Kinesio Taping is therapeutic taping technique which both offers support and helps to rehabilitate the affected condition as well. Using a highly specific tape design that works with the body, allowing full range of movement– in many cases range of movement will be improved – but will not affect the patient’s bio-mechanics.There is no compression on the skin, making it “light to the feel” and allowing comfortable wear over a 3 to 5 day period. As we touched on briefly in the last newsletter, it is also excellent for pregnant moms-to-be!
Check out the latest expert contribution from our staff on the DC parenting website, DC Urban Mom. This article discusses the benefits of kinesiology taping for pregnancy-related pains:
“My physical therapy practice is full of mothers-to-be with similar complaints—leg and back aches, swelling, sciatica—and other painful issues common in mid to late pregnancy. Many of them are nearing or have entered their third trimester when both body and baby start to rapidly put on additional weight… I’ve found that a simple, effective way to ease these common, yet often debilitating, pregnancy pains is through kinesiology taping. Also called simply “taping,” the process includes using cotton adhesive strips stretched around the skin or a particular muscle to provide a gentle pulling or lifting force…”
Treatment of the Month- Kinesiology
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