Your Kinesio Tape Guide
You’ve seen that colorful tape all over college and professional athletes. You even saw it at the summer Olympics a couple of years go. You weren’t really sure what use it could be to you since you don’t play a sport. However, you’re an avid runner and protecting your joints and reducing injury is really important if you want to keep running every day. Those colorful streaks are known as Kinesio tape, and it can really help you!
First of all, the tape has a ton of benefits compared to traditional athletic tape. It can speed up your recovery if you’re injured by allowing your injury to have the completely free range of motion that older athletic tape doesn’t allow. It can help you handle your pain and keep you from further injuring yourself. The tape protects your muscles, tissues, and joints, which are all things you need if you want to be the best runner you can be. You can even use it if you’re not injured and it’ll still provide all of those body parts with protection. Additionally, it’s much more comfortable and flexible than traditional athletic tape. (more…)