The World’s Most Advanced Head Protection for Children

Independently proven to reduce rotational forces in concussions and sub-concussions, and reduce brain injury risk.

Reduces concussion risk by 74%*
Reduces rotational force transmission by up to 61%*
Reduces linear force transmission by up to 64%*

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*Based on independent testing in the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab – Halos® is 5 Star rated.

Rezon Halos®: Protecting the Brain in Youth Sport

Halos® is a groundbreaking headband that protects the brain. It’s the only headgear of its kind that is designed to reduce your risk of concussion and developing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) from the accumulated damage of sub-concussions.

Why Halos^®?

Reduces concussion risk by 74%*
Reduces rotational force to the brain by up to 61%, and linear force by up to 64%*
Internationally recognised Virginia Tech 5 star safety rating
CE/UKCA Category II PPE-certified
Sleek, lightweight, flexible and hypoallergenic
Water and tear-resistant
Machine washable

*based on independent testing

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Rezon Halos® is worn across 19 sports and 35 countries.

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“After a serious concussion from a hockey ball impact, Aaron was really apprehensive about returning to the sport he loves.

Rezon Halos® helped make that return to hockey possible — for him, and for us as parents.

Even if they haven’t had an injury, it’s worth wearing to prevent serious injury.”

Andrew Brompton

Purchased:
Halos® Hexo Black | Extra Small

“I bought Halos® for my two sons who play football and rugby.

I was looking for protection for their developing brains as awareness grows around the long-term effects of repeated head impacts.

They find them comfortable, they stay in place, and they are proud to wear them.

Knowing I’m helping to reduce the impact on their brains gives me huge reassurance.”

Melissa Emson

Purchased:
Halos® Hexo Navy | XXS & XXXS

What is the best head protection for concussion risk in youth sport?

Rezon Halos® is head protection designed to reduce rotational force transmission to the brain during concussive and sub-concussive impacts.
Halos® uses patented Rotection® technology and has been independently tested to reduce concussion risk by 74%, rotational force transmission by up to 61%, and linear force transmission by up to 64%*.
Halos® is the only non-helmeted head protection to be both Virginia Tech 5-Star rated and CE/UKCA Category II PPE certified.

Patented

Rotection® Technology

Engineered to reduce rotational forces, which are the primary mechanism of brain injury.

Rotection® is a proprietary, nine-layered, comfortable, lightweight protective system to protect the brain across contact, collision, and combat sports. Independently tested at Virginia Tech, Halos® with Rotection® technology demonstrated up to a 61% reduction in rotational forces*. Deliberately designed to protect your brain.

*based on independent testing.

Why Halos® is different.

Rezon Halos® is the only non-helmeted head worn protection to hold both CE / UKCA Category II PPE certification and a Virginia Tech 5 Star safety rating.

Conventional headgear in sport is designed to only protect from surface injury, cuts and abrasions. Halos® is different, it is brain protection.

Halos® is engineered to protect your brain by reducing the transmission of rotational forces in sub-concussive and concussive impacts. By lowering exposure to these forces, Halos® is focused on reducing neuro-inflammation and lessening the risk of triggering longer-term neuro-degenerative consequences, including CTE, motor neurone disease, and Parkinson’s disease.

A Guardian to reduce Brain Injury

The silent threat of sub-concussive impacts, always unnoticed, poses a significant risk to a child’s long-term brain health.

Sub-concussions impact memory and attention, suppress brain function and contribute to later life mood and behaviour problems.

As the first and only legally approved protective headwear and medical device in the UK and Europe, Halos® is not just headwear, it’s Rezon’s answer to this critical issue.

Why do you protect your shins and not your brain?

Every head impact creates rotational forces to the brain.

This is associated with the tearing of tiny blood vessels and brain cells; and over time, in the breakdown of the protective blood-brain barrier and the creation of damaging neuro-inflammation. This increases the risk of longer-term neurodegenerative consequences, including Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).

CTE is an early onset-dementia that typically occurs in ages 30-50 but can occur in teenagers and is a condition almost unique to contact and collision sports players.

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Youth football players wearing Rezon Halos® brain protection.

