Performance-enhancing athletic mouthguards, like UnderArmour Performance Mouthwear, are a miracle of modern medicine. These are NOT your average mouth guard purchased from your local sports retailer. Your run-of-the-mill athletic mouthguards are protective in nature. They distribute impact to reduce the severity or occurrence of injuries, such as mouth cuts, concussions, and tooth damage. Over-the-counter boil-and-bite varieties offer this protection at a minimal cost to the user.

The new-and-improved varieties do this… and more. The UnderArmour Performance Mouthwear can help the entire body can function at peak capacity. Athletes who invest in these custom mouthguards experience improved focus, balance, endurance, and strength. Pro athletes, in sports ranging from golf to boxing to football, have turned to these appliances for an edge over competitors.

The UnderArmour Performance Mouthwear repositions the bite to improve overall performance. Here is how it works. The UA mouthguards are intended to stop clenching, an action that triggers the body to overproduce stress hormones such as cortisol, which decreases strength and muscle growth. Cortisol is known to regulate the immune response, but chronic overproduction can have significant negative effects on the body. Athletes and women in their third trimester of pregnancy tend to produce higher levels of cortisol. If you would like to read more, Dental Economics relates the philosophy behind UA Performance Mouthwear in the article, “ Patterson Dental teams up with Under Armour ,” (Aug. 13, 2009).

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