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Kinesio Taping gives support and
  stability to your joints and muscles without affecting circulation and range

of motion. It is also used for Preventive Maintenance, Edema, and
Pain  Management.

Kinesio Taping is a technique based on the body's own
natural  healing process. This Kinesio Taping exhibits
its efficacy through the activation of neurological and circulatory systems. This method basically stems from
the science of Kinesiology, hence the name
"Kinesio". Muscles are  not only attributed to the movements of
the
body but also control the  circulation of venous and lymph flows, body
temperature, etc. Therefore, the
failure of the muscles to function
properly induces various kinds of  symptoms.

Consequently, so much
attention was given to the importance of  muscle function that the idea of
treating the
muscles in order to  activate the body's own healing
process came about. Using an elastic tape, it  was
discovered that
muscles and other tissues could be helped by  outside assistance. Employment of
Kinesio
Taping creates a totally new  approach to treating nerves,
muscles, and organs. The first application of
Kinesio Taping was for
a patient with articular disorders.

For the  first 10 years,
orthopedists, chiropractors, acupuncturists and other medical  practitioners
were the
main users of Kinesio Taping. Soon thereafter,  Kinesio
Taping was used by the Japanese Olympic volleyball
players and  word
quickly spread to other athletes. Today, Kinesio Taping is accepted by  medical

practitioners and athletes in Japan, United States, Europe,  South
America and other Asian countries.

The Kinesio Taping Method is  applied
over muscles to reduce pain and inflammation, relax overused tired
muscles, and to support muscles in movement on a 24hr/day basis. It is
  non-restrictive type of taping which
allows for full range of
  motion.

In contrast, traditional sports' taping is wrapped around a joint strictly for stabilization and support during a
sporting
event  obstructing the flow of bodily fluids... an UNDESIRABLE
  side-effect.

Kinesio Tape is used for anything from headaches to foot
  problems and everything in between. Examples
include: muscular
  facilitation or inhibition in pediatric patients, carpal tunnel syndrome, lower
  back strain/pain
(subluxations, herniated disc), knee conditions,
  shoulder conditions, hamstring, groin injury, rotator cuff
injury,
  whiplash, tennis elbow, plantar fasciitis, patella tracking, pre and post
  surgical edema, ankle sprains,
athletic preventative injury method,
and  as a support method.

http://www.kinesiotape.ca/whatitdoes.htm

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Taping
  Injuries
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There's a new type of tape
  in town. Volleyball player Kerri
Walsh sported it at the Olympics.
In  his new book, champion cyclist Lance Armstrong swears by it. But
Kinesio tape isn't just for professional athletes. The elastic woven
  material is also helping patients in physical
therapy recover from
  injuries.



For 22-year-old Carlos Villamizar, working out at the
  gym isn't a chore. It's a passion.



"It is an important part of
my  life," Villamizar told Ivanhoe.



But last year, lifting
weights  became nearly impossible.



"I felt like someone had
stabbed me in  the back with a knife," Villamizar recalled.



A
pinched nerve  caused the muscles in his upper back to weaken. Villamizar was
told surgery  wasn't an
option, and it would take two years to
  heal.



"Two years was not acceptable in my standards," he
  said.



Instead of waiting, he turned to physical therapy and a
  special tape. Kinesio tape is stretched and placed on
the skin over
  injured muscles and joints.



"You can apply this tape in such a
  manner that it will help to aid the contraction of that muscle group,"
Christopher Stavres, a physical therapist from Tallahassee Memorial
  HealthCare in Tallahassee, Fla., told
Ivanhoe.



The
tape  improves circulation and helps remove painful fluid
buildup.



"As  the Kinesio tape recoils, what it does is that it
then creates these  convolutions along the skin, which
relieve that
pressure," Stavres  said.



"Nothings a cure-all," Trent Nessler,
P.T., D.P.T., M.P.T,  managing director at Baptist Sports Medicine in
Nashville,
Tenn., told  Ivanhoe.



But Nessler agrees Kinesio tape can have an
impact when  combined with other therapies.



"It's another great
tool that we  can use as a part of a well-comprehensive program," Nessler
  said.



Villamizar has been using the tape for three months.
Today,  he's back lifting weights.



"To get back in the gym, it's
been,  it's key to me," he explained.



Villamizar wears the tape
for two  weeks at a time. The tape typically stays on for three to five days
before
needing to be reapplied. It is made of 100 percent cotton
fibers, and it  stays on in the shower. A roll costs
about $15 and
is applied by a  specially-trained physical therapist.

For additional
research on this  article, click here.

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If this
story or any  other Ivanhoe story has impacted your life or prompted you or
someone you know  to
seek or change treatments, please let us know
by contacting Melissa  Medalie at
mmedalie@ivanhoe.com.





FOR MORE INFORMATION,  PLEASE
CONTACT:

Christopher Stavres, PT

Tallahassee Memorial
  HealthCare

Tallahassee, FL

Christopher.stavres@tmh.org

http://www.tmh.org


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