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Walmart invites BRAIN-PAD into ALL 3550 Stores this Summer!

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Obviously Walmart knows a WINNER when they see one !
Dual-arch Technology is the safest-play for all contact sports
and Walmart sees this Tested and Proven Sports Safety Technology
as the BEST investment in everyone’s future – Theirs and their patrons !

Tested and Proven = Peace of Mind.  No guard can stop all injuries but using a true Dual-Arch guard is the best defense against ” Impact energies entering the base of the skull from Lower Jaw Impacts “. Add full braces coverage and protection, a substantial dental warranty and increased ability to breathe, and dual-arch quickly becomes superior in performance and protection when compared to mass-produced, not biomechanically tested upper style guards.

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Get the tried and tested effective PRO+, & LoPRO+ Brain-Pads in adult or youth sizes at your local Walmart, or buy direct from Walmart online.

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Published Research and Testing trials are available from 1993, 2005 & 2011.  Brain-Pad dual-arch designs have been put through the most advanced headform drop-testing available to date.

Use a true dual-arch guard this season to reduce the risk of –
” Impact energy entering the TMJ and the base of the skull”.

 

 

Arena Football kicks-off its 2013 Pre-Season

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From the “Rage” – First preseason game and Blake Harris #38 dominated
the contest using Brain-Pad’s Dual-arch, PRO+ Jaw-Joint Protector™.

Blake-Harris-dual-arch-Brain-Pad01 In One and one-half quarters of play, Blake recorded 9 tackles (two for a loss), one QB knockdown which forced an interception, 1 pass deflection, 2 tackles on kickoff, and a huge pancake block on the Rage’s only kickoff return of the night.
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2011 Viano Study – Brand Name Guards Tested. RESULTS Published!

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Viano’s 2011 Results Graph – Click to enlarge.
High Speed Impact Trials

New Head Form with Salient(moving) Lower Jaw & sensors to measure impact energy levels – Ground Breaking design !

LEFT = Bare Head Form.  RIGHT = Covered with imitation ‘skin’.

Results Graph – Click to enlarge.
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NFL’er swears by BRAIN-PAD

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This professional knows how to keep himself as protected as possible – He wears Brain-Pad.

Or maybe he just likes the ability to Breathe while clenching ?
Owen has stated my times that,”…he never had a jaw-based injury since finding and wearing BRAIN-PAD.”.

 

 

Brain-Pad Technology is effective – Stephen D. Smith, D.M.D., Paoli, Pa.

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I support the dual arch technology you have developed for the purpose of jaw impact reduction. Certainly cushioning the condyle and teeth with a 3-4 mm interocclusal elastomeric material helps reduce impact upward against the glenoid fossa and skull. The temporal bone is thinnest at the top of the glenoid fossa/housing of the TMJ, with as little as 1/8″ to 1/16″ thickness, and susceptible to injury, including perforation. The helmeted sports accelerate a whiplash fulcrum effect on the temporomandibular joint through chinstrap force. Cushioning the mandible down and forward is essential in mouthguard design related to impact energy mittigation. This also occurs with martial arts impact sports where a direct blow to the jaw can occur.

The design of airway opening for breathing, and protection of all the teeth are other advantages of your design.

Cordially,

Stephen D. Smith, D.M.D., Paoli, Pa.

08 2012 – Brain-Pad will Continue to Advertise its Products Protections ‘ to the Base of the Skull ‘ and ‘TMJ’

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” Jaw Impact energy has to go somewhere. “.  This statement is very obvious and powerful.  When the jaw is stuck, it then strikes the TMJ socket walls.  The additional impact energy then goes where ?  Across the socket, in the direction of the impact? Which other direction could it continue?  So, the preevious being understood, what is behind, and what rests above the TMJ sockets ?  Hint – 5 letters, starts with a “B” . . . . and controls a person’s existence, perceptions, judgements and demeanor . . .

Brain-Pad’s effectiveness claims (which are based on 3 independent, bio mechanical research projects), have been recently scrutinized by the FTC.  Even after reviewing the research(which no other mouth guard company has had done on their products’ behalf)
the FTC decided Brain-Pad does not have enough research to make a concussion-reducing claim from lower jaw impacts in its retail space.  But 1 more time . . . The jaw is impacted into the TMJ sockets from a full-speed contact sport punch or kick.

Where does the impact energy . . .  go ?  Across the TMJ and into the base of the skull
which contains what vital body part ?

Here is Brain-Pad’s response to being limited in its 3x researched claims . . . . that no other mouth guard company has even attempted to fund nor have conducted to back its ‘ similar ‘ claims –

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Chin-cup Loading Forces slam the jaw back into the Vital TMJ…over and over and over !

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The graphic speaks volumes about the JAW / TMJ / Base of Skull  relationship.
Brain-Pad’s dual arched design secure the jaw from SLAMMING the TMJ !

Any hits to the face mask are transmitted to the chin-cup, jaw, TMJ, and into the Base of Skull.  Ask any boxer how the easiest way to be successful in the ring . . . . . . ‘Hit him across his jaw!’.  The helmet can be struck from numerous angles, and many of these impacts are directed into the chin-cup and Jaw.

So why do helmet designs overlook this chin-strap loading of an unprotected, vital body socket extremely close to the base of the skull ?