A VISUAL EDGE
ARES ELITE SPORTS VISION HELPS ATHLETES PERFORM AT THEIR BEST
Sports have always been a huge passion for Dr. Joseph LaPlaca.
suggesting that such an endeavor couldn’t become a full-time business. Following optometry school, LaPlaca joined an optometry practice. Though he enjoyed helping patients, he felt a void.
“You name the sport, and I probably played it,” he says.
“After working as an optometrist for eight years, my soul was struggling,” he says.
When he was in optometry school, he dreamed of one day opening a sportsbased vision service that would help athletes perform at their best. Professors and colleagues, however, dissuaded him,
He circled back to his original dream and in July of 2018, he launched Ares Elite Sports Vision.
Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing Photographer / Kerch Creative
“Historically, athletes have great vision, but MAY 2021
