Kinesio Taping… Say What?
I seem to like using therapy tools that make people go “say what?” First it’s Lymphoedema therapy which is a mouth full next is Kinesiotaping… Well maybe it’s the challenge of explaining to people that thrills me?? lol 
Drainage tape for swellings, good for achilles tendon injury
The word Kinesio means movement, therefore this method is a type of therapy to facilitate movement. Movement of fluid, i.e. blood and lymph, movement of muscles and joints and movement of posture correction and gait.
It was invented in 1973 by Dr Kenzo Kaze a Chiropractic Doctor from Japan, who used this form of treatment to facilitate their national volley ball team and since then, it moved to New Mexico through Albuquerque University and took the athletic world by storm, one of the most prominent supporter being Lance Armstrong the famous cyclist.
Useful for pain management, for facilitating weak muscles and inhibiting spams helps to increases circulation and even correction of weak postural muscles.
facilitation tapes for pectoral and deltoid muscles, good for strengthening muscles and increase range of motion
I have used it for the last 2 years with my patients it proves to be quite amazing at pain management especially when used correctly, your muscles immediately experience pain relief and if you facilitate the right muscles, it feels light and strong with better range of motion than before.
Downside, is mainly the skin tolerance, adhesion allergy is always a problem, staying on the skin in this humid environment is another issue, the advise I received from the instructor is to use an extra load of adhesive preparation on the skin, but taking the tape off could be quite interesting!
Reddening of the skin after 1 day of application, stayed red for another day, no itch or pain otherwise.
Funny though my palliative care patient who should be the most sensitive of all the population, seem to have the best tolerance of the tape when I used it on them for drainage, it seems to stay on the longest and did not irritate the skin as much as it did on my own skin.
