LOOKING FOR 12-20 BOYS HS VARSITY BASKETBALL PLAYERS "preferably" from "one team" to participate in an evaluation of a New Mouthguard-Device which is a Hybrid
of a MORA Splint Appliance and a MOOO PRI Splint Appliance.
to look at specific data for this project:
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1. Can a Mouthguard-Device change: an Athlete's Skeletal and Muscle Physiology as well as Airway Dynamics to Improve Athletic Performance or at least Not Hinder performance
2. Any positive and/ or Negative Results Related to: Muscle Strength, Holding Your Position Foot to Ground Platform / Core Balance, Flexibility, Better Stamina and Endurance ( especially during the last 10
minutes when most games are won or lost)
and Vertical Leaping Ability
3. Mouthguard-Device Compliance:
You Want to wear this particular MOuthguard-Device in a HS Sport "NOT MANDATING THAT YOU HAVE TO WEAR A MG", Retentive Fit, Not Chew On It,
Allow Hyration, Can Breathe,
Will Not Dislodge Upon Impact, and
Does Not Interfere With Communication
4. Can after you have trained, prepared and have played without utilizing a Mouthguard
Whether our new Mouthguard-Device could actually Improve Your Basketball Performance another 1-3-5 % besides making you Safer with Respect to Traumatic Dental Injuries
Read and Watch
How Our Mouthguard
Could Improve Your Performance
By Changing Your
Skeletal and Muscle Physiology as well as Your Airway Dymnamic
For a Basketball Player
If you have improved:
Strength, Balance, Flexiblity
as a result of:
Better Vertebral Alignment
Better Muscle Recruitment
Better Muscle Contraction
Better Grip Strength
Better Body Symmtrey
Better Core Balance
Better Foot to Ground Platform
Better Flexiblity
Better Range of Motion
Better Jumping Ability
Enhance Oxygen Flow By An Increased Airway Space
It can give you that competitive edge to be a better athlete!
Better Body Strength
Better Foot to Ground Platform
Better Stance Strength
Coordination
Run Faster
Better Focus
Better Leaping Ability
Mechanically More Efficient
Better Stamina & Endurance
Reference: Mouthguard Mysteries: Can Wearing One Really Improve Performance; LER (Lower Extemity Review); Nov 2016
My My name is Barry Portnoy
I am a Dentist from Westborough MA
I am trying to Improve HIgh School Athletes Game Time Execution either
On-the-Field or On-the-Court or On-the-Ice with
Mouthguards and Mouthpieces
My Goal hopefully is to find possible potentially highly motivated High School Baseball Players to participate who are Primarily Focused on Baseball and both work in the gym and on the practice fields year round for what sounds like an absurd Crazy Crazy Hypothesis
Go on Internet & look up:
Reference: Mouthguard Mysteries: Can Wearing One Really Improve Performance; LER (Lower Extemity Review); Nov 2016
Do Baseball players wear mouthguards? - Sportscasting by Zack Willis
Google:
Do Baseball Playersvwear Mouthguards Photos
See the Photos
then read;
Neuromuscular mouthguards hit a home run with Major League Baseball Guard Lab
Just in our initial feedback from first volunteer female senior Softball player test subject replying to new mouthguard questionnaire:
Question Do You Feel This Is Just A "Placebo Effect" and "Why"?
(In other words, your expectations of the MOUTHGUARD can have a measurable psychological effect just due to the fact you are thinking positively about it so the results may not be actual but in your mind)
Remember
YOU BOY - SHE GIRL
There are always those
GENDER-SPECIFIC ISSUES we have to deal with because of obvious STRUCTURAL; HORMONAL; and DEMONSTRATIVE differences that can skew the results
although these sports are very similar
PLEASE CONTINUE ON:
THIS NEW HYBRID MOUTHGUARD-DEVICE PROJECT IS TO SEE IF BY CHANGING THE JAW RELATION OF THE ATHLETE WHETHER WE CAN ENHANCE HIS PERFORMANCE AND GIVE THE ATHLETE A COMPETITIVE EDGE ELSEWHERE IN THE BODY AS IT RELATES TO SKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY, MUSCLE PHYSIOLOGY, FHP, AND CHANGES IN AIRWAY SPACE HE DID NOT HAVE BEFORE PLAYING WITH NO MOUTHDEVICE.
