Kinesiotaping is a taping technique that helps facilitate the body’s natural healing process without restricting range of motion.
Kinesiotaping gives support and stability to a body’s joints and muscles. It was designed to mimic human skin and to facilitate the body’s natural healing process without restricting the body’s range of motion. It is an elastic form of tape that enhances motion through activation of the neurological and the circulatory systems.
Some of the proposed benefits of kinesiotape include:
- Improved Proprioceptive and muscle facilitation (sensory feedback)
- Reduced muscle fatigue and spasm
- Reducing over-contraction and over-stretching of muscle
- Reduced DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness)
- Enhanced healing of tissues (reduced edema, improved lymphatic drainage and blood circulation)
- Improved contraction and activation of weakened muscles
- Relieving pain (by activating the natural analgesic system in our skin receptors)
