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Have you noticed Kinesiology Tape on athletes at the Olympics? Football? Tennis? Have you wondered if it “really does anything?”
As a Certified Kinesio Taping Instructor and Practitioner, I can attest to the fact that it is not “just tape.” Elastic therapeutic Taping was invented in the late 1970’s by Dr. Kenzo Kase, an American-trained Chiropractor and Naturopathic Clinician from Japan. He experimented with different taping materials to provide his patients with more lasting therapeutic effects between treatments. Fast forward to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and everyone wondered what the tape was doing for athletes from the volleyball court, to diving platforms and even in the sumo wrestling ring.
Kinesio Tape is used to provide mechanical and neurological cues to the body for pain, circulation, posture, and overall improvement in function. Practitioners manipulate the shape, tension, direction, and placement of the tape to provide unique therapeutic outcomes for patients of all ages and conditions. Although Kinesio Tape may be most visible on athletes, more than 85% of applications can be found on patients from the NICU to Nursing homes, in the work place, and in Rehab facilities all around the globe.
Kinesio Taping applications can be used for joint pain, ligament sprains, post surgical swelling, neurological pain from trauma or injury, supporting unstable joints, tendonitis, back pain, muscle strains…. I could go on. At db Ortho PT, trained physical therapists use their examination skills to identify symptoms and conditions that will benefit from Kinesio Taping, and customize the applications to address specific needs. Kinesio Taping offers a non-invasive, non-addictive alternative to managing pain, and relieving acute and chronic symptoms. We look forward to using this modality as a part of your recovery. If you would like to learn more about Kinesiotaping and how it could help you, email Dr. Scarano Ward at Cward@dborthopt.com or call the office at 732-747-1262 to schedule an appointment.
