Alan B. Ashare, MD
61 Sherbrook Road
Newton, MA 02458
February 3, 2014
ForceField FF (NA) Ltd.
c/o Dr. C. J. Abraham
3 Baker Hill Road
Great Neck, NY 11023
Dear Dr. Abraham,
I'm a 76 year old physician, and I've been playing soccer in the Massachusetts Over the Hill Soccer League for thirty years. I coached youth soccer for ten years (1981-1990), attaining a C License from USSF. For the past four years, I've been using the ForceField FF Headband. Before that, I used a regular headband to prevent sweat from getting in my eyes, especially during May and June. Switching to the ForceField FF Headband was easy. However, in addition, the ForceField FF Headband helps to decrease the impact force when I hit the ground, or when I head the ball.
I practice at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, and have been active in talking to coaches about head and neck injuries for the past twenty five years. While not an elite
athlete, I have participated in multiple interscholastic and intercollegiate sports, including tennis, football, and fencing. I know about concussions in football, soccer, and ice hockey. I know about the possibility of concussion in soccer, either from head to head collisions, head to ground contact, head to goalpost contact, or from an inadvertent elbow or knee to the head. I know the value of protective head equipment in soccer.
I have been recommending the FF Headband to all my teammates and to youth coaches. The FF Headband has been shown to decrease the impact forces to the head for young AND old soccer players.
Sincerely,
Alan B. Ashare, MD
Physician, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston
