A BUSINESSMAN has swapped his office job to follow his dreams of leading groups on outdoor adventures – thanks to sleeping off his bad eyesight.

Jason Roberts left his desk job as an IT director behind to embrace being a full time outdoor instructor.

And despite leading teams in kayaking, coasteering, climbing and paddle boarding, being short-sighted is not an issue because he has benefited from a revolutionary technique to improve his eyesight – Ortho-k.

The 45-year-old has been correcting his vision as he sleeps at night, leaving him free of glasses and contact lenses during the day.

Optician Keith Tempany in Broadstone suggested the remedy when he realised glasses and daily contact lenses would not work for Jason's new thrill-seeking lifestyle where he spends a lot of time in and on the water.

Speaking as the country marks National Eye Health Week, Keith said: “We knew that Jason has an active lifestyle so felt this would be the solution. We suggested to Jason that he should try the tailor-made night time lenses, which work while you sleep, gently flattening the cornea, by less than a hair’s width, to correct short-sightedness.

“Standard contact lenses should not be worn if you are in the water and they can be problematic for people with dry eye, or who work in air conditioned offices. For them Ortho-k’s night time vision correction can be a great solution.”

Jason, from Wareham, said: “I always found normal contact lenses very uncomfortable and glasses were out of the question for me.

“I wear the lenses at night and wake up to perfect vision, leaving me free of sight correction all day.

“I have never looked back since I started using the lenses, even when I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and at 5,000m above sea level, I used Ortho-k to correct my vision and never had a problem. I could never do so many of my pursuits with glasses – people can’t believe that I wake up to better vision each day. When they get over the shock, they want to know how it works.”

Recent international studies show a strong correlation between the use of Ortho-k and the successful slowing of the progression of short-sightedness in children.

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