The Brain is Vulnerable

In sports, the brain is vulnerable to rotational forces from both concussions and sub-concussions.

Sub-concussions are small force impacts that damage brain cell function, but do not produce evident signs or symptoms of concussion – so they go unnoticed. Sub-concussions are over 500 times more common than concussions in sport.

Repeated sub-concussions impact memory and attention, suppress brain function, and contribute to later life mood and behaviour problems including CTE. The risk and severity of CTE is caused primarily by the cumulative damage of multiple sub-concussive impacts, and not by concussions.

How does Halos® protect the brain?

Halos® protects your brain from rotational forces – this is where your brain rotates within your skull on impact, and is a lot more common than you think.

And that’s the biggest issue in brain injury: the undetected damage of rotational forces from repeated sub-concussions goes unnoticed, yet they’re progressively tearing brain cells and blood vessels, damaging the protective blood-brain barrier, and causing brain inflammation.

Halos® has nine protective layers, wrapped around the most critical areas of your head. On impact, each of these layers move over each other, reducing the transmission of rotational forces to the brain. Also three specific layers deform, further reducing impact energy.

Without wearing a Halos® in sport, your brain is subjected to damaging rotation. Halos® has been proven to reduce rotational forces by up to 61%. That’s a significant reduction for every player at every level, with the intention of reducing the risk of neurodegenerative consequences, which only start to be seen when the damage to the brain is already done.

Award-Winning Brain Protection for All

Rezon Halos® is suitable for use by all ages, players and sports in schools, universities, clubs and leagues.

Halos® gives every athlete the option to protect their brain, with a medically endorsed and legal protection product.

FAQs About Head Protection for Children

Are children at risk in youth sport?

Between ages 8-12 is when peak development of the brain occurs, but the brain is still developing through the refinement and rearrangement of pathways and connections between cells until early 20s.

Players experiencing head impacts prior to age 12 have been found to have demonstrated worse cognitive, executive (planning, decision-making, impulse control) and new learning abilities as adults, compared to those who were at least 12 years old when they were first exposed to contact and collision sports.
Children and young people who sustain a concussion are at increased risk of developing mental health issues (anxiety and neurotic disorders, behavioural disorders, mood and eating disorders, schizophrenia, substance use disorder and suicidal ideation).

Why is head protection important in youth sport?

Protective headguards – like Halos® headbands for concussions and sub-concussions – help reduce the impact of head injuries, lowering the risk of concussions and sub-concussions.

Reducing the risks from sub-concussions is crucial. These impacts occur 500 times more frequently than concussions, and are responsible for the development of neurodegenerative diseases like CTE.

Why does Halos® protect more than a scrum cap?

Halos® protects the brain, whereas a scrum cap/headguard protects the surface of the head from cuts/grazes and protects the ears.

So the protection choice is the brain versus the head.

There are two types of brain injury whatever the sport and level: concussion and sub-concussion.

The frequency of sub-concussions is 500x that of concussions; the forces received to the head for a sub-concussion are 2-3x less; and a player does not get any symptoms of sub-concussion. Head-to-head, ground, ball, knee, and post (etc.) impacts all create sub-concussions.

Multiple sub-concussions over the years damage brain cells and tear the tiny vessels around the nerves in the brain, creating abnormal inflammatory processes, which eventually become harmful. This is the start of the process causing CTE, whereby toxic tau protein in the brain is very gradually killing brain cells. So as brain protection, Halos® is focused on reducing sub-concussions.

It’s specifically about rotational forces on the brain. Halos® reduces rotational acceleration and therefore force by c.60%. An opportunity to reduce continual sub-concussive rotational forces by c.60% makes total sense for every player. More so, given the risk to children who start to play contact sports before age 12 and grow up to have poorer cognitive performance than their matched peers who started after the age of 12 years, then reducing as much rotational forces as possible to a child’s brain really is a key consideration as a parent, guardian, or coach.

Halos® is the only legal CE PPE product of its type with a focus on sub-concussion reduction, and has proven to reduce rotational forces. Halos® protects more than a scrum cap/headguard.

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