Kinesiotaping For Functional Movement

Explore how kinesiotaping supports weight loss and functional movement, reduces pain perception, and promotes consistency to prevent injuries, with practical techniques you can apply and teach others.

Identify tape types and kinesiology uses with a focus on weight loss and functional movement; explain objectives, indications, contraindications, analyze taping strategies, and develop carryover techniques for additional body parts.

Explore the different tape types used in kinesiotaping, including rigid non-elastic tape and elastic tape, with pre-cut strips or continuous rolls, and note its latex-free composition and allergy considerations.

Trace the history of kinesiotaping from 1970s Japan origins to the 2012 London Olympics, and learn how it supports muscles and improves interstitial fluid flow.

Kinesiotaping using rock tape lifts the skin and fascia to decompress lymphatic vessels and pain receptors, creating space for interstitial fluid to heal and reduce pain.

Explain how clinical taping supports muscles by improving contraction, reducing fatigue, guiding posture to a neutral position, and easing pain through lifting skin and tissues to enhance joint mobility.

Apply three kinesiology tape strips to the mid back using a no-tension technique, after skin prep and anchor points, to address back pain with heat activation and a cooling option.