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| Mr. Mike Yamamori ,Kick
Boxer （Heavyweight）(PRK) |
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Born on August 11, 1975 in Los Angeles, CA,
USA, Mike Yamamori is training at Ihara Do-Jo for the Professional
Kick Boxing K-1 match. His father introduced Shaolin Temple
Chinese boxing to the United States and Mike has been practicing
the Chinese boxing since 3-year old. At the age of 16, he obtained
3-Dan in Shaolin Temple Chinese boxing. K-1 World Max 2003’s
winner, 魔裟斗(masato) belongs to the Ihara Jyu-Do,.
| DATA |
R |
L |
| Pre-Op |
0.04
(20/500) |
0.04
(20/500) |
| Post-Op |
1.5
(20/13.5) |
1.5
(20/13.5) |
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| Why
did you decide to have vision correction, PRK? |
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 Kick
Boxing is involved with punches and kicks and as a boxer, most
important things are vision to follow moving body, ability to
react quickly, and focuses. My vision before the refractive
correction was 0.04 and I had a hard time gauging the distance
of my partner. It is too late to react once you see your opponent‘s
boxing gloves. I had many experiences where I lost my concentration
and confidence because of my inability to see my match on the
ring. My coach tells me that vision is the most important thing
in boxing, but I was not able to wear contact lenses or glasses
to the matches. Then, a friend of mine told me about vision
correction methods such as “LASIK” and ”ＰＲＫ”.
 If
my vision will be recovered enough to be a confident boxer,
I wanted to give it a try. There are two types of refractive
eye surgeries; “LASIK” which create flap and “PRK” without flap.
For someone like me who plays hardcore sports such as boxing,
martial arts, etc. is recommended to have "PRK" done
in order to avoid displacement of flap.
※flap is created by arbitration of your cornea and works as
a cap
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| Why I chose
Kobe Clnic |
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| To me selecting the right clinic where I could
trust was my priority to have my "PRK" done. I heard
about the Kobe Clinic from my acquaintance and I started my
own research. It turned out that Kobe Clinic offers “Life Time
Guarantee” and is affiliated with Dr. Alan Berg in Los Angeles,
California, where many of Kobe Clinic’s physicians are trained
at, it made me to believe that this is the clinic that I can
truly trust to have my surgery done at. |
| The day
of the surgery |
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| Although I educated myself well enough about the
"PRK" from the staff at Kobe Clinic, to tell you the
truth, I was not fearless as my surgery date came closer. But
on the day of the surgery, staff at the clinic welcomed me with
smiles and my anxiety prior to the surgery was gone. During
the surgery, I heard friendly voice from clinical staff reminding
me that everything was going well. After I was told to focus
on the red light, then the light turned into blue. Soon after
that, I was told that my surgery was over. I was astonished
how quickly the surgery was completed. |
| "PRK"
changed my life! |
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| (At the match) |
Currently I have well above 20/20 vision for both eyes. Right
after the treatment, my sights were little blurry but now with
my clear sights, I could focus on my match lot better than I
used to be. I have a better sense of depth and developed punching
skills, which give me tremendous confidence on the ring. As
for my personal life, I no longer have to deal with glassed
and contact lenses; PRK really changed my life and it was one
of the best decisions I made. |
| Won the
first match after PRK! |
|
 On
June 12, Mike Yamamori had his first match after his PRK and
won the match! He said that thanks to PRK, he was able to focus
much better and gave himself a 100%.
Dr. Yoshida from the Kobe Clinic congratulated Mike Yamamori
after the match.
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