No other method of therapy has allowed me to hold joints, muscles, and fasciae together over several days better than Kinesio Tape.

Since 2004, I have kinesio taped shoulders, knees, wrists, ankles, fingers, and toes.  Hip, rotator cuff, inner shoulder blade, ribs, and plantar fascia have all been taped.

It can be described as an ACE bandage times 10.  Or a muscle hugger.  It actually, in fact, does several things depending on how it is applied.  It may loosen a muscle, tighten a muscle, support a joint, provide nerve feedback from the skin, relax fascia, and allow lymph flow.

Lance Armstrong described Kinesio Tape in his book Every Second Counts as "a special hot-pink tape that came from Japan that seemed to have magical powers."  Armstrong added: "Sometimes we'd be so wrapped up in hot-pink tape that we'd look like dolls, a bunch of broken dolls But the tape worked, so we kept it, because it could fix things."

The recent 2008 Summer Olympics revealed how heavily Kinesio Taping is catching on in the professional sports arena:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kerri Walsh and Misty May, Volleyball, USA.  Gold.

 

 

 

 

 

 President Bush joins in.

 

 

 

  

 

 Germaine Mason, High Jump, UK.  Silver.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Hrisopiyi Devetzi, Triple Jump, Greece.  Bronze.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Paulo Villar, 110m Hurdles, Colombia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wallace Spearman, 200m, USA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Bridgette Foster-Hylton, 100m Hurdles, Jamaica.

 

 

 

 

 

 Alex Mumbru, Basketball, Spain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Nikola Janovic, Water Polo, Montenegro.

 

 

 

 

 

 Rafael Nadal, Tennis, Spain.  Gold.

 

 

 

 

 

 Wheelchair Basketball, Great Britain (L).

Wheelchair Basketball, South Africa (R).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Josefa Idem, Kayak, Italy.

 

 

 

 

 

 Field Hockey, China.  Silver.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chinese women players being taped up.

 

 

 

 

Even in the 2009 Superbowl with the Arizona Cardinals versus the Pittsburgh Steelers revealed Kinesio Tape use:

 

 Edgerrin James running down the field.