Cortland Mitchell is a former student athlete and a graduate of 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 many months of brain fog, trouble with memory, disrupted sleep, and a noticeable drop in the mental sharpness he had always relied on. He was cleared to return within a month, but he did not feel cleared. The guidance he received was consistent, and ultimately left him wanting more: rest, and give it time.
After months of searching, Cortland found that no supplement on the market was built with people like him in mind. That gap became the foundation for Mendbrain. Working alongside neuroscientists, sports medicine physicians, and athletic trainers, he spent more than a year developing a formulation grounded in published research and built for exactly this purpose.
Mendbrain was created to support the things people care about most: memory, mental clarity, brain energy, and brain resilience. Our hope is simple. We want to give people a real way to support their brain health every day, so they can feel clear, sharp, and like themselves, whether they are an athlete, a veteran, or anyone who wants to support how their mind works.