Steve Elkington

Scott McCarron

Brett Quigley

Nick Flanagan (1st year PGA Pro)

As a PPM Elite Provider, it’s been a treat so far (for me at least as I grew up a competitive golfer and aspired to play at the college level) to be in the company of the world’s best golfers. Scott McCarron and Steve Elkington have been our initial big supporters of the PPM. McCarron attributed almost $800k of his $million+ winnings to wearing the PPM this year and how well it made him feel. Elkington, a class act on the PGA Tour, and a highly respected veteran told me that ‘you’re literally buying flexibility, core balance, strength, and endurance.’ He told me that verbatim at a dinner we had. We haven’t made arrangements with PPM Inc to compensate him for his quote yet, but I’m saying that as an unofficial quote and as his friend. The best part of being around guys like “Elk” and McCarron (”Mac”), they are such classy guys that are genuine without being pompous (as so many high profile athletes can be). Other pros that have followed their lead and are wearing the PPM: Jerry Kelly, Woody Austin, Scott Sterling, Nick Flanagan, Tommy Armour III, Rich Beem, Billy Andrade, and Brett Quigley. Olin Browne just got fitted, but I’m not sure whether he is wearing his yet in competition. I am really excited about December as I will be going down to the “Shark Shootout” in Naples. Only 45 or so of the world’s best are invited to this annual tournament. We’re tentatively scheduled to work on Boo Weekley (Ryder Cup Team), Brad Faxon, and Greg Norman himself. My team and I may even get to work on Chris Evert (Norman’s new bride). I am really looking forward to this event as I started working at the PGA Tour events on the Fall Series. The Fall Series is like the “B-Tour” as many of the more famous and top ranked take this time off to be with family throughout the Fall. Top tour players tend to play these Fall events more sporadically vs. the guys that are borderline trying to keep their Tour Card (the top 125 on the Money list). Despite the Fall Series being less glamorous, it has still been a treat. I’ll post photos of some of the players that we’ve fitted. More to come…. -Dr. Wagner

