Taping (or kinesiology tape for the technical name)
Discussion
I told my physio I had pain in my knee whilst running. He taped it using RockTape.
I was extremely cynical that a bit of sticky tape could support the knee and stop the pain.
But, amazingly it did for the few days the tape was on. After 4 days I pulled the tape off and the pain is back.
I think it is Voodoo.
Anybody here tried this taping malarkey, and if so, did you find it worked?
I was extremely cynical that a bit of sticky tape could support the knee and stop the pain.
But, amazingly it did for the few days the tape was on. After 4 days I pulled the tape off and the pain is back.
I think it is Voodoo.
Anybody here tried this taping malarkey, and if so, did you find it worked?
my mrs runs a sports therapy business and both her & guy who works for her are both qualified in this stuff.
It works!
it can lift the skin to allow the swelling to drain but also can be put on to feed more blood to the area to speed up healing.
Easiest way to look at it, if it didn't work why are all the professionals having it put on by their therapists?
It works!
it can lift the skin to allow the swelling to drain but also can be put on to feed more blood to the area to speed up healing.
Easiest way to look at it, if it didn't work why are all the professionals having it put on by their therapists?
Tape in general can do some useful things, either directly (eg supporting the position of your kneecap) or indirectly by reminding you to move more carefully etc. I've seen no decent evidence at all for there being anything special about the branded tape, and nothing to support the claims about it affecting/improving circulation.
With regard to taping helping with pain relief. I had tennis elbow a while back and bought an adjustable neoprene cuff which you tighten on your forearm. Gives exactly the same result as tape but is obviously a bit bulkier.
I think it's something with stablising the tendons and muscles causing the pain.
Although the kiniseo tape will do the same thing, a lot of it for top sportsmen/women is probably about the phsycological effects of the tape as anything else. Placebo effect is very helpful at the top level sports and this is just the latest fad.
I don't doubt there is some benefits as the cuff really worked for me but was obviously adjustable throughout the day whereas taping my own elbow would have been more dificult on my own.
I think it's something with stablising the tendons and muscles causing the pain.
Although the kiniseo tape will do the same thing, a lot of it for top sportsmen/women is probably about the phsycological effects of the tape as anything else. Placebo effect is very helpful at the top level sports and this is just the latest fad.
I don't doubt there is some benefits as the cuff really worked for me but was obviously adjustable throughout the day whereas taping my own elbow would have been more dificult on my own.
I think I'll get some tape and give it a proper test. I find the traditional knee supports bulky, and the elasticated ones I've used tend to ruck up behind the knee. But, I've never tried a neoprene one.
Speaking of professional sports players, I noticed for the first time Wimbledon players are using tape. But that may be more because I very rarely watch tennis, and not that is has just come in this year.
Speaking of professional sports players, I noticed for the first time Wimbledon players are using tape. But that may be more because I very rarely watch tennis, and not that is has just come in this year.
Rusty1 said:
Easiest way to look at it, if it didn't work why are all the professionals having it put on by their therapists?
Because it was donated to the athletes in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and that caused a surge in popularity - pretty much based on the sentiment you've shown above. Good marketing on someones part, it remains the case that it has no proven benefits.true but still the therapists wouldn't use it if they didn't feel it worked as if it caused any problems, it would be them out of a job. (hence why not all athletes were using it)
My Mrs uses it and happily recommends it as she has seen the results of using it, including one client who had lymphedema and using the tape on it helped reduce the swelling and pain so that her client is no longer on boxes of drugs just to get through the day.
I might ask her to type up a post as she knows more about it.
My Mrs uses it and happily recommends it as she has seen the results of using it, including one client who had lymphedema and using the tape on it helped reduce the swelling and pain so that her client is no longer on boxes of drugs just to get through the day.
I might ask her to type up a post as she knows more about it.
Rusty1 said:
true but still the therapists wouldn't use it if they didn't feel it worked as if it caused any problems, it would be them out of a job. (hence why not all athletes were using it)
My Mrs uses it and happily recommends it as she has seen the results of using it, including one client who had lymphedema and using the tape on it helped reduce the swelling and pain so that her client is no longer on boxes of drugs just to get through the day.
I might ask her to type up a post as she knows more about it.
Here's a starter for 10 on kinesio tapeMy Mrs uses it and happily recommends it as she has seen the results of using it, including one client who had lymphedema and using the tape on it helped reduce the swelling and pain so that her client is no longer on boxes of drugs just to get through the day.
I might ask her to type up a post as she knows more about it.
Here's the coup de grâce
And here is why it works
Silent1 said:
There's no proper scientific evidence for it from proper peer reviewed journals and the results that are there seem to suggest its not all that special over any other taping.
This is what I had read. Someone reviewed the original paper submitted by the inventor and found it wanting. I personally think its a bit of a fad. There may be some slight effect, I bet its got a placebo effect as well, which arguably, can be just as useful. I read through the paper submitted in 2008 by the inventor and it wasn't really convincing to me either. The scientific method didn't seem that robust.It just gets silly though, having competed in a few European and world level competitions in surf lifesaving as soon as one person turns up with the brightly colored tape, by the end of the week everyone is walking around with the bloody stuff on and seemingly the more the better (I've seen whole legs wrapped in the stuff and whole shoulders!). Extra points for making pretty patterns.
It's like a badge of honor. Because swimming in the sea or paddling a paddle board is fraught with danger and this should be recognised!! (joke!).
Its not a new invention though is it? wasn't it developed in the 70's or something like that by a chiropractor?? and hes been trying to peddle it ever since. It only gained traction when they supplied a crate load of it to the 2008/2012 olympics.
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