French football does not want to worry about concussions

The goalkeeper wears a one-of-a-kind helmet. Under contract with Reims

, Florent Duparchy puts on a sort of beret covering diodes which multiply the light signals. Behind this unique headgear, there is no stylistic eccentricity, but a medical imperative. The 23-year-old follows a photo-biomodulation session, an innovative treatment consisting of exposing the brain to infrared light to accelerate the repair of neuronal circuits. For more than a year, Duparchy has suffered from post-concussion syndrome: he regularly experiences headaches and dizziness when he tries to go from a sitting position to a lying position.

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