The American Chiropractor Volume 36, Issue 6 | Page 52

TAPING

Do We Make Taping More
Complicated Than It Needs
ToBe?
By Ed Le Cara, DC, PhD, ATC, CSCS
inesiology tape (K-tape) is gaining popularity with
healthcare providers, patients, and athletes. I have
used K-tape for more than 10 years, but it wasn't
until the 2008 summer Olympics that my patients
started requesting that I use K-tape as a treatment modality.
As a sports chiropractor who was also an athletic trainer, I had
been using different types of tape already with the main goal
of locking down a joint for support. The thought of applying
K-tape to support the tissue or joint while still allowing full
range of motion (ROM) intrigued me, which led me to take
whatever K-tape education I could find. In 2004, it was hard
to find a K-tape course, but when a local course was offered, I
jumped on the opportunity to be educated about its use.

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