Is There An Oral-Systemic Component To Athletic Performance?

      "Read and Watch"

A question to ask yourself about your play: on-the-field, on-the-court and on-the-ice?

It takes months of preparation to prime an athlete for competition. It involves attitiude, perserverance, rigorous training, practice time, nutrition and hydration regime, strength and conditioning, physical therapy especially as it relates to posture, balance, the influence of the muscle patterning and kinetematic body movement necessary for your sport. Your head coach and assistant coaches expertise, understanding what it takes to win and the studying of your opponent's strategies and how they might execute their game plan against you. The role of your certified athletic trainer with respect to preventive services, clinical evaluation of diagnosis, immediate treatment care, rehabilitation, recovery and reconditioning. "It truly takes a village" to get a team ready to compete.

You are in your best shape for game-time execution to succeed.

Still with that said - Can your prep and performance be improved upon with something as simple as a new mouthguard?

If you have dysfunction related to the teeth, TMJ and muscles of mastication can dysfunctional movement show up elsewhere in the body?

We utilize MORA Theory in the Form of a Type IV Mouthguard taking into consideration:

Dental Occlusion

TMJ

Body Asymmetry

Cranio-Mandibular-Cervical Relationship as it relates to Posterior Rotation of the Cranium

We prefer athletes bring their current mouthguards so that we can pre-test to see if our device works better.  We believe it makes no sense to purchase a new mouthguard if you do not need to. Why even consider changing from your current mouthguard if it is working best for you and your sport?

So could putting a new mouthguard in your mouth be one more

"Tool in your Toolbox" to give you an additional edge over your opponent?

To understand the possibility of a change in your upper-to-lower jaw position to your own body dynamics watch the following videos below.

What these videos show is that:

     1. The mouthguard as the only variable in the exercises is all that alters                  the athlete's ability to facilitate better these exercises.

      2. The mouthguard as the only variable in the exercises is all that is                      changing the skeletal and muscular physiology of the athlete.

      3.  If you are an athlete wearing a mouthguard or a mouthpiece during competition and it does not allow you to reproduce these changes you see in strength, breathing, flexibilty and balance, then you should at least reconsider getting a new mouthguard/mouthpiece. You may need a new "TOOL" for your "TOOLBOX".

Proceed to watch the videos below:

If you are interested in more information please Click Here to e-mail us your information: 

- Under appointment information select "Other" to describe the nature of your appointment include: childs name, your sport, your age (athletes should at least 16 1/2 yo) and we will get back to you.

Procedure For Mouthguard:

1. If you are under 18 yo you must be accompanied by a parent.

2. You must fill out a Health History.

3. Be pre-tested to see if you are a good candidate for mouthguard.

4. Oral examination followed by dental impression of your teeth.

5. Return in 2-3 weeks:

6. Fitted with mouthguard

7. Testing criteria with or without your current Boil/Bite mouthguards

8. Leave with mouthguard.-->