Dr Sport

What Dr Sport does

Dr Sport (legal entity: EHEALTH FWD SAS) is a privately held French digital health company founded in 2013 and headquartered in Metz, France. The company operates a freemium mobile and web platform, branded DrSport, that delivers sports-injury self-diagnosis, a sport-pathology lexicon, strapping/taping video tutorials and downloadable ebooks to French-speaking amateur athletes. Coverage spans 12+ sports including running, cycling, football, rugby, tennis, swimming, fitness, skiing, handball, volleyball, basketball and hiking, with the 5 most common injuries catalogued for each sport. Content is produced under a scientific committee led by Dr Thierry Weizman (Scientific Director, 30 years of sports medicine practice) and Dr Anne Daussan (Director of Operations and Product Advice, 20+ years in pharmacy with an orthopedics diploma).

Name

Dr Sport

Legal name

EHEALTH FWD

Website

https://drsport.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DrSport is a French freemium digital health platform that provides amateur athletes with sports injury self-diagnosis, a pathology lexicon, strapping tutorials and paid rehabilitation programs across 12+ sports, supported by a committee of sports medicine professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Health Platform

NAICS

Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Sports Medicine (HLAKALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sports Physical Therapy & Return-to-Play Rehab (HSADAIAB)

Keywords

• Sports injury self-diagnosis
• Athlete rehabilitation programs
• Digital health platform
• Sports medicine content
• Sports injury education

Headquarters

HQ city

Metz

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Premium Rehabilitation Programs: Paid access to expert-developed rehabilitation (réathlétisation) programs designed for athletes returning to sport after injury. Programs include structured workout routines with prerequisites and duration specifications.
2. Free Services: Free access to autodiagnosis tools, sport health content, blog articles, tutorials, and downloadable ebooks. These free services drive user acquisition and engagement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Dr Sport provides a freemium digital health platform (web and mobile) that helps amateur athletes self-diagnose sports injuries, learn about sport pathologies via a lexicon, follow strapping and taping tutorials, download educational ebooks, and access paid re-athleticization programs for return to sport after injury. Content is developed by a scientific committee of sports-medicine and pharmacy professionals and spans 12+ sports.

Product overview

Dr Sport operates as a single unified mobile/web application platform offering free and premium services centered on sports health and injury management. The core offering consists of a self-diagnosis tool, a pathology lexicon, educational tutorials (strapping/taping), and free ebooks. Premium features include paid re-athleticization programs (réathlétisation) led by sports health experts. The platform covers 15+ sports including running, cycling, swimming, tennis, football, basketball, volleyball, handball, rugby, fitness, skiing, and more. The company is operated by E-HEALTH FWD SAS and is registered with CNIL.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Application Dr Sport Mobile and web application delivering sports-health and injury guidance for amateur athletes, integrating self-diagnosis, pathology information, tutorials, free ebooks, and premium re-athleticization programs in a single freemium platform.
• Autodiagnostic Tool Self-diagnosis feature that lets users analyze their injuries or pain by answering a series of questions to receive appropriate remedies and first-aid recommendations for faster recovery.
• Pathology Lexicon Comprehensive database of sport-related pathologies providing definitions, advice, treatments, and frequently asked questions, designed for users who already know their diagnosis.
• Tutorials (Strapping/Taping) Step-by-step video and image tutorials teaching users how to apply strapping and kinesio tape for various sports injuries, covering body parts including ankle, knee, wrist, elbow, fingers, and ribs.
• Ebooks Free downloadable educational ebooks on sports injuries and pathologies, such as knee trauma guides, providing detailed explanations, treatment options, and rehabilitation advice.
• Réathlétisation Programs Expert-led sports re-athleticization programs for returning to sport after injury or inactivity, covering conditions such as knee injuries, ankle sprains, and tendinitis; offered as premium paid content with structured workout routines, prerequisites, and durations.
• Questions to a Physician Q&A service that lets users ask sport-trauma-related questions to medical professionals, with responses based on the information users provide and limited to 12 questions per year per user.

Quantifiable outcome

• Platform provides 5 most common injuries for 12+ sports including running, football, rugby, basketball, handball, tennis, swimming, cycling, fitness, skiing, volleyball, and hiking

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Freeletics: Freeletics is a European-origin AI fitness coaching app delivering personalized training programs for amateur athletes. It shares DrSport's direct-to-consumer amateur athlete focus and content-driven coaching model, though it emphasizes general training rather than injury rehabilitation.
• BetterMe: BetterMe offers a suite of consumer wellness apps covering fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness with freemium content-led monetization. It overlaps with DrSport's free-content-to-paid-programs PLG motion targeting amateur sports and fitness participants in Europe.

Broad incumbents

• Doctissimo: Doctissimo is one of France's largest consumer health information portals covering pathology guides, treatments, forums, and wellness content. It overlaps with DrSport's pathology lexicon and consumer health content motion and has been cited in DrSport's press list, indicating direct competitive overlap in French-language sports injury information.
• Hinge Health: Hinge Health is a large digital musculoskeletal care platform offering exercise therapy for back, joint, and post-surgical rehabilitation, primarily via employer and insurer channels. It competes in the same digital MSK and rehab program category as DrSport's paid réathlétisation offering, with substantially greater scale and clinical evidence base.
• Sword Health: Sword Health is a digital physical therapy and MSK care provider delivering AI-guided exercise programs for pain and post-injury recovery via employer/insurer contracts. Its digital-first rehab programs overlap with DrSport's paid réathlétisation programs but at much greater scale and via B2B distribution.
• Decathlon (Decathlon Coach / Domyos): Decathlon operates consumer fitness and sports coaching apps tied to its sporting goods retail business, including content for runners and amateur athletes. It is comparable to DrSport in serving French amateur athletes with sport-specific training content, but with massive distribution and brand reach.

Direct peers

• Physitrack: Physitrack is a cloud-based exercise prescription and patient adherence platform used by physiotherapists to deliver home exercise programs with video content. It is highly comparable to DrSport's video-based rehabilitation programs and self-guided exercise content for injured athletes.
• Kaia Health: Kaia Health delivers app-based digital therapy programs for pain (back, MSK) and chronic conditions combining exercise, education, and coaching. Its self-guided, content-driven rehab model closely mirrors DrSport's freemium injury guidance plus paid program approach, serving consumers directly.

Others

• Kinésithérapie / Revues kiné (Kinéscope, Kinésithérapia): Kinésithérapie magazine (Kinéscope) is a French professional publication and resource for physiotherapists, cited in DrSport's press list. It represents the broader French physical therapy ecosystem DrSport intersects with for clinical credibility and B2B distribution to clinicians.
• Withings Health Solutions: Withings is a French connected health device maker whose ecosystem (scales, watches, sleep) could complement DrSport's sports health content with objective activity and recovery data. It is adjacent rather than directly competitive, but relevant for partnership and ecosystem analysis.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCj4AveQ5QMzrHOm3OuRPRlQ?sub_confirmation=1
• Facebookfacebook.com/drsport.fr
• LinkedInfr.linkedin.com/company/dr-sport
• Instagraminstagram.com/drsport_appli_sport_sante
• Xx.com/drsportfr

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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