WATCH THIS VIDEOS FIRST
THEN PROCEED TO READ
IF YOU ARE STILL INTERESTED
We can only improve an athlete's performance if he has dysfunction in his Head and Neck and Occlusion that we can see as a result of Body Asymmetry
If that is the case than we can performance enhance the athlete
Where do we start this process
1. We know what it looks like when your posture is out of wack and you have a poor bite
2. If you stand in front of the athlete, he is a good candidate for this project if you will notice at least 2 of the following:
For a Right Handed Dominant Athlete
1. Head is Not Centered over his Spine
His Head is Tilted to the Left and Forward
2. He Has a Rounding of His Shoulders
3. His Right Shoulder is Lower than his Left
4. His Left Hip is Lower than his Right Hip
5. His Left Knee is Lower than his Right Knee
6. His Rib Cage is Not Symmetrical (This decreases lung capacity and negatively affects Stamina. A decreased lung capacity also decrease oxygen to the brain. This decreases an athltete's ability to concentration and focus under stress.)
7. This Body Asymmetry, Vertebral Mal-Aligment Hinders Athletic Performance
8. FHP Forward Head Posture is the Archiles Heal
9. Is there any Dental Midline Asymmetry
10. Is there any TMJ Dysfunction
11. A Great Athlete's Compensates for thisAdaptive Mechanisms Kicks in and without Knowing to Compensate the Neck starts coming Forward. Again, we are back to the FHP Forward Head Posture Issues
12. Once we can show him something different, it is like a "OOH" moment. We can Improve his Efficiency and Mechanically for Game Time Execution
HOW DOES THIS BASEBALL PROJECT HYPOTHOSIS WORK:
IF AN ATHLETE HAS
CRANIO-MANDIBULAR-CERVICAL
(HEAD-NECK-C SPINE)
(OCCIPUT-C1-C2)
ISSUES (AS A RESULT OF WHEN THE BITE IS INHIBITING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HEAD & NECK POSITION)
BY USING A MOUTHGUARD TO MANAGE OCCIPUT TO CERVICAL VERTEBRAL POSITION CAN WE ALTER SKELETAL AND MUSCULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND AIRWAY DYNAMICS TO GIVE THE ATHLETE
BETTER VERTEBRAL ALIGNMENT
BETTER MUSCLE RECRUITMENT
BETTER OXYGEN / CARBON DIOXIDE
EXCHANGE
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT
CAN WE IMPROVE THE ATHLETES
STRENGTH
FLEXIBILITY
BALANCE
RANGE OF MOTION
STAMINA AND ENDURANCE
DURING GAME TIME EXECUTION
We use a combination of a MORA TMJ Appliance Theory and a PRI MOOO MANDIBULAR OCCIPITAL OCCLUSAL ORTHODIC Splint Appliance Neutral Theory Positioning Incorprated into a Type III Mouthpiece taking into consideration:
Your Age: It works best we find if you are at least 16 1/2 years old
Dental Occlusion
TMJ
Body Asymmetry
Vertebral Alignment
Muscle Recruitment
Cranio-Mandibular-Cervical Relationship as it relates to Posterior Rotation of the Cranium and Forward Head Posture
FINALLY: SEE THESE VIDEOS
How important is Skeletal Alignment as it affects the Muscle Physiology of an athlete to help him perform better?
How Important is Flexibiltiy to an Athlete?
How Important is BETTER Vertebral Alignment to an Athlete?
WATCH BELOW and SEE WHY it can be important.
A Mouthguard Is the Only Variable In Changing His Skeletal and Muscle Physiology!
How Important Is Strength To An Athlete?
Is A Stronger Athlete Better Than A Weaker Athlete?
Is A Stronger Baseball Player Better Than A Weaker Baseball Player?
How Important is BETTER Vertebral Alignment to an Athlete?
How Important is Breathing To An Athlete?
We Will Control Your Airway Space Opening Through Our Mouthguard So That We Can Help You Breathe Easier Thorughout The Game. So When You Need To DIg Deeper During The Last 10 Minutes When Most Games Are Won Or Lost You Will Have An Advantage
How Important is BETTER Vertebral Alignment for an Athlete?
With respect to this Baseball project:
To Give Athlete A Competitive Edge
Playing At Your Optimal "FIXED JAW POSITION"
Goals: "With Mouth Device As Only Variables"
1. Can we Visually Alter the Athlete's FHP and Postural
Chain for Better Vertebral Alignment and
Muscle Recruitment
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".
2. Can we Make a Baseball Player Stronger Functionally and More Mechanically Efficient
3. Can we Improve his
Body Symmetry - Vertebral Alignment
Grip Mechanics - Stronger Muscle Recruitment
Stance Mechanics - Balance Foot to Ground Platform
Swing Mechanics - Flexibilty
Hand-Eye-Ball Coordination - Posture
Hit Ball Harder - Strength
Hit Ball Farther - Strength
Run Faster - Body Symmetry
Increase Pitch Velocity - Range of Motion
4. Does Athlete Want To Wear a Mouthpiece in High School Sports Not Requiring One?
5. Are Mouthpieces Devices Results Placebo or Real?
6. Does Athlete has any Positive or Negative comments
about wearing the Mouthpiece Device?
