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09 April 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Pes Anserine

As you may recall from our intro post on kinesiology taping, we’re going to focus on each muscle group/joint and show you how to use kinesiology tape in three distinct ways:

Immediately after injury  (for swelling and pain)
During the healing process (correction techniques to restore normal position and allow for healing)
Techniques to help improve strength [...]

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29 March 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Back of the thigh- step 2

As you may recall from our intro post on kinesiology taping, we’re going to focus on each muscle group/joint and show you how to use kinesiology tape in three distinct ways:

Immediately after injury  (for swelling and pain)
During the healing process (correction techniques to restore normal position and allow for healing)
Techniques to help improve strength [...]

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28 March 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Back of the thigh- step 1

In this post we’re going to show you a taping application to decrease pain and swelling in the back of the thigh/hamstring area. It is best used during the first 1-7 days post injury (aka the acute phase) and is great to use following a hamstring muscle strain, tear, or contusion. For these [...]

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25 March 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Posterior Tibialis- step 2

As you may recall from our intro post on kinesiology taping, we’re going to focus on each muscle group/joint and show you how to use kinesiology tape in three distinct ways:

Immediately after injury  (for swelling and pain
During the healing process (correction techniques to restore normal position and allow for healing)
Techniques to help improve strength [...]

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21 March 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Calf + Achilles- step 2

As you may recall from our intro post on kinesiology taping, we’re going to focus on each muscle group/joint and show you how to use kinesiology tape in three distinct ways:

Immediately after injury  (for swelling and pain
During the healing process (correction techniques to restore normal position and allow for healing)
Techniques to help improve strength [...]

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19 March 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Calf- step 1

In this post we’re going to review two kinesiology taping applications for the calf. The goal for both is to decrease pain and swelling and they are best used during the first 1-7 days post injury (aka the acute phase). These are great to use following a calf muscle strain, tear, or contusion. For these [...]

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14 March 2011 ~ 3 Comments

Kinesiology Taping- intro

By now I’m sure most of you have you have seen either training partners or people at races who are wearing brightly colored tape on their arms or legs. This is called kinesiology tape and it is a specially made elastic tape that can be applied to your muscles or joints to decrease pain and [...]

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