K-Tapes: How do They Work?

As Americans, we are used to the imagery of professional sports teams competing against one another. After all, didn’t this year’s Superbowl proved that 120 million of us can be bothered to stop our Sunday activities for the meantime just so we can watch a game of men passing and stealing pigskins from one another?

Regardless of which sports you follow, one thing that is constant with all of them are the injuries. And with injuries come the most common quick-fix solution that everyone uses in lieu of long-term management: the kinesiotape.

So, how does taping an injured ligament actually facilitate the healing process? Well, as with all things, there is more than meets the eye than simply having a colorful bandage applied on your leg, if you happen to have injured it.

How can Physical Therapy help me?

Physical therapy is a health care profession that involves treatment of a disease, injury or deformity by physical methods such as exercise, hot/cold therapy, therapeutic taping, joint and soft tissue mobilization and modalities (electrical stimulation, ultrasound) rather than drugs or surgery.