quickly and efficiently (moist, open to blood barrier, etc.) and are difficult to treat topically. Ever seen a bad staph infection? Remember that Randleman picture? Imagine that, but on your eyeball.

If it hits the mat, you should toss it. Even if you pull it out with your hands, it'd be a better idea to at least put it in a case and disinfect it when you get home (toss it if it's a daily).

Alot of my sparring partners have gotten bad eye infection from putting them back in after they ht the mat, it's not pretty, your better off without them mate

Staph infection of the eye? Yikes...

After realizing that contacts/glasses were not really compatible with training, I looked around for alternatives.

I improved my vision from 20/90 in my left and 20/100 in my right to 20/20 in both using the exercises in this: www.rebuildyourvision.com

The rub is that you -have- to do them on a consistent basis, which to me seems like a fair trade for not having to rely on contacts or glasses.

For some reason I find that really hard to believe.