The meeting when great last night. The topic was about Introduction to Kinesiotaping. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring a consent to record, so I was unable to record the lecture. However, I did manage to take pictures of students that attended. I'll post those a little bit later.
Here's the summary of the lecture by Beth from
The Cares Group::
Sponsored by Patterson Medical (merged with Sammon's Preston)Introduction to Kinesiotaping
History
- Developed by Dr. Kenzo, a chiropractor, from Japan about 30 years ago
- Originally used only for atheletics
Reasons for Kinesiotaping
- Endogenous analgesic effects: to increase ROM, decrease pain, decrease inflammation
- *Muscular support: to support muscle movement, increase ROM
- Lymphatic: to remove congestion, avoid injury, increase circulation, decrease inflammation, and decrease pain
- Joint function: to support alignment of joint
*Lecture's focus was on muscular support
Muscle Function- Improve contraction of weaker muscles
- Decrease fatigue
- Decrease over extension and over contraction
- Increase AROM
- Relieve pain
Basic Application ConceptOrigin to Insertion (muscle) : to support weak muscle; for chronic conditions
Insertion to Origin (muscle): to relax and rehabilitate over used muscle; for acute conditions (i.e. muscle spasms, edema, or injury)
Application- Test area of skin with kinesiotape for a least 1 day before using
- Cut the tape lengthwise, since the stretch only works in one direction, not cross sectionally
- Apply on dry, clean, oil-free, and hair-free skin (clean with rubbing alcohol)
- If patient has sensitive skin, especially with young or old patients, use milk of magnesia
- Apply anchor end by rubbing it to active through heat
- Upon remove of tape, it has a 10% stretch, but can be stretched to 140%
- You can use Tegaderm to help keep the ends from fraying
- Can be worn for 6-7 days, but will loose elasticity at 3-4 days (recommended)
Removal- Remove at 3-4th day
- Start at upper portion of tape and go down with the direction of the hair growth
- You can use baby oil or soak tape with water to help remove
Shapes
- I - most commonly used
- Y - most commonly used
- X
- Fan cut - normally used for lymphoedema, only effective for 3-4 months at a time
- Button hole (long strip with a row of diamond holes) - fingers go through the holes
Here's a website to show you some instructions with
Kinesiotaping pics The official website:
KinesiotapingPics from the meeting!
Video of Everette with John and Susan of WBEN
