What is the function of kinesiology tape?

If you often go to the playground to exercise or go to the training hall, you must often see people with colored tape on their shoulders, arms, or legs. These are not the latest fashion trends. This professional name is kinesiology tape. If you haven't used it before, you may not know what the kinesiology tape does, let's take a look at it next!

Usually when a professional athlete's muscle is injured, the doctor will fix the athlete's injured or inflamed muscle and fascia together. The function of kinesiology tape is to use the density difference of the tape to affect the direction of the skin, so that the skin becomes a little loose, thereby increasing the gap between the skin and the muscle, and affecting the direction of the subcutaneous fascia tissue, so that the fascial system can have sufficient communication. Permeability and circulation, improve lymphatic circulation and blood flow. Increased blood flow will remove waste from inflammation and speed up the healing of the injured area. In addition, some people have proposed that this kind of kinesiology tape will affect the pain receptors on the skin and interfere with the transmission of signals to the brain.

At first, doctors and coaches were still skeptical of this product. However, at the 2012 World Championships, more and more athletes wear this kind of tape. Athletes and clinicians believe that the effect of this kind of tape reduces the sympathy and fatigue of athletes during running.

So when is the kinesiology tape suitable for?

Kinesiology tape is not a panacea. It is most suitable for musculoskeletal injuries such as shoulder impingement, low back pain and plantar fasciitis. In these cases, the muscle tape seems to have successfully relieved the pain of sports injured people and can make it easier for them to perform physical rehabilitation training. However, it will not have much effect if it is severe enough to tear or rotator cuff tear. At this time, it is recommended that you go to the hospital for examination and treatment.

·Use tips:

· Evaluation is required before taping to determine the purpose and method of taping.

· The longest time for a single taping is up to 5 days, usually 1-3 days, which can be adjusted according to the actual situation.

· Kinesiology tape has no absolute contraindications, but it is suitable for people who are allergic to patches and avoid open wounds, skin diseases.

·Remove the kinesiology tape: slowly lift the patch along the direction of the body hair, tear the skin off the patch, remove it when taking a bath, and observe whether the skin has redness and swelling.

It is best to leave more than 4 hours between the two tapes.

The above is the explanation about the function of the sports function tape. I hope it can be helpful to you. If you also want to buy this sports function tape, you can directly click the link below to contact the manufacturer Kunshan Yuhuan to get in touch online , They will send you detailed details~

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