Local TOTA Meeting: Kinesiotaping

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::

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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 Concept

Origin 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: Kinesiotaping

Pics from the meeting!