Everything You Need to Know About Kinesiology Tape and Taping
Kinesiology tape, elastic therapeutic tape, sports tape … different names for the same brightly colored tape that athletes in every sports seem to be donning like a piece equipment these days.
Kinesiology tape seemed to make its debut during the 2008 Olympics but in reality, it had been in use long before then … 35 years to be more precise, when Dr. Keno Kaze designed the original version for use with his own patients.
Almost everyone is familiar with the standard white athletic tape that trainers use to bind a sprained ankle or immobilize a broken toe. Its purpose is clear as the tight cotton bandage all but casts that ankle into a particular posture.
But what about this crazy coloured and/or patterned tape cradling knees and shoulders? It doesn’t seem to immobilize anything because the tennis star can still fire a 100km/hr serve at her opponent and the pro cyclist can still bound up a steep incline – blue argyle tape moving like a piston on his knee.
Like many people I thought it was a fad… perhaps even a bit of a fashion statement to catch the media’s attention. It wasn’t until the urging of a colleague that I did some research and then began using it on my own patients.
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