7. Do you feel your Performance Improved by 1-2-3-5% or Hindered your Performance?
Procedure; More info on website www.brportnoydmd.com
1. To fill out a health history.
2. If you are under 18 yo. your parent must fill out your health history and sign in person before you can participate. Min. age requirement 15 ½ yo. due to growth and development issues of jaws.
3. Attend a 1 hour lecture about why and what we believe you will experience with respect to skeletal and physiological changes in your body that might occur.
3. You will go through a preliminary test to see if you would be a good candidate for this project.
4. Have an oral examination of your teeth.
5. Have a dental impression taken of your upper teeth (or have your family dentist take an impression and mail it to me)
6. Return for equilibration of the new mouth device once it is fabricated. Photographs of the mouth device positioned in your mouth as well as videos displaying exercises related to changes in muscle strength or breathing dynamics or flexibility or balance.
7. You give Dr. Portnoy the right to show any of the above and photographs of you on the field with and without the mouth device for lecture, demonstration and educational purposes.
8. You will fill out a 2 page subjective evaluation form and return it after season is over.
9. You may opt out of project at anytime: If device hinders your play; You prefer to go back wearing your old mouthguard; Or by just returning the mouth device.
10. There are no financial cost to participants. Must involve a Adult Elected Liaison Parent for Dr Portnoy
Thanks for listening
Dr Portnoy
Call: 508-366-1700
Continue to Read Below!
Can Mouthguards Impact Athletic Performance?
What these videos below 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.
- Proceed to watch the videos below:
How important is Skeletal Alignment as it affects the Muscle Physiology of an athlete?
WATCH BELOW and SEE WHY it can be important.
A Mouthguard Is the Only Variable In Changing His Skeletal and Muscle Physiology!
How Important is Balance to an Athlete?
How Important Is Strength To An Athlete?
Is A Stronger Athlete Better Than A Weaker Athlete?
We believe if we can change for the athlete a better Crania-Mandibular-Cervical relationship as it relates posterior rotation of the cranium with its resultant FHP (Forward Head Posture), rounded shoulders, body asymmetry, lack of a reproducible maxilla-mandibular organic midline, Improper TMJ position all resultant from that posterior rotation of the cranium then and only then can we:
Improve their Vertebral Alignment
which in turn makes the athlete
Stronger as a result of a better Muscle Contraction and Grip Strength.
Also open the athlete's airway throughout the game to improve Stamina and Endurance.
As well as better Flexibilty, Balance and Range of Motion.
READ ON:
It takes months of preparation to prime an athlete for competition. It involves attitude, 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 now in your best shape for game-time execution to succeed.
Still with that said - Can it be improved upon?
Our goal is to improve upon what your coaches, athletic trainers and fitness personel have prepared you for your first game.
Most games are won or lost in the last 5-10 minutes of the last half, 5-10 minutes of the final period or the last 3 innings of the game.
If you are in better strength and conditioning shape than your opponents during this critical time period of the game to be "stronger" at the end, so by adding to your already full "TOOLBOX", a new mouthguard to better your physiological state may help put you in a better position to execute with the game on the line.
We know the goal is:
"First" to play to your potential and do your best to be focused and then you will have a successful season. "Second" to make the Districts.
"Third" to win a Central Mass Title.
It all starts months before the season even begins. We know it takes a team approach that "village". But should mouthguards even be part of that role, even in sports where they are not mandatory.
We constructed a "HYBRID" MORA Splint Appliance in the Form of a Type IV Mouthguard as well as MOOO PRI Splint Appliance taking into consideration:
Your Age: It works best we find if you are at least 16 1/2 years old
Dental Occlusion
TMJ
Body Asymmetry
Cranio-Mandibular-Cervical Relationship as it relates to Posterior Rotation of the Cranium with its resultant
Forward Head Posture
Procedure For Mouthguard Study:
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. Attend a 1 hour lecture about why and what we believe you will experience with respect to skeletal and physiological changes in your body that may occur
5. Oral examination followed by dental impression of your upper teeth (However, your family dentist can take the impression and mail it to me also)
6. Return 1 week later
7. Return for equilibration of the new mouth device once it is fabricated. Photographs of mouth device positioned in and out of mouth as well as video documentation displaying exercises related to changes in muscle strength, breathing dynamic, flexibility and balance.
8. Testing criteria with or without your current Boil/Bite mouthguards
9.