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Pure Power Athletics Inc.: A Performance Enhancer That Even Senator George Mitchell Should Approve
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Published: 02/12/08 03:38 PM PST
TURO, NOVA SCOTIA — (MARKET WIRE) — 02/12/08 — Seattle Seahawks kicker Josh Brown has been keeping a big secret.
As the ongoing scourge of an illegal steroids storm continues to rage unabated in the world of professional sports, the former Nebraska Cornhusker recently admitted that he too has been enhancing his performance.
But Brown, who ranks third on the all-time Cornhusker scoring list cautioned that he hasn’t been using chemicals or drugs to greatly enhance his strength and balance.
Instead, he said during a recent exclusive interview from his Seattle home that he has been using a completely legal and natural mouth guard to give him his jaw dropping results on the field and in the weight room thanks to an appliance being offered by a network of neuromuscular dentists in the United States: Dr. Roger Roubal (Omaha); Dr. Doug Brossoit (Spokane); Dr. Mike Bixby (New Jersey); and Dr. Gary Lederman (New York).
“I’m a field goal kicker so at first I thought: why would I need a mouth guard,” said Brown. “But it really did help me this past season. I had five or six tackles which is incredible for a kicker. The mouth guard also helped me run faster because my body was in its optimum position.”
Brown started wearing the Pure Power Mouthguard (PPM) earlier last year and the rest is now Seahawks history as his game excelled helping his team to a NFC Conference semi-final berth against the Green Bay Packers.
PPM makers claim that the device increases strength and balance by up to 50 per cent and in the highly competitive world of pro sports this type of enhancement transforms into results on the field.
“When people don’t believe in the concept I just explain to them there has always been a science behind mouth guards and in the past Olympic weight lifters have used them,” said Brown. “There is really something to having structural integrity and the PPM enhances that. Ask any engineer he isn’t going to build a building by just throwing up pipes and beams – you want the building to have the proper strength and integrity – it is the same thing with the PPM: it gives you that structural integrity.”
Brown’s numbers this season seem to support his claims as he finished seventh in NFL scoring with 127 points and eighth in field goal accuracy going 28-for-34.
“The PPM actually made it easier getting up and out of bed in the morning,” said Brown. “As you know most pro football players usually feel sore after game days, but I wasn’t sore and didn’t have the aches or pains that normally go along with playing pro football.”
In one of his most memorable moments this season, Brown surprised a sell-out crowd at Q-West Field during Week 11 of the regular season, and even some of his teammates, when he crunched Bears kick return specialist Devon Hester with a bone crunching tackle to help lead the Seahawks to a 30-23 victory.
“I’m always prepared to make a tackle but being a kicker in the NFL: that rarely ever happens,” said Brown. “I felt like he (Hester) wasn’t really taking me into account…My whole body was able to take some relief during that game and the entire season because I had the PPM. The game just came a lot easier to me.”
The PPM was developed by Canadian Dalhousie University scientist Dr. Anil Makkar. After less than two years on the market, its popularity has started to snowball amongst many professional athletes.
Makkar’s invention is based on the basic principles of neuromuscular dentistry which maintains that 90 per cent of the population has an overbite and can attribute much of their back, neck and joint pain to a subsequent out-of-line spinal column.
“Right now the company is still in its infancy and we are still trying to go out and prove to people that this does work.”
John Stenger a Notre Dame scientist was the first to apply neuromuscular science to the world of athletics when he helped members of the 1963 Fighting Irish football team overcome serious back and neck problems with an oral apparatus he developed over a five year period.
But Makkar’s adaptation thrusts Stenger’s discovery light years forward, using sophisticated neuromuscular machinery and computers to create the perfect mouth guard which puts each individual’s jaw in the most comfortable and ideal position to allow the rest of the body to do the work it was designed for.
“We have athletes who use our products and have wonderful stories to tell,” said Makkar. “We also have a lot of athletes using the product who don’t want to talk about it because it is their secret weapon.”
All is all, users include over 150 professional athletes in North America covering all four major sports leagues – NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL. There are also others singing the praises of the mouth guard.
“In the National Hockey League, the PPM is also catching on with marquee players,” said Bixby.
All doctors are well aware of the negativity surrounding professional sports and the illegal drugs and envision the PPM as a completely safe and legal alternative.
“If you want to be the best you can be this is a legal and healthy way to achieve that goal, the PPM optimizes your talent and abilities,” said Roubal.
Brown concurs and says he wishes he had access to this technology back in his high school football days in Oklahoma and later during his collegiate career with the Cornhuskers.
“When I was weight training in my formative years, it really would have made a big difference in how my early career numbers turned out,” said Brown.
This is coming from the man who set a NCAA record in his sophomore season when he connected on all nine extra point attempts during the Alamo Bowl.
Brown says the PPM allows him to lift an extra 20 or 30 lbs for each exercise in the weight room and also says the device improves oxygen flow to the lungs by opening up the airway.
Meanwhile, back in the post Mitchell report world of Major League Baseball, Makkar says that the Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics will have some of their players fitted for the device when they take to the field later this month during Spring Training which all the dentists will be involved in.
The PPM doesn’t come cheap though, starting low end models range from $800.00 while high end professional PPM appliances usually cost in the neighborhood of $1600.00.
“The reason I got involved with this product is because I know it will introduce the public to a completely new concept and change their lives,” said Brossoit.
Lederman added, “We want to make athletes run faster, jump higher and lift more weight but this can also be life changing and life saving – it is such a powerful invention.”
The doctors admit that not too many have warmed up to the advantages of the PPM but thinks this resistance will change as athletes like Brown sing its praises.
The device can also be used for most sports from weight lifting to basketball, baseball, tennis, soccer, hockey and football and the doctors see one of the biggest potential markets for the PPM in the area of golf.
Brown concurs stating that he is itching to try the device out when he hits the links this spring.
“I’m definitely curious to see how it helps my golf game too. Just to see how the improved focus and generation of power helps out in that department will be interesting,” Brown concluded.
Email: Paul.fitzgerald@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: www.ppmmouthguard.com
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What a treat! My team and I had the privilege of working with the Boston Red Sox. We had to do the work-ups on several of these guys on opening day of Spring Training. THE GREEN STUFF is NOT a PPM! It is the dental bite registration material that we used to record Manny’s ideal jaw position. We recorded several bites. We had an extra one and Manny insisted on wearing it out to opening day practice. Amazingly, he was the ONLY player to hit one out of the park during batting practice! I don’t think it was just coicidence

