With the fall sports season well underway with football, soccer, field hockey, Mitchell Fineman, MD discusses with Healio the importance of protective eye wear and treatment to sports-related eye injuries. “There are many types of situations where the injury might appear as a run-of-the-mill injury, but there’s something more serious going on,” Fineman stresses, who is the ophthalmologists for the Philadelphia Eagles. “Early diagnosis and treatment can prevent long-term permanent damage to the eye.”