Rugby, handball, soccer, judo… concussions are a major problem in many sports. Dizziness, mood problems, depression and sometimes, at the end of the road, dementia: the consequences are serious.

But there is now hope of treating them, in the form of a photobiomodulation helmet developed by the RegenLife company, in collaboration with neurologist Jean-François Chermann, a concussion specialist, and Philippe Malafosse, a doctor at the Montpellier rugby club.

Comprising 180 light modules combining lasers and LEDs based on infrared frequencies, it produced highly encouraging initial results in a test carried out on 50 rugby players. The former captain of the French national team, Marie-Alice Yahé, and international handball goalkeeper Cléopâtre Darleux have also benefited – the latter thanks to her participation in the Paris Games. This hope is to be confirmed by larger clinical studies, with the process’ creators hoping for market authorization by 2026.