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The Mouthguard Shop Pleased To Announce Partnership With RL4Alex

The Mouthguard Shop are pleased to now be official mouthguard suppliers for RL4Alex. RL4Alex is a great cause on a mission to promote inclusivity in sport. They share our believe that sport is beneficial for all and actively campaign to improve access to sport for children with ASD, learning difficulties and intellectual disabilities. In order to show our support and raise awareness for this fantastic cause we have designed a RL4Alex custom-fit mouthguard that is available at The Mouthguard Shop for £55. Simply scroll to the RL4Alex design and continue to the basket. If you enter discount code RL4Alex you will also get 15% off! Not only will you be showing your support but you will also be getting the best protection possible, with our custom-fit mouthguards worn by professional athletes across the World, and at a great price. For more information on RL4Alex please search for them on Facebook and Twitter and look out for their website coming soon.

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SAFEJAWZ Have Arrived At TheMouthguardShop.com

TheMouthguardShop have been the popular choice for custom-fit and branded mouthguards for a long time, and now, after much request, we have used our extensive industry knowledge to launch our own brand; SAFEJAWZ - Protection With Personality

For many people gum shields are something they HAVE to wear, rather than something they WANT to wear. Our aim is to make more people want to wear a mouthguard when playing contact sports, as that means everyone is safer. This is wear SAFEJAWZ comes in.

Our custom-fit mouthguards are so popular because customers can design them to show their personality and make them a more interesting piece of kit. The downside is that custom-fit mouthguards, due to the fitting process and labour involved are £49-59. While we will always recommend these as the best protection, we are aware that not everyone wants to spend that amount of money on a mouthguard. But these people still want the design aspect of the custom-fits, hence the birth of SAFEJAWZ.

The SAFEJAWZ range currently comprises 3 different designs; “The Mo”, “The Goldie” and “Fangz”, these are based on popular designs requested by our customers.

I’m sure you’ll agree the new range looks great, but functionality is still the priority and these guards compete with the best. All are safety tested to the highest standards and offer a level of fit and comfort unmatched by many top brands. Each guard includes a safety case and encompasses the following features;

- Boil-and-Bite, remodel technology - Contoured bite surface for jaw stability - Molar impact pads to protect against upward impacts - Close-to-custom fit - Smooth surface for inner mouth comfort

You can buy your SAFEJAWZ mouthguard at www.themouthguardshop.com by searching for safejawz.

If you would be interested in stocking the SAFEJAWZ range for your shop/ gym then please send trade enquiries to [email protected]

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The SISU Guard, The Perfect Mouthguard for When You Don't Want to Wear a Mouthguard

We've discussed the SISU Guard before, but with the start of the Cricket season and the World Cup in full swing I thought it would be the perfect time to discuss the Mouthguard that is perfect for these sports. Sometimes in Football (Soccer) elbows, head and boots are flying round and people can, and do lose teeth. Players are aware of the risk but don't want to be seen to be wearing a chunky Mouthguard and also can't have it interfere with their speech so they choose not to wear one. It's a similar story in Cricket, Basketball, Netball and other 'non-contact' sports.

The SISU Guard is the perfect Mouthguard for players of these sports who want the protection of a Mouthguard but without themselves or others around them even being aware of having one in. At just 1.6mm thick, the thinnest of the 2 SISU Guards (the other only being 2.4mm thick) is the thinnest production Mouthguard in the world, by some way. This means that not only is it extremely comfortable, but it is also subtle and barely impacts on speech. I once tested this by pitching SISU Guards to a team while wearing a White 1.6 and until I told them, no-one knew I was wearing it! A common question I get regarding the SISU Guard is if it is so thin, is it still going to offer the required level of protection, the answer is yes, and more! The SISU 1.6 has been found to be up to 30% stronger than conventional Mouthguards due to its rigid construction and impact absorbing perforations. For a more in depth look at the SISU Mouthguards you can look at their product page. And if you want to be protected subtly, without hindering speech, breathing or drinking and with no risk of gagging, I strongly suggest you try the SISU Guard.

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Don't Think Mouthguards are Just for your Safety...

