Kinesio Tape alleviates pain and facilitates lymphatic drainage by microscopically lifting the skin. This effect provides superior lift for improved circulation of the lymph and blood. The end result is that pressure and irritation are taken off the neural and sensory receptors, alleviating pain. It’s an elite therapeutic and performance product that delivers superior results and benefits.
How Kinesio Taping Works
Kinesio (or “Rock”) Taping creates a bio-mechanical lifting mechanism that lifts the skin away from the soft tissue underneath, allowing more blood to move into an injured area to accelerate healing, recovery, and support.
Benefits of Kinesiology Tape
The key benefit of Kinesiology Tape is reducing and preventing contraction of the affected muscle. It accomplishes this by helping increase natural blood flow around the muscle, facilitating the body’s natural healing process.
It can also be used to reduce localized swelling associated with surgery. For athletes, the real benefit is that it helps individuals continue their normal daily routine and sports activities, or speeds up the healing process so there’s less time spent on the sidelines.
Trusted by Elite Athletes
Kinesio Taping has been used by elite athletes including Lance Armstrong, Serena Williams, David Beckham, and Olympic competitors. In his book Every Second Counts, Lance Armstrong described Kinesio Tape as “something better than any laser, wrap, or electric massager… a special hot-pink athletic tape that came from Japan and seemed to have special powers.” He described being taped up before races — “the next day the pain disappeared, it was gone.”
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Kinesio Tape used for?
Kinesio Tape is used to relieve pain, facilitate lymphatic drainage, improve circulation, reduce swelling, and support recovery from injury while allowing continued activity.
How does Kinesio Tape actually relieve pain?
It microscopically lifts the skin away from the tissue below, improving blood and lymph circulation and taking pressure off nerve and sensory receptors that would otherwise register pain.
Can Kinesio Tape help reduce swelling after surgery?
Yes. It can be used to help reduce localized swelling associated with surgical recovery.
Do professional athletes really use Kinesio Tape?
Yes. Elite athletes across many sports, including cycling, tennis, and Olympic competition, have used Kinesio Taping as part of their recovery and performance routine.
Will Kinesio Tape keep me from being able to train or compete?
No — one of its main benefits is that it lets athletes continue their normal training and competition schedule while supporting recovery, rather than sidelining them.