Taping Technique

Kinesiotaping:

The Kinesio Taping Method involves taping over and around muscles in order to assist and give support or to prevent overuse.  Kinesio Tape gives the patient support while maintaining full range of motion, enabling the individual to participate in physcial activity with functional assistance.  Through the way in which the tape is applied, it can facilitate, relax or inhibit muscle function.  Kinesio Taping is also effective in the removal of swelling, correcting misaligned joints, and supports muscles and ligaments through their full range of motion.  Kinesio Taping can be applied to injuries including:

• Any Sprain or Strain
• Postural Disorders
• Carpal Tunnel Syndroms
• Tennis/Golfer's elbow
• Knee Tracking and Tendon Disorders
• Ankle Sprains
• Rotator Cuff/Shoulder Injuries
• Reduction of Traumatic or Post-Surgical swelling

For more information on The Kinesio Taping Method, visit: www.kinesiotaping.com

Spider Tech Taping:

The tape, made with hypoallergenic acrylic glue, is manufactured to be the same weight, thickness and elasticity as the skin and is therefore able to integrate with the body’s sensory system naturally.  There are 3 possible categories of effect which have been identified depending on the method of application and the therapeutic outcome desired.

• Structurally
  • Dynamically supports better postural positions.
  • Prevent harmful ranges of motion without a hard end feel.
  • Reduce strain on affected muscle.
• Neurologically
  • Enhanced sensory stimulation leading to decreased perception of pain.
  • Restoration of normal muscle activation and function.
  • Reinforces the restoration of functional stability.
  • Promotes peripheral neuroplasticity.
  • Stimulation of the skin’s endogenous analgesic system.
• Microcirculatory
  • Wave pattern formation.
  • Superficial fascial thixotrophy.
  • Improved lymphatic flow.
  • Improved superficial microcirculatory flow.

The end result

• Easy to use with faster more efficient application times.
• Improved clinical skill sets for the progressive therapist.
• Improved clinical outcomes
  • The patient is able to achieve early engagement in pain-free ranges of motion and strengthening exercises.
  • The patient becomes an active participant in the therapeutic process.
  • The patient is able to take the therapy home with them maintaining the treatment objectives between their treatments.

Specific Proprioceptive Response Taping (SPRT):

SPRT taping, developed by Dr. Tim Brown, helps determine the direction necessary for proper approximation and compression of injured tissue.  SPRT gives greater relief from the injury in movement patterns.  Due to the types of tape used, SPRT is very supportive of injured areas, while still allowing for proper range of motion with activity.  SPRT can be applied to injuries including:

• Cervical or Lumbar Disc Herniations
• Ankle Sprains
• Knee tracking and tendon disorders
• Shoulder Sprains and Rotator Cuff Injuries
• Postural Disorders
• Plantar Faciitis