About Kinesio

For more than 25 years, Kinesio Taping has been breaking new ground in the fields of sports performance, pain management and physical therapy.

The Kinesio Taping Method is designed to facilitate the bodys natural healing process while allowing support and stability to muscles and joints without restricting the bodys range of motion. It is used to successfully treat a variety of orthopedic, neuromuscular, neurological and medical conditions. Both Kinesio Tex Tape and the training protocol have shown results that would have been unheard of using older methods and materials.

In the mid-1970s, Dr. Kenzo Kase was already a well-known Japanese practitioner licensed in chiropractic and acupuncture. He developed the tape, which has a texture and elasticity very close to living human skin, in response to limitations he encountered working with rigid sports taping methods on his own patients.

Finally, he came up with a tape that possessed the proper degree of elasticity, and that lifts the skin microscopically. From that beginning, Kinesio Tex Tape was invented. Its unique properties were based on a study of kinesiology.

Kinesio Tex Tape is used to

Re-educate the neuromuscular system

Reduce pain

Enhance performance

Prevent injury

Promote improved circulation and healing

Kinesio Tex Gold sets the standard for elastic therapeutic taping.

It creates a lifting effect on the skins surface, which improves circulation and relieves pain.

It may be applied using different amounts and directions of tension, so the tape has the ability to relax or stimulate muscles.

It is made of gentle cotton fiber.

It features a 100% medical-grade acrylic adhesive.

It is totally latex free.

It does not limit the wearers range of motion.

The distinctive wave-pattern weave moves with the wearers movements.

It allows for 3 to 5 day wear time to provide 24-hour results to the patient and to provide for an economical treatment.

Kinesio Taping MethodThe Kinesio Taping Method is a definitive rehabilitative taping technique that is designed to facilitate the bodys natural healing process while providing support and stability to muscles and joints without restricting the bodys range of motion as well as providing extended soft tissue manipulation to prolong the benefits of manual therapy administered within the clinical setting. Latex-free and wearable for days at a time, Kinesio Tex Tape is safe for populations ranging from pediatric to geriatric, and successfully treats a variety of orthopedic, neuromuscular, neurological and other medical conditions. The Kinesio Taping Method is a therapeutic taping technique not only offering your patient the support they are looking for, but also rehabilitating the affected condition as well. By targeting different receptors within the somatosensory system, Kinesio Tex Tape alleviates pain and facilitates lymphatic drainage by microscopically lifting the skin. This lifting affect forms convolutions in the skin thus increasing interstitial space and allowing for a decrease in inflammation of the affected areas.

With the utilization of single I strips or modifications in the shape of an X, Y or other specialized shapes as well as the direction and amount of stretch placed on the tape at time of application, Kinesio Tex Tape can be applied in hundreds of ways and has the ability to re-educate the neuromuscular system, reduce pain and inflammation, enhance performance, prevent injury and promote good circulation and healing, and assist in returning the body to homeostasis.

Kinesiotaping Application

1. Neck Application

2. Back Application

3. Shoulder Application

4. Carpel Tunnel Syndrome

5. Knee Application.

What Patients are saying about Kinesio

I am writing to tell you that for 18 months straight I suffered from incredible pain, spasm, stiffness, and soreness in both of my shoulders. I have used Kinesio Tex Tape for not even seven days, and my pain relief has been strong, effective, and immediate. I can tell you now that I am functional again and my pain has been reduced by 95%! Please try this product if you have a myalgic (muscle pain/spasm) condition!!! Also tendinitis, subluxation, dislocation... -N.B., Rochester, NY I have had back pain for about 6 months. I started going to physical therapy, and they told me about Kinesio Tex Tape. I was skeptical at first, wondering how in the world can pieces of tape help my painbut it did!! After a full day activity, I was fully expecting my back to be in pain like usual, but it didn't! For the first time in 6 months my back did not hurt. I had forgotten what no pain felt like! I was completely amazed and have been telling everyone about this product!! I am also amazed at how well it sticks. Even after showering, it stays in place.

-Amanda Monk, TX "It is a really great product! Everytime I use it the pain goes away. I will continue to use Kinesio Tex Tape both on and off the field."-Manny Carrillo, offensive tackle for Cienega Varsity Football, AZ I have used the product on myself, for chronic retrocalcaneal bursitis due to running. It has reduced my pain and inflammation, considerably. It allows me to run more frequently. I use it with patients now, with good results. -Laureen Coffelt I just cant believe that Kinesio Tex Tape has done so much for me and my lupus affecting my hands and fingers. Along with moist heat treatment, medication, and tape I am able to peel potatoes, put socks on, sew and type. I still have a ways to go, but to be able to the simple things is a blessing. Thanks to Kinesio Tex Tape. -Betty Drda I learned about the tape from a physical therapist. He used the tape on me and it helped the chronic pain Ive had for many years due to fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome. I hope more doctors and therapist will learn to do this because it helps more than any pain pills, and it doesnt involve wires, batteries, etc like a micro-current unit. -Mary Ann Martin, New Orleans, LA You may tell your colleagues, based on an anecdotal 6 weeks study; the Kinesio Tex Tape seems to relieve 30% of the numbness in my arm from carpal tunnel syndrome which Ive had for the past 20 years. -Anu Oinas, Washington, DC