Anecdotal evidence of its abilities may reflect a placebo effect it has on users—if people believe it's helping them, it may actually do so. If you are concerned about treating a sports injury, your best bet is to visit our Treatment section to read doctor-authored advice for individual injuries.
Acute Injury: Additional Treatment Considerations. You are here Blog. Does Kinesiology Tape Really Work? A systematic review of the effectiveness of kinesio taping for musculoskeletal injury. Phys Sportsmed. When Japanese athletes, particularly Olympic volleyball players, discovered Kinesio Taping, those colorful strips started a worldwide buzz.
Cyclist Lance Armstrong, famous both for seven consecutive Tour de France wins and for coming back strong even after fighting cancer, praised the hot-pink tape from Japan in his book "Every Second Counts" [source: Mihoces ]. Later, during the summer Olympics in , U. Olympic Gold Medalist Kerri Walsh amplified the buzz as people kept asking, "Is that a tattoo on her shoulder?
Walsh later became a spokesperson for KT Tape, a Kinesio competitor. This article unrolls the facts about kinesiology tape, from its technology and benefits to important tips on how to use it. Let's start with what it's made of and why. Let's start by looking at the basic function of kinesiology tape. This is not your ordinary athletic tape. Traditionally, athletes or others with muscle injuries would tape a muscle or joint to restrict motion and prevent further injury. Imagine a strained calf muscle.
Old-school taping methods would dictate wrapping tape around the entire lower leg -- calf, shin, tibia, fibula and all -- almost like a mummy. While that would prevent further strain by immobilizing the injured muscle, it would also impede circulation and slow down the body's natural healing process.
Kinesiology taping takes the opposite approach, using the tape to open up the muscle and allow full movement. Kinesiology tape is applied on top of an injured or strained area to stabilize it, but care is always taken to ensure that a muscle or tendon is never encircled with a ring of tape. As you move, the tape, skin and connective tissue or fascia over the muscle or tendon also move, pulling slightly away from the muscle and creating space for lymphatic fluid to flow around and cleanse the inflamed tissue.
Kase lists the following as the four major functions of Kinesio Taping. These functions drive the technology behind the tape:. To ensure a full range of motion for the wearer, Kinesio Tape is very thin and made with a porous cotton fabric. The fabric lets the skin breathe and has an elasticity comparable to that of the skin and muscles.
The sticky side of the tape uses a water-repellant, medical-grade acrylic adhesive that further supports the muscles and connective tissues. In addition, the tape can stay put for three to four days even through sweating and showering, and Kinesio makes a waterproof tape for use on hands and feet [source: Allegro ]. The brand name Kinesio Tape comes in rolls between up to three inches wide and 16 to feet in length, and is available in beige, black, blue and red which looks more like hot pink.
Though a single roll can seem a bit pricey -- a foot 4. Later, we'll look at some of Kinesio's competition and see whether those products are suitable substitutes when using Dr. Kase's Kinesio Taping Method. Now that you know that kinesiology tape is designed to do, let's take a closer look at the Kinesio Taping Method.
As you read on, note that we're not dispensing medical advice in this article. You should consult your doctor to determine if Kinesio Taping is an appropriate treatment for any muscle or tendon injuries you have.
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Effects of 3 different elastic therapeutic taping methods on the subacromial joint space. Some physical therapists think the tape changes the information your sensory nervous system is sending about pain and compression in your body.
Megann Schooley , board-certified clinical specialist in sports physical therapy and certified strength and conditioning specialist, explains it this way:. Kinesiology taping creates a lift that unloads the underlying tissues. Decompressing those tissues can change the signals going to the brain.
Trigger points are a good example. Physical therapists have used kinesiology tape to lift the skin over these tense, knotted muscles. When the area is decompressed, pain receptors send a new signal to the brain, and tension in the trigger point decreases. A study showed that trigger point pain was reduced and flexibility increased for people when kinesiology tape and manual pressure were used together. Chao YW, et al. Kinesio taping and manual pressure release: Short-term effects in subjects with myofasical trigger point.
A study showed that kinesiology taping can improve blood flow in the skin. Craighead DH, et al. Kinesiology tape modestly increases skin blood flow regardless of tape application technique. Lymphatic fluid is mostly water, but it also contains proteins, bacteria, and other chemicals.
The lymphatic system is the way your body regulates swelling and fluid buildup. The theory is that when kinesiology tape is applied, it creates extra subcutaneous space, which changes the pressure gradient in the area underneath your skin. That change in pressure enhances the flow of lymphatic fluid.
Studies have had mixed results. In two recent studies, kinesiology tape reduced fluid buildup in women who underwent breast cancer treatment and people who had total knee replacements. Malicka I, et al. Kinesiology taping reduces lymphedema of the upper extremity in women after breast cancer treatment: a pilot study.
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