Kinesio Taping

Kinesiotaping is a popular tool used by healthcare professional like physical therapists.  It is a cotton strip with an acrylic adhesive that is used for treating athletic injuries and a variety of physical disorders.  The tape is used in therapy to relax overused muscles and in rehabilitation to facilitate underused muscles.The elastic properties can also be utilized in a mechanical fashion to limit or encourage a specific motion at a joint.  There is very little evidence that Kinesiotaping does as it advertises.  More clinical trials are in the works, but overall the benefits of Kinesiotaping are ambiguous at best.