It was obscenely crowded with fans and media everywhere. Of course, the BOSOX are defending World Series Champs! We worked with Manny, Jonathan Papelbon, Javier Lopez, Dustin Pedroia, Brad Snyder, and others. My team and I laughed as we heard several fans ask, “What’s that green stuff in his mouth?” Fortunately, the PPM Mouthguard and The Edge (for non-contact sports) fit much better than this green stuff! I believe we’re going to have a big announcement in the coming days…. but alas I am not allowed to release information before it’s happened! We know the pros are getting results….. call the office if you want your game to get a big boost too! -Dr. Wagner

The Power of Neuromuscular Dentistry has entered the world of athletics.

The Pure Power “Edge” (PPE) removes physical limitations experienced by many athletes due to an improper alignment of the jaw. We know that everyone has some component of a bad bite. This orthopedic appliance aligns the jaw in an ideal position in relation to the rest of the body, and allows athletes to run faster, jump higher, hit harder and lift more weight— all naturally without the use and dangers associated with anabolic steroids.

Take your game to a new level with the ‘Edge’

The Edge can help bring your game to a new level by giving you the advantages of improved balance, explosive speed, flexibility, endurance, and total body strength.

The ‘Edge’ Will Improve Muscle Recruitment & Posture

Wearing your Pure Power Edge will not only give you an optimal bite, it will enable you to access your body’s physical potential. When your jaw is in its physiological rest position, stored muscular tension will be released immediately, deeper muscle recruitment will be prompted (for explosive strength) and muscle alignment and balance will be improved (for better agility, balance and endurance).

The benefits this device can offer athletes differs from one user to the next; however, test results always show users experience immediate improvements in strength and agility by an average of 27 percent. This increase is caused because the isometric strength of the cervical flexors and deltoids of the human body are less strained when the face and neck are naturally aligned in a stable relationship with the rest of the body. Use of the ‘Edge’ also reduces the chance of injury by removing residual tension in the body. When compounded with a regular workout schedule, these improvements have been shown to lead to an incredible series of gains in lean muscle mass, deep muscle recruitment, balance, flexibility, and endurance.

Who’s wearing an Edge?

Top athletes in the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, and PGA Tour are wearing the Pure Power Edge to gain every possible advantage. Take advantage of the power and enhanced performance in running, triathlons, snowboarding, surfing, working out, bodybuilding, mixed martial arts…….any sport or discipline that requires strength, flexibility, balance, and endurance.

How can I get an Edge?

Contact Dr. Scott Wagner, the only Pure Power Edge certified dentist in North Florida. If you are a candidate for the Edge, impressions will be taken of your lower and upper teeth, and your optimal bite will be determined. It takes about 10 days to have it ready. Your Pure Power Edge will be fitted during a brief second visit with Dr. Wagner. This ensures maximum performance, fit, and comfort.

Perform at your best…..Get an Edge!

Hello all,
Here’s my first attempt at this blog stuff. It will give you a more of a taste of our daily routine. I can also plug in here some news and notes regarding the things that get us excited on a more daily basis. I have included a picture of what is most important to me in this world. It gives me drive to be the best I can be……
Wishing you a bountiful 2008!
-Dr. Scott Wagner