Kinesiology Taping
Kinesiology taping is a therapeutic technique first developed in the 1970s by Dr. Kenzo Kase, a Japanese chiropractor. This method uses specially designed elastic tape to gently lift the fascia surrounding your muscles, which can help relieve discomfort and ease pain.
Lifting the fascia, kinesiology taping encourages better blood flow and supports the lymphatic drainage system, allowing your body to target and heal damaged muscle fibres effectively. This increased circulation helps reduce inflammation, decrease pain, and improve your range of motion, making it a valuable tool for injury recovery, ongoing muscle support, and activation.
Kinesiology Taping
The benefits:
- Supports the lymphatic system for better fluid movement
- Improves circulation and blood flow
- Accelerates the healing process
- Reduces inflammation and swelling
- Provides support to muscles and joints
- Helps control oedema (fluid build-up)
Kinesiology Tape is:
- 100% latex free
- doesn’t limit your range of motion
- water resistant
Kinesiology tape can be used anywhere from your neck to feet, but has to be applied correctly. Incorrect taping is often completely ineffective or sometimes damaging.
Kinesiology Taping Articles
The Letafatkar and Mohamamd Golipour Agdam, (2019) study, investigated how beneficial kinesiology taping was for postural control and how it would decrease shoulder pain and increase ROM in gamers. This could also be considered for people who work in office-based jobs.
In the Ghozy et al, (2019) study, it reviewed the effectivness of kinesiology taping (KT) alongside exercises and without exercises. This study showed that KT tape was more effective being used alongside exercises than on its own.
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