Eye Care on the Ridge - Wytheville

08/24/2021

The Wytheville location is having phone problems which are being addressed. Please stay patient with us. You are welcome to contact us through Facebook, or leave a message and we will return the call when the phones are up.

08/11/2021

There's still time to get your student in for an eye exam before school starts! Give us a call (276) 223-0242

Also, excited to announce being awarded the UAB Excellence in Business Top 25! Great staff is the secret to success! Take a look at the links below.

https://www.uab.edu/optometry/home/about/news/alumni/graduates-receive-uab-excellence-in-business-award

https://alumni.uab.edu/s/1881/alumni19/interior.aspx?sid=1881&gid=2&pgid=617

Shad Wheatley, OD, and Warren Gwynn, OD, have won a UAB Excellence in Business Top 25 Award given by the UAB National Alumni Society. The two graduated from the UAB School of Optometry in 2002 and 2014, respectively, and are owners of Eye Care on the Ridge.

09/29/2020

Happy Fall Y'all

08/15/2020

Let us help slow your child's nearsightedness.

NIH-funded clinical trial provides independent evidence that multifocal contact lenses reduce worsening nearsightedness.

01/10/2019

They call it the silent thief of sight because by the time a person notices loss of vision from glaucoma it is hard to keep it from taking everything. Yet, with regular exams, it is easily diagnosed, and it is generally easy to treat if it is caught early.

10/20/2018

Good things coming!

You won't jump for joy when you're told you need hearing aids or cataract surgery. But get this: Both appear to slow mental decline in older adults.

08/11/2018

Good reminders for healthy contact lens wear.

08/04/2018

Exciting new experiments...

Wills Eye Hospital Sponsors First U.S. "Early Feasibility Study" of a New Implantable Device for Blind Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients News provided by Wills Eye Hospital Aug 01, 2018, 09:03 ET Share this article PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Wills Eye Hospital has been given Food and Dru...

06/08/2018

http://www.aoa.org/news/

In 2016, doctors of optometry diagnosed more than 320,000 cases of diabetic retinopathy in patients who did not know they had diabetes.Read more >

05/09/2018

Using new technologies to track how vision guides foot placement, researchers come one step closer in determining what is going on in the brain while we walk, paving the way for better treatment for mobility impairments -- strokes, aging and Parkinson's -- and technology development -- prosthetics a...