Background Ankle sprain is the most commonly diagnosed injury experienced by ballet dancers. Traditional taping and bracing affect function by restricting range of motion but are aesthetically ...
Leg adorned with criss-cross patterns of brightly coloured tape are now a common sight at the start line of races these days, and though the psychological benefit of having that niggle taped before ...
Introduction In recent years, Kinesio tape has been used to support injured muscle and joints, and relieve pain. We compared the pain and disability in individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain ...
Dear Colin: My physical therapist swears by "kinesio-taping" to help with joint pain. He says he uses it on just about all his patients with knee and shoulder problems because it really makes joints ...
Over the past decade there has been a global spread of a dinky, brightly-coloured product, strips of which are often seen adhering to the skin of runners, footballers and others. Kinesio Tape first ...
Once only spotted on the shoulders, legs, and stomachs of Olympic athletes, odd-looking arrangements of body tape are showing up at our gyms more and more. The stuff is called kinesiology tape — ...
Ever wondered what the bright-coloured strips of tape in odd patterns increasingly being seen on professional and recreational athletes are all about? At this point, it would be hard to find a part of ...