What is elastic therapeutic tape?

People often stick colorful patches on their arms or legs in the sports field, mountain climbing, and gym. Don't think that this is a new type of pain patch. It is a kind of elastic functional patch called "kinesiology tape." Different ways of applying elastic therapeutic tape have other effects. The main functions are to promote local tissue circulation, eliminate swelling, increase body sensation, strengthen joint stability, prevent sports injuries, and improve sports performance.

What is the principle of elastic therapeutic tape?

Elastic therapeutic tape mainly relies on the wavy texture of the patch to close the patch to the skin, thereby driving the fascia and muscles to produce contraction force. It will stick to the muscle texture, strengthen the muscle's contraction ability, avoid excessive stretching during activities, and cause sports injuries or fatigue.



Three principles of elastic therapeutic tape

The latest research has found that elastic therapeutic tape can help stroke patients improve their walking balance. Kinesio tape can reduce swelling, relieve pain, assist in correcting joints, provide muscle and joint stability, and stimulate and inhibit proprioception from promoting joints in the correct position. The following are the three principles of Kinesio Tape that will help you use it correctly.


1. Sewer Principle

When using elastic therapeutic tape, the stickiness of the tape will pull the skin, increase the space between the skin and the muscle, just like forming a sewer between the skin and the muscle, and increase the flow rate of body fluids such as blood and lymph, and accelerate the body's metabolism.


2. Seesaw Principle

The seesaw principle uses the elastic therapeutic tape to promote or inhibit muscles. If the direction of the tape rebounds in the same direction as the muscle contraction, it can help the muscle to exert force, which is called "promotion"; if the direction of the tape rebounds in the opposite direction of the muscle contraction, it can help the muscle relax, which is called "inhibition."


3. Gate Control Theory

Elastic therapeutic tape can relieve pain in the affected area by replacing pain. When the tape applies pressure and pulls on the muscle, the pain will be transmitted to the brain first, reducing the brain's perception of pain in the injured area and achieving the effect of pain relief. This is the so-called gate control theory.


Three benefits of Kinesio Tape

Based on the above principles of elastic therapeutic tape, elastic therapeutic tape can bring three significant benefits, including preventing and accelerating recovery after injuries. Here is a detailed introduction for you:


1. Avoid excessive muscle stretching

The viscosity and elasticity of elastic therapeutic tape can fix muscles and joints, prevent excessive muscle pulling, and reduce the chance of muscle strain and sprain caused by exercise.


2. Improve metabolic efficiency

Improving metabolic efficiency can shorten the recovery time after injury. When the efficiency of blood and lymphatic circulation is improved, it can improve the symptoms of swelling or internal bleeding and reduce inflammation.


3. Relieve pain

In addition to helping fix the affected area after injury, Kinesio Tape also has an analgesic effect and reduces injury discomfort.


Therefore, elastic therapeutic tape has a significant effect on our sports career.

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