The Future of Physio is here for Sens

As I watch the Olympics I began to notice all these weird taping jobs on the athletes, and of course the question myself was what it was.

Kinesio Taping donated 50,000 rolls of this tape to the athletes of the Olympic Games. It is important to note that they paid no money to market this tape at the games, so there was no other motivation for the athletes to use this tape except that it works.

I noticed this right away watching beach volleyball as there is a lot of my focus on the girls. Kerri Walsh of the womans USA beach volleyball team had recent shoulder surgery and has been finding the tape very useful.

The Kinesio Taping® Method involves taping over and around muscles in order to assist and give support or to prevent over-contraction. The first technique gives the practitioner the opportunity to actually give support while maintaining full range of motion. This enables the individual to participate in their normal physical activity with functional assistance. The second technique, which is most commonly used in the acute stage of rehabilitation, helps prevent overuse or over-contraction and helps provide facilitation of lymph flow for an entire 24 hour period. Correctional techniques include mechanical, lymphatic, ligament/tendon, fascia, space and functional. Kinesio Tex® Tape can be used in conjunction with other therapies, including cryotherapy, hydrotherapy, massage therapy, and electrical stimulation.

Would of been nice to see this on Heatleys shoulder or Fishers groin last year (Wait that didn't sound right, but you know what I mean).

http://kinesiotaping.com/index.php