Apply
strips of color on the skin to relieve pain or improve muscle injury is
a practice long used a large number of professional athletes. We're talking kinesiotaping, a method that was born in Japan more than three decades and is becoming increasingly popular. We help you to discover these colorful stickers.
In recent years we have witnessed a media phenomenon called 'kinesiotaping' or 'kinesiotape', initially popular in professional athletes, who often wear a colorful elastic bands attached to the body, and has spread to occasional athletes and, It has even reached the catwalks.
The kinesiotape is an elastic bandage, with a capacity of elongation higher than 55% of its initial length, composed mainly cotton, waterproof and can reach a day from your application. It is usually placed on the muscles starting from a stretched position.
Its function is to exercise stimulation of cutaneous receptors to produce a reflex response to spinal level. This technique is based on the idea that the normal movement and muscle activity are essential to maintain or restore the health of the damaged area. But what is the truth of this technique on which some are positioned in favor and others against? Fernando Ramos, coordinator of physiotherapy service quirónsalud Hospital in La Coruna, he said that "there are definite indications kinesiotape not It is for treatment of all injuries. Has made the mistake of assuming that this is so and use sometimes is not right ".
The basis of 'kinesiotape' were laid in the 70s of last century in Korea and Japan, and came to Spain in 2000. But it was not until his appearance in the 2008 Olympics when breaks in professional sports as a phenomenon media, with the prospect of becoming a tool that allows the playing injured and healthy improve performance. Ramos clarifies that "this type of bandage does not replace the traditional, as they have different therapeutic targets. Must be the specialist who assess the patient and decide which is the most convenient. "
Many physiological effects attributed from different schools, but the benefits have actually been contrasted are pain relief, limiting the decrease in movement and improving blood and lymphatic circulation.
From a clinical standpoint, it works because it changes the muscle response due to a reflex action mechanism. However, it has not been verified improving physical performance muscle. Ramos It stresses to conclude that "it is important that this kind of technique is applied with caution and always by professionals with experience and qualifications."
ARGUMENTS OF 'Kinesiotape'
• Allows improved range of motion.
• It has an effect of decreasing pain by stimulating skin receptors and, above all, it is very useful in acute pain.
• The lifting effect produced by the bandage tends to intensify subdermal space, improving blood and lymph circulation in the area and thus releasing pressure on nerve endings, pain source inflammatory processes.
• It has no side effects.
• No risk.
• It is waterproof, we can shower and swim with it on.
• Allows you to continue the treatment in the query.
ARGUMENTS AGAINST 'Kinesiotape'
• Lack of consensus on the application of this technique.
• There are significant differences in the characteristics of the bands, in its composition and elasticity, making it difficult to objectify the effects thereof given the variability of the material used.
• Although there is evidence of improved short-term pain, it does not happen in the long term.
• As for the effects on athletic performance, does not affect the strength or the ability to contract.
• No improvement in postural control instability in pictures that course with joint instability, or low back pain processes.
• As for the colors of the material, which are associated with different indications, there is no scientific evidence that influence the effect of 'kinesiotape'.
You have doubts? Plantéalas in the comments and we will respond with pleasure.
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EHA 2016
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In recent years we have witnessed a media phenomenon called