Kinesiology Taping

Kinesiology Taping

Kinesiology taping is a therapeutic tool and has become increasingly popular within the sporting arena. Taping has been used for a long time for the prevention and treatment of sporting injuries. Kinesiology taping is not only used for sporting injuries but for a variety of other conditions.

Kinesiology tape works—when applied correctly—by lifting the skin from the tissues below it. Everyone has nerve receptors in their skin, as well as in the deep layers of the fascia, muscles, and other connective tissues. When tape is applied, it causes compression or decompression of these areas, allowing it to alter pain signals to the brain.