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The BetterGuards

Tech enabled ankle brace

Prevent instead of treat! As part of the NBA Launchpad – the NBA’s start-up accelerator – BETTERGUARDS has developed its first own sports bandage: The BetterGuard works like a safety belt for your ankle joints.

With the BG POWER at its heart – an intelligent mini piston – the bandage offers you exceptional freedom of movement in normal situations [1] . During critical movements, on the other hand, the damper is activated and stabilizes your ankle extremely effectively [2] – three times faster than your body [3] .

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The BetterGuards

Tech enabled ankle brace

Prevent instead of treat! As part of the NBA Launchpad – the NBA’s start-up accelerator – BETTERGUARDS has developed its first own sports bandage: The BetterGuard works like a safety belt for your ankle joints.

With the BG POWER at its heart – an intelligent mini piston – the bandage offers you exceptional freedom of movement in normal situations [1] . During critical movements, on the other hand, the damper is activated and stabilizes your ankle extremely effectively [2] – three times faster than your body [3] .

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BETTERGUARDS – Ankie Brace

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BETTERGUARDS – Ankle Brace Appropriate products for protection every time. Essential preparation for any sport events.💪🏽

The safety belt for your ankles

The BetterGuard works like a safety belt for your ankles. With the BG POWER as the heart – an intelligent micro-damper – the bandage offers you exceptional freedom of movement during normal movements. In critical situations, on the other hand, the damper activates itself and stabilizes your ankle extremely effectively – three times faster than your body .

You can put this innovative high-tech bandage on quickly and easily with the customizable fastener and ideally adapt it to your ankle geometry.

The high-quality micro-velcro ensures a long service life of the velcro surface, even after repeated washing. It combines good holding power with good handling for readjusting the closure.

Freedom of movement, performance, comfort combined with safety and stability . The BetterGuard offers a new safety experience for every sport.

Find the perfect size for your BetterGuards

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Size

XXL Left, XXL Right, XL Left, XL Right, L Left, L Right, M Left, M Right, S Left, S Right

Color

Black, Gray

Click me, spin me

The new bandage from BETTERGUARDS is the result of successful cooperation between engineers, athletes and biomechanists. It sits perfectly on your foot. Convince yourself with our interactive model.

The BetterGuard does not restrict your movements. But if you twist your ankle, the stabilizing protection of the BETTERGUARD is available to you within milliseconds. And then? Carry on as if nothing had happened.

Click me, spin me

The new bandage from BETTERGUARDS is the result of successful cooperation between engineers, athletes and biomechanists. It sits perfectly on your foot. Convince yourself with our interactive model.

The BetterGuard does not restrict your movements. But if you twist your ankle, the stabilizing protection of the BETTERGUARD is available to you within milliseconds. And then? Carry on as if nothing had happened.

2022 NBA Launchpad Portfolio Companies

NBA Launchpad x BetterGuards
NBA Launchpad x BetterGuards

BETTERGUARDS Technology – official NBA Launchpad Portfolio company 2022 in the category:
Innovation in the prevention and rehabilitation of ankle injuries

Product story:

Sprains: pain, downtime, a long rehab journey back onto the pitch and then still more secondary injuries. Whether it’s with ourselves, friends or sports idols – we’ve all experienced it in different ways. Too often.

Such injuries prevented our founder and visionary Vinzenz from pursuing a professional sports career. Commercially available bandages either offered him too little protection or restricted him and limited his body, his head and his performance. Reason enough to bring BETTERGUARDS to life and to create a completely new type of injury prevention together with pioneers from science and technology: The BetterGuard – The safety belt for your ankles.

As part of the NBA Launchpad – the NBA’s start-up accelerator – the first proprietary ankle bandage was developed in 2022. It has been successfully tested with international research institutions, such as the Charité in Berlin, as well as other institutes and athletes worldwide.

Our goal is to help athletes achieve their best performance. Unhindered by injuries or resulting mental barriers. BETTERGUARDS wants to finally banish ankle injuries from the history books of sport.

