Pure power mouthguard?

DrStrangelove

DrStrangelove

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i was just watching monday night football and jon gruden starting raving on and on about these special mouthguards the Saints were wearing that apparently made the players more flexible and gave them better balance and made them more resistant to neck/back/shoulder injuries
it sounded like total bullshit, but they were swearing by it, and since i was considering going with a mouthguard this year for skiing it definitely piqued my interest...until i found out that they can be like 2 grand
anyway, anyone heard of these things before? apparently theyve been out for a year or two...if i could find a way to get one for like $50 instead of $2000 i might consider it, assuming they do what they claim to do
 
Seriously? Man, I had never even heard of such a thing, but at that price I would say don't worry about it. Mouthgurads are really only designed to keep you from biting your tongue and chipping your teeth. Buy a boil and bite from mmawarehouse or something.
 
^ i mean i can get the same thing from sports authority for like 2 bucks without having to order it, i used to do that every year for high school
point is the technology they were talking about would be suuuuper sweet if it's actually legitimate...but yeah, definitely cost-prohibitive, which is why im saying if they eventually get down to
 
There were those things that baseball players have begun to wear that are the weird, vibrating titanium necklace thing that supposedly keep your neck from getting strained and shit. They were developed in Japan but I can't for the life of me remember the name of the company. I don't know, stuff like this could be real, but how could they been any different than the boil and bite mouth guard?
 
They do a bit more than that but yeah that's the gist of it. They work pretty well at reducing concussions by cushioning the impact between your top and bottom jaw when you get wrecked doing whatever you're doing. That said, you only have to pay a small amount to get one that will do all that
 
Technology like this does actually work. I wear a Phiten necklace that helps reduce pain in my neck, and my aunt is a distributor for another company that makes bracelets and they are amazing. It improved my balance so much.
 
My buddies mom works for a company that makes bracelets like that. I tried it on and did a balance test thing and it seemed to work. Did a longboarding run with it on and didn't feel any different. He wears one all the time and says he feels funny and sluggish now when he takes it off.
 
Under Armour's New Recovery Suit

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Wednesday, 15 Jul 2009 | 3:43 PM ET

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has made a living out of growing niche markets into big industries. But

I was shocked when I was flipping through a catalogue last week and saw

an ad for Recharge.

It’s

a compression suit that the company has designed for athletes to wear

for 24 hours after their big workouts. Under Armour says it helps

reduce swelling and soreness time and re-energizes the body for the

next workout.

“Right

now we’re seeing this on athletes across all major sports leagues --

NHL, NFL and MLB -- so it’s starting at the top level,” said David Ayers, Under Armour’s director of product creation.

“But

this is a science that can benefit all athletes, from guys and girls

just getting off the couch for the first time and are just going out

for a run and feeling aches and pains the next day. It’s as much for

them as it is for the world class athlete.”

Under

Armour worked with the University of Connecticut to test athletes and

to support the claims for this product. For optimal results, the

company recommends athletes put it on within two hours of finishing a

workout and wear it for 24 hours.

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The Under Armour "recharge" recovery suit

Both

the top ($99.99) and the leggings ($89.99) are being sold separately

and could be seen as steeply priced in this economy. Ayers says the

cost is all relative.

“Amortizing over the life of this garment, it’s more than going to bring your money back,” Ayers said. “Taking away the aches and pains the next day -– certainly there’s a huge advantage there.”

The

potential is great if Under Armour can create the need for more

post-workout recovery gear, a market that doesn’t really exist at this

time. If it takes a while to be embraced, Ayers says that Under

Armour’s ability to be more nimble than other companies will play a

role.

Said Ayers: “We

can scale this as it grows and we can help it in its early adoption and

introduction phase and as it reaches new customers, we can scale the

operation to provide it to all athletes.”
 
all mouthgaurds prevent back and neck injurys and concussions and chipping teeth/ bitting tongue mouth gaurds absord shock from an impact
 
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