Background Ankle sprain is the most commonly diagnosed injury experienced by ballet dancers. Traditional taping and bracing affect function by restricting range of motion but are aesthetically ...

Legs adorned with criss-cross patterns of brightly coloured tape are now a common sight at the start line of races and though the psychological benefit of having that niggle taped before the big day ...

Once only spotted on the shoulders, legs, and stomachs of Olympic athletes, odd-looking arrangements of body tape are showing up at our gyms more and more. The stuff is called kinesiology tape — ...

Colorful tape on the shoulder of Olympic volleyball player Kerri Walsh was the United States' introduction to kinesio tape. But what is this colorful tape placed in funny patterns doing on people, and ...

Over the past decade there has been a global spread of a dinky, brightly-coloured product, strips of which are often seen adhering to the skin of runners, footballers and others. Kinesio Tape first ...

Phil Dalhausser has a tale of the tape that ends with him winning an Olympic gold medal. The beach volleyball player strained an abdominal muscle in the crucial run-up to the Beijing Games when he ...

In 1979, a Japanese chiropractor, Dr. Kenzo Kase, made news by developing a system of taping injured bodies with what has become known as Kinesiology. Kase s light and flexible tape adheres to the ...

Ever wondered what the bright-coloured strips of tape in odd patterns increasingly being seen on professional and recreational athletes are all about? At this point, it would be hard to find a part of ...

Braces, taping, lace-up boots and other means of support are particularly effective with ankle and knee injuries or weaknesses. Soccer players suffer ankle sprains and skiers stress their knees.