Bichler Vinzenz - Portrait 2020

Handball European Champion 2016Martin Strobel

BETTERGUARDS has the potential to have a significant positive impact on the protection and performance of athletes. I already started to play with the BG SYSTEM during my career as an active professional player and am convinced that the latest development – The BetterGuard – will provide the sports community with a new kind of protective experience without limitations.

Martin Strobel
Senior Member der International Society of Biomechanics

Prof. Dr. Steffen Willwacher

High comfort, very good freedom of motion and adaptive protection – BETTERGUARDS impresses as an innovative solution for injury prevention. Whereas conventional products such as soft supports and orthoses previously forced you to choose between freedom of motion or protection, BETTERGUARDS offers a high-tech product for sports that effectively combines both.

Prof. Dr. Steffen Willwacher
Ex-NBA professional of the Cleveland Cavaliers

Daniel „Booby“ Gibson

My NBA career ended early due to ankle injuries that occurred over and over again. They are inevitable in our game. With The BetterGuard available, I am happy to represent a product that will help to prevent others to go through the same experiences I had. The fact that the product offers such great comfort makes it the perfect fit for use in professional sports. Because as an athlete, you want a product that won’t restrict you in your performance.

Ex-NBA professional of the Cleveland Cavaliers

Product story:

Bichler Vinzenz - Portrait 2020

Sprains: pain, downtime, a long rehab journey back onto the pitch and then still more secondary injuries. Whether it’s with ourselves, friends or sports idols – we’ve all experienced it in different ways. Too often.

Such injuries prevented our founder and visionary Vinzenz from pursuing a professional sports career. Commercially available bandages either offered him too little protection or restricted him and limited his body, his head and his performance. Reason enough to bring BETTERGUARDS to life and to create a completely new type of injury prevention together with pioneers from science and technology: The BetterGuard – The safety belt for your ankles.

As part of the NBA Launchpad – the NBA’s start-up accelerator – the first proprietary ankle bandage was developed in 2022. It has been successfully tested with international research institutions, such as the Charité in Berlin, as well as other institutes and athletes worldwide.

Our goal is to help athletes achieve their best performance. Unhindered by injuries or resulting mental barriers. BETTERGUARDS wants to finally banish ankle injuries from the history books of sport.

Handball European Champion 2016Martin Strobel

Martin Strobel

BETTERGUARDS has the potential to have a significant positive impact on the protection and performance of athletes. I already started to play with the BG SYSTEM during my career as an active professional player and am convinced that the latest development – The BetterGuard – will provide the sports community with a new kind of protective experience without limitations.

Senior Member der International Society of Biomechanics

Prof. Dr. Steffen Willwacher

Prof. Dr. Steffen Willwacher

High comfort, very good freedom of motion and adaptive protection – BETTERGUARDS impresses as an innovative solution for injury prevention. Whereas conventional products such as soft supports and orthoses previously forced you to choose between freedom of motion or protection, BETTERGUARDS offers a high-tech product for sports that effectively combines both.

Ex-NBA professional of the Cleveland Cavaliers

Daniel „Booby“ Gibson

Ex-NBA professional of the Cleveland Cavaliers

My NBA career ended early due to ankle injuries that occurred over and over again. They are inevitable in our game. With The BetterGuard available, I am happy to represent a product that will help to prevent others to go through the same experiences I had. The fact that the product offers such great comfort makes it the perfect fit for use in professional sports. Because as an athlete, you want a product that won’t restrict you in your performance.

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Remarks:

  1. ‘Willwacher S, Bruder A, Robbin J, Kruppa J, Mai P, Mehrdimensionale Analyse eines neuartigen adaptiven im Vergleich zu herkömmlichen passiven Schutzsystemen zur Prävention von Sprunggelenkstraumata. OTWorld Congress Leipzig 12.05.2022.’
  2. Willwacher S et al. A multidimensional assessment of a novel adaptive versus traditional passive ankle sprain protection systems, 2022, paper submitted and under review
  3. Eigene Daten.