Fitness and Health

A simple strip of color have entered the world of sports. For more than a year, you can see athletes wearing elastic plasters tattoo-like colors, especially in football, cycling, tennis or basketball, they are the most practiced and enjoyed. This is why they have set in new techniques for improving the settlement of sports-related injuries.

These new tapes are not a new trend in tattoos, if not the kinesiotape, it is a method of treating muscle injury and pain to part with an experience of more than 30 years. Dr. Kenzo Kase, chiropractor and now president of the Kinesio Taping Association and director of the Chiropractic Society in Japan, developed the tapes with the idea of stabilizing the back muscles after chiropractic correction. This experience showed that this application reduces pain and swelling very quickly. Japan and the U.S. practice this method. In 2000 it was more than 5.5 million Japanese with it.
Kinesiotape The name comes from the word Kinesiology means movement and the English word? Tape? for tape. Although very popular in the sports world this method is used for any other patient.

This kinesiotape used to treat muscle injuries and similarly for joint problems, neurological and ligaments. Besides reducing inflammation and improve drainage, eliminating fluid accumulations, such as edema and waste products. Therefore, this method has entered the world of rehabilitation and sports medicine.

Benefits
Muscle tone or slacken.
It improves blood circulation.
Effect of lymphatic drainage.
Decreases pain and inflammation.
Stabilizes the joints.

How does it work?
The strips do not take any medication, the effect is physical. But there are different colors act as a mirror to the skin, some others reflect heat and cold (chromotherapy). Kinesiotape straps are elastic, unlike conventional dressings. When a muscle is inflamed, it swells or shrinks due to fatigue, the space between the skin and muscle is compressed, resulting in a restriction of blood flow and lymphatic circulation. This compression affects nociceptors (pain receptors) that are under the skin, which send? Signs of discomfort? the brain and the person feels pain.

In the application we have a lifting of the skin, thereby increasing the interstitial space. The patient feels pain relief fast. By treating the lymphatic system to help remove waste products.

The tapes can stay from 3 to 7 days, on the skin and so during this time produce a therapeutic effect using every move. So we got treated for 24 hours a day.

Applying kinesiotape tapes, requires professional treatment for placement with the right technique. Where appropriate, there are several compatible colors like beige, or black that is created with the intention of applications where visibility is not interested.

The tapes have the same thickness as the epidermis, are 100% cotton, allowing comfort and breathability. The adhesive is very light, soft and hypoallergenic and latex free. The patient can shower easily with tape or even make swimming. Enables optimal movement in the affected area.