Kinseo Tape

[Tiggsy]

Suffering with an ankle sprain and mild jumpers knee....anyone used kinseo tape? good or snake oil?

[Frimley111R]

Seen some of this stuff on the web. Might we snake oil. Worht a go assuming you can tell if it has helped.

[Northern Munkee]

My physio applied a strip to my knee, for a patella tendon / tracking issue I have. It is voodoo but it does seem to work, although I find any tape he applies seems to work, when I try to retape it's less effective.

[Tiggsy]

Ordered some so will see how it goes!

[staceyb]

It works if you know how to apply it correctly, meaning what tension to put on the tape and in what direction.

[996 sps]

staceyb said:

It works if you know how to apply it correctly, meaning what tension to put on the tape and in what direction.

This.

Also good for applying onto trigger points, decreasing swelling and bruising. But as mentioned need to know how to cut and apply it.

[staceyb]

996 sps said:

staceyb said:

It works if you know how to apply it correctly, meaning what tension to put on the tape and in what direction.

This.

Also good for applying onto trigger points, decreasing swelling and bruising. But as mentioned need to know how to cut and apply it.

This is what I mean about direction and tension. This is how I tape my right knee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8lWTQsMKJo

but I tape my left knee like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L-2tGlscbA

[goldblum]

There's very little evidence to the efficacy of this tape.Tests have shown it may work,but not in any significant manner.Physio tried it on my achilles a few

months ago,but it fell off and he didn't bother again.Not convinced at all.Plenty of references about.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...

[staceyb]

I've used it for years, since I was 13 and I'm now 28, and it has always worked. I used to used plain old athletic tape and now use the stretchy Kinesio tape.

Your physio must have applied it incorrectly as my tape has never fallen off.

[goldblum]

staceyb said:

I've used it for years, since I was 13 and I'm now 28, and it has always worked. I used to used plain old athletic tape and now use the stretchy Kinesio tape.

Your physio must have applied it incorrectly as my tape has never fallen off.

It took two days to fall off,which is not unreasonable.It was applied correctly,apparently.

Can you provide any references/research to back up your claims or is that just your opinion?

[koolchris99]

I wear it on my right elbow for rugby, and sometimes my knee depending how it's feeling.

the key is in the tension on application, and doing it properly.

had a physio apply it to my ribs when I fked them and did nothing.

[staceyb]

goldblum said:

It took two days to fall off,which is not unreasonable.It was applied correctly,apparently.

Can you provide any references/research to back up your claims or is that just your opinion?

http://212.59.118.205/articles/effects_of_kinesio_taping_on_the_timing_and_ratio_of_vastus_medialis_obliquus_and_lateralis_muscle_for_person_with_patellofemoral_pain.pdf

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...

[goldblum]

staceyb said:

goldblum said:

It took two days to fall off,which is not unreasonable.It was applied correctly,apparently.

Can you provide any references/research to back up your claims or is that just your opinion?

http://212.59.118.205/articles/effects_of_kinesio_taping_on_the_timing_and_ratio_of_vastus_medialis_obliquus_and_lateralis_muscle_for_person_with_patellofemoral_pain.pdf

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...

Fair enough.Better results for patellofemoral pain management,makes sense,well found.

Been a while since you researched hasn't it? If you're trying to find sources to counterbalance a claim it's a good idea to find a different source to that

which published the original paper,for obvious reasons!

[staceyb]

goldblum said:

Fair enough.Better results for patellofemoral pain management,makes sense,well found.

Been a while since you researched hasn't it? If you're trying to find sources to counterbalance a claim it's a good idea to find a different source to that

which published the original paper,for obvious reasons!

What are you blabbing about? What difference does it make to where I found it?

[goldblum]

staceyb said:

goldblum said:

Fair enough.Better results for patellofemoral pain management,makes sense,well found.

Been a while since you researched hasn't it? If you're trying to find sources to counterbalance a claim it's a good idea to find a different source to that

which published the original paper,for obvious reasons!

What are you blabbing about? What difference does it make to where I found it?

Little brains,no manners.

Well OP the evidence for and against,although all from the same publication,suggests the tape may or may not work..LOL

[staceyb]

goldblum said:

Little brains,no manners.

Well OP the evidence for and against,although all from the same publication,suggests the tape may or may not work..LOL

Excuse me? I have a different opinion so therefore I have no brains or manners, because I disagreed. Bloody hell, I knew there was a reason I hadn't bothered with this place for a while.

[goldblum]

staceyb said:

goldblum said:

Little brains,no manners.

Well OP the evidence for and against,although all from the same publication,suggests the tape may or may not work..LOL

Excuse me? I have a different opinion so therefore I have no brains or manners, because I disagreed. Bloody hell, I knew there was a reason I hadn't bothered with this place for a while.

TOTM?

[staceyb]

goldblum said:

TOTM?

Good God is that the best you can come up with?

[Tiggsy]

OK, so here's my results after a day:

History - 7 weeks ago rolled my ankle badly, 3 days crutches, 2 weeks limping, pain and swelling still obvious. Any exercise (and I am back to doing all exercise - gym, running, b.ball) caused increase pain and swelling.

Taped the ankle yesterday lunch time - having seen a zillion ways to tape I concluded the location of tape and, to an extent, the stretch, was les relevant that the tapes "puckering" of the skin to aid fluid dispersal.....so I applied in a bit of a commbo of some Youtube suggestions for ankle rolls and Achilles issues (as a lot of my ankle pain is now located there)

Thought it looked ridiculous.

Went to gym and 8pm - leg/balance day so split squats and single leg dumbell dead lifts....sort of thing that normally kills my ankle.

Home at 9pm and ankle was 99% pain free, couldnt tell there was any pain from walking at all. Only if I applied a significant stretch did I notice it wasnt 100%

So - 7 weeks, pain......8hrs after taping - no pain. Either it works or my ankle got better on its own.

Very very odd...but I'm buying more tape!

[goldblum]

Tiggsy said:

OK, so here's my results after a day:

History - 7 weeks ago rolled my ankle badly, 3 days crutches, 2 weeks limping, pain and swelling still obvious. Any exercise (and I am back to doing all exercise - gym, running, b.ball) caused increase pain and swelling.

Taped the ankle yesterday lunch time - having seen a zillion ways to tape I concluded the location of tape and, to an extent, the stretch, was les relevant that the tapes "puckering" of the skin to aid fluid dispersal.....so I applied in a bit of a commbo of some Youtube suggestions for ankle rolls and Achilles issues (as a lot of my ankle pain is now located there)

Thought it looked ridiculous.

Went to gym and 8pm - leg/balance day so split squats and single leg dumbell dead lifts....sort of thing that normally kills my ankle.

Home at 9pm and ankle was 99% pain free, couldnt tell there was any pain from walking at all. Only if I applied a significant stretch did I notice it wasnt 100%

So - 7 weeks, pain......8hrs after taping - no pain. Either it works or my ankle got better on its own.

Very very odd...but I'm buying more tape!

Interesting,glad it works for you.

Any chance of a photo of taping for future victims of 'rolled ankle'?