When WSOF fighter Matt Baker dispatched opponent Jamey Dearman in just 23 seconds he thought nothing of a small laceration in his knee. It was only later when his knee swelled and the pain became too much that he went to hospital to find that there was a part of his opponent's tooth lodged in his knee! Dearman had been wearing a cheap, low quality Mouthguard and Baker's knee had gone straight through it, breaking Dearman's teeth, some of which lodged in Baker's knee. This led to an infection that kept him in and out of hospital for the next 6 months. You can read the full story here. The lesson here? Wearing a good quality Mouthguard not only protects you but also other athletes. Get your professional custom-fit Mouthguard from The Mouthguard Shop

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Don't Expect it to Protect your Teeth but it Will Do Incredible things to your Performance. The Under Armour Armourbite Mouthpiece

The Armourbite Mouthpiece is a product we have supported since its release. It offers some impressive performance enhancing features and we thought now woulkd be a great time for us to talk about how it can benefit you in the off-season.

As you can see from the picture above this is not a Mouthguard and is not designed to provide protection during contact sports. What it is is the future of wearable, legal, performance enhancement, and that is no exaggeration. Just ask some of the athletes who swear by the Armourbite as part of their training kit. athletes such as Wales Rugby Staple Jamie Roberts, 4-time Mr Olympia Jay Cutler, PGA Pro Ross Fisher, 2-time World Ironman Champion Chris McCormack and the list goes on. Something to note about this list is not just the high level of these athletes but the varying sports they come from. Whatever your sport, the Armourbite Mouthpiece can help. So how does it work? When you train and compete your jaw naturally clenches, the Armourbite Mouthpiece keeps the optimal spacing and alignment between your teeth to counteract the negative effects of this. Sounds like a small thing, but the effects can be dramatic. How about a reduction in Lactic acid of 25%, an increase in strength of 20%, a 12% improvement in reaction times and a reduction in the stress hormone Cortisol of up to 50%. Pretty impressive statistics and they are backed up by impressive research (which you can view here). In reality I don't go to the gym or for a run without mine and now is the perfect time to get yours as you are getting fit for your summer holiday or starting your pre-season training. You can buy yours on The Mouthguard Shop. And please tweet us to let us know your experiences with the most exciting new sports product on the market.

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Saturday 31st May - Tonight we have 3 Elite athletes on the world stage wearing our guards.

Tonight is a big night night for www.themouthguardshop.com as 3 ELITE athletes take to the world stage wearing our mouthguards. George Groves will be fighting on what has been named the biggest fight in british boxing history at a sold out Wembly Stadium in front of 80,000 spectators. Luke Barnatt will be fighting in Berlin under the biggest Mixed Martial Arts promotion in the world, the UFC. He will be looking to maintain his unbeaten record of 8-0. Vaughan Lee is also fighting on the UFC Berlin card against a tough opponent in Iuri Alcantara. Vaughan is coming of an IMPRESSIVE victory against Nam Phan, and a win against Alcantara tonight will put Vaughan on a win streak that will no doubt catch the attention of all the other Bantamweights on the roster. TJ Dillashaw - Vaughan will have that re-match. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE ATHLETES TONIGHT. MAY THE MOUTHGUARDS SERVE YOU WELL.

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George Groves - "never felt safer than now with a new mouthpiece from The Mouthguard Shop".

George Groves has his protection well in order ahead of his bout tomorrow against Carl Froch at Wembley stadium. Groves said of his new Mouthguard; “A mouth guard is most important because you need your teeth for trash talking! Mine have never felt safer than now with a new mouth piece from The Mouthguard Shop.” Check out the pictures of the guard below:

The Original Design Concept:

George looking happy with his new guard outside Twickenham Stadium:

If you would like to design your own unique mouthguard, you can do so by clicking here and using our on-line design tool. - See more at: http://blog.themouthguardshop.com/#sthash.dE7R9vnt.dpuf

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George Groves and Pink Collar Boxing; The Mouthguard Shop and Queensbury Rules

On Saturday this week George Groves will get his 2nd crack at Carl Froch's WBA and IBF Super Middleweight belts. After the first fight which Groves appeared quite comfortable in, controlling the action until a controversial stoppage, the London boxer didn't feel the need to change much. He did change his protection though; Groves is the latest elite level athlete to get a Mouthguard custom made by TheMouthguardShop and he's never felt more comfortable saying he's "never felt safer than now with a Mouthguard from TheMouthguardShop"

But our eyes are not just on protecting the elite, which is why this week we have begun our latest partnership with Midlands based Pink Collar Boxing. The team at Pink Collar Boxing train women for free for white-collar style boxing events while raising money for worthwhile causes. If you'd like to find out more about Pink Collar Boxing visit their website at www.pinkcollarboxing.co.uk or find them on Facebook.

