Our Story
Built from personal experience.
Cortland Mitchell is a student-athlete at Carnegie Mellon University who sustained four concussions over three years playing collegiate football. Each impact left its mark. His fourth, caused by a routine helmet bump at walking speed during a slow practice drill, was the one that changed everything. The force was minimal. The consequences were not. That injury ultimately ended his collegiate football career, forcing him to medically retire from the sport he had dedicated his life to.
What followed was eighteen months of post-concussion syndrome, including persistent brain fog, memory dysfunction, disrupted sleep, and a noticeable decline in the mental sharpness he had always relied on. He was medically cleared to return to play within a month, but his symptoms had not cleared. The guidance he received was consistent and, ultimately, not enough: rest, and give it time.
After months of searching, he found that no supplement on the market was designed to address the specific recovery demands of a brain that had taken repeated impact. That gap became the foundation for Mendbrain. Working alongside neuroscientists, sports medicine physicians, and athletic trainers, he spent over a year developing a clinically grounded formulation built for exactly this purpose.
