Kt tape knee hyperextension12/16/2023 ![]() Inhibit overly tight quadriceps or hamstrings or facilitate a weak one.Using this principle to tape for knee dysfunction: Origin to insertion to facilitate the muscle contraction and enhance circulation.Insertion to origin to inhibit the muscle or decrease spasm.Tape direction: the tape will recoil to where you anchored it first. I Technique is used in place of Y strip for acute injured muscle to facilitate or inhibit muscle, limit edema and pain, and is applied directly over the injured or painful area. Y Technique is best used to facilitate or inhibit muscle stimuli and should be approximately 2 inches longer than the muscle origin to insertion and applied surrounding the muscle. (How to properly cut and apply tape is covered in CE classes.) Strip Selection: Can be applied in the shape of a I, Y, X, Fan, Web and Donut. Are you able to assess dysfunction? Are you able to provide the recommended exercises to strengthen or stretch? Proper evaluation of the underlying cause is critical to the success of the taping technique applied. ![]() Looking at the massage therapists’ scope of practice, there are a few considerations. Taping is non-invasive, non-surgical and non-pharmaceutical, so for the most part you can do no harm. Tape does not replace the need for manual therapy, strengthening, exercises or stretching, but it does assist in daily activities, sports and in the recovery process of healing from an injury. I recommend doing your own research by documenting each case, getting feedback from clients, measuring the area, and taking photos before and after. In terms of understanding and documenting taping’s benefits, we want to use the best external evidence possible, while using our own individual clinical experience. Taping to support the knee has been around since the early 1970s, and to date has a slew of research studies indicating it has benefits. Knee pain affects approximately 25% of adults, and its prevalence has increased almost 65% over the past 20 years-accounting for nearly 4 million primary care visits annually, according to The American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation. Common knee problems include sprained or strained ligaments, cartilage tears, tendonitis and arthritis. ![]() ![]() So I remain highly skeptical.The most common causes of knee pain are related to aging, injury, repeated stress, over-use, over-weight and under-use of the knee. The big fat (R) symbol used all over that study tells me that that study was run by the brand itself, I don’t have the time to find out but that’s my hunch. Not for nothing but I’ve done controlled clinical trials for a top brand name company (Unilever) before, and they kick people out of the study who don’t give them the answers they are looking for. The placebo effect makes them believe they have slight pain relief. As I mentioned, any joint that is taped up is going to draw the awareness of that person, and they will consciously be more careful of that joint. They used the same tape on all of the people in the trial, all they did was change the way it was applied. Acupuncture is commonly suggested as a viable treatment option for almost any ailment, while every single legitimate study on its efficacy have fallen flat.Īlso one study of 187 people is really small, and the placebo effect is in, well, full effect. Almost all police officers have to pass a polygraph exam to get accepted onto a force. Professionals use pseudoscientific methods literally all the time. I’m glad you found something that works for you!! I threw out several brands of KT Tape thinking I was allergic before I learned that I was just taping my shoulders wrong Bob and Brad physical therapy on YouTube is also incredible - they’re funny, and have really helped me learn a lot about my jointsĪlso just a warning about traction blisters! If you blister, you might think you’re allergic to the adhesive… but it’s more likely that it was just taped too tight and you got a traction blister. I’m sure you’ve already found these, but the KTTape YouTube videos are excellent. Our proprioception is just a bit off from our range of motion being so much wider than it’s supposed to be our whole lives KT tape definitely helped me develop that understanding of my range of motion though. ![]() Sleeping on my stomach makes my knees slippy for example. I find that I need it less these days now that I’m learning good range of motion and what hurts me. Sometimes there just isn’t a brace that works quite how I need it to. ![]()
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