And don't forget to protect those gnashers people - http://themouthguardshop.com/

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Rugby4Heroes a Scortcher in more ways than one

At the weekend TheMouthgyuardShop were at the 3rd stop on our summer tour - Rugby4Heroes in Leamington Spa. The guys did a fantastic job organising the event with a visit from a RAF helicopter, some fantastic food and entertainment and plenty of hard-hitting Rugby action to top it off. We were at the event on Saturday which happened to be the hottest day of the year, adding an extra cheer to the day. We met a lot of great people and continued our popular Pin the Mouthguard on Batman competition! All in all it was a great event that raised some good money for some very worthy services-based charities.

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The Mouthguard Shop Summer Tour Gets Off to a Competetive Start

The Mouthguard Shop Summer Tour hit GRM7s in West London on Saturday for what was a great day of Rugby Sevens, despite the unexpected cloud coverage! Seventy 7s ended up winning the highly competitive men's competition. However the competition wasn't limited to the pitch with dozens taking part in the inaugural The Mouthguard Shop "Pin The Guard On The Batman" competition. And it got pretty heated at times, as you'd expect with such a impressive prize on the line. The player who got closest to Batman's mouth won a fully bespoke custom-fit Mouthguard and this prize will be available at all of our summer tour stops!

Next stop is Alcester 7s on Sunday 27th April. We hope to see you all there where we will be offering discounted Mouthguard fittings and doing more Pin the Guard on the Batman!

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George Groves - "A Mouthguard is most important because you need your teeth for trash talking! Mine have never felt safer than now with a new mouth piece from The Mouthguard Shop."

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George Groves Gets Protection in Order Ahead of Carl Froch Rematch

The Mouthguard Shop to Ensure Groves is Protected in Style for Much Anticipated Rematch UK April 4, 2014 : George Groves was today fitted for his Mouthguard for the rematch of his controversial loss to Carl Froch last November. The fitting was carried out by experts from The Mouthguard Shop by taking a dental impression of Groves’ upper and lower teeth. It was the first major venture into the world of Boxing for the Mouthguard specialist company who have built a name primarily in Martial Arts for quality, unique sports Mouthguards. The design team at The Mouthguard Shop are working with Groves to create a very special design for what is being dubbed as one of the biggest British Title fights of all time.

Groves said of his new Mouthguard; “A mouth guard is most important because you need your teeth for trash talking! Mine have never felt safer than now with a new mouth piece from The Mouthguard Shop.”

If you would like to design your own unique mouthguard, you can do so by clicking here and using our on-line design tool.

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The Mouthguard Shop Tour Stopping at Rugby 4 Heroes

Plans for our Summer Tour are well and truly under way and we have an exciting addition in the shape of Rugby 4 Heroes. This year will be the 6th Annual Rugby 4 Heroes event and it promises to be a great weekend.

The event will go from Friday to Sunday and we will be there Saturday and Sunday offering reduced price Mouthguard fittings with fully bespoke designs being £45 instead of the usual £69 and plain colours being just £35. 10% of our weekend takings will go to the Rugby 4 Heroes charities; Help For Heroes, Royal British Legion, 353 and ABF. The event itself will include food stalls, a real ale festival, flying displays, camping and a bar, as well as the Rugby 10's tournament that will form the centrepiece of the weekend. We are expecting high demand for our reduced price custom-fit Mouthguards so if you are wanting to get fitted at the event we recommend you express your interest in advance by contacting The Mouthguard Shop on 0844 504 6851 or emailing [email protected] Please come along and support the event. For more information on Rugby 4 Heroes visit http://rugbyforheroes.org/

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2 New Stops On The Mouthguard Shop Summer Tour Confirmed

Our Summer tour is taking shape with some great new stops confirmed, where we will be offering discounted Mouthguard fittings. After GRM7s in London we will be at Alcester Sevens in the Midlands on Sunday 27th April. Alcester Sevens is a free to attend event that has all the expected comforts including a BBQ. The event will be raising money for 2 worthwhile charities, Help for Heroes and Macmillan and The Mouthguard Shop will be doing our bit by giving a proportion of our weekend takings to these good causes. If you would like to express interest in receiving a discounted Mouthguard fitting (£35 single colour, £45 fully bespoke design) at this event then please contact us.

The 3rd confirmed destination on The Mouthguard Shop Summer tour is the popular Rugby 4 Heroes in Leamington Spa. This promises to be an extraordinary event with displays and refreshments and profits going to military charities. We will be offering a large reduction on our usual custom fitted Mouthguards when fitted on the day and giving a proportion of our profits to the charity pot. get in touch if you would like to pre book a fitting time at the event. keep following to hear about new stops on our tour as they are confirmed. More information - The Mouthguard Shop - http://themouthguardshop.com/ Alcester Sevens - http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/alcesterrfc/news/arfc-annual-7s-tournament-charity-rugby-weekender-1157324.html Rugby 4 Heroes - http://rugbyforheroes.org/

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Is Safe Sparring The Answer?

Never in the long history of contact sports has participant safety received more attention than at this moment. Previously unheard of terms such as Second-Impact Syndrome and Post Concussion Syndrome have become commonplace in sporting articles and the industry is under increased pressure to act. There are ways of protecting bones, skin and teeth, with the advancement in protective equipment that is available, however brain injuries have been harder to protect against. Helmets and Mouthguards can offer a certain amount of impact absorbing benefits although these are limited to specific situations and in the growing sport that is MMA, helmets can't be worn. Due to the nature of MMA, impact to the heads of participants are inevitable, and being able to sustain these impacts is beneficial to their chance of success. This has not changed, what is changing however is fighters' approach to improving their ability to take these shots. Up until recently fighters believed that their "chin" (referring to their ability to take a punch) could be trained like bones and muscles; through conditioning. This meant that their sparring was done at close to full contact with their head exposed and anything a target, this allowed the fighter to train in a fight-realistic manner while taking knocks to train their "chin". They would get hit and sometimes knocked out in these heavy sparring sessions but it was all for the greater good in their eyes.

This method started to take criticism after experienced fighters such as Chuck Liddel and Chris Leben, both advocates of heavy sparring, began getting knocked down with frequency. This led to a lot of research interest in the subject and we now know that every time you are knocked out or rocked it becomes slightly easier to do so again, as well as increasing chances of long terms damage. This has resulted in top level fighters changing their approach to focus on "Safe Sparring". This may mean sparring with head guards on, or avoiding head shots all together. This is particularly relevant at the moment as 2 advocates of safe sparring were involved in the latest UFC title fight at UFC 171. Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawlor went toe to toe for 25 minutes with both men landing big shots and neither hitting the canvas. That seems to me like a victory for safe sparring and hopefully more fighters will take on this practice to help save their long term health and the legitimacy of the sport we love.

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The Mouthguard Shop Are Going On Tour!

The sun is out, we've got the Rugby bug from the 6 Nations and we've got a tank full of petrol so we've decided to take our services on our first Summer tour! this summer we will be attending events near you offering our popular bespoke custom-fit Mouthguards at reduced prices as well as the chance to win a fully bespoke Mouthguard worth £69 at every event! New events are still being added but our first 2 are set as GRM7s in West London on 19th April and Alcester 7s in the West Midlands on 26th April. Most of the events we will be at are free to attend but all offer a great day out including Rugby, food and drink. We expect these fitting sessions to be very popular so we advise you to pre-book a fitting session with us before hand by contacting us on 0844 5046851 or emailing [email protected]. For details on the events above contact the event coodinators; GRM7s - [email protected] Alcester 7s - [email protected] If you are interested in having us attend your event please email Ewan on [email protected]

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By now you may have already seen the new World Record Fastest MMA KO...but just in case, check out this 1.1 second beauty from the weekends UCMMA event. Keep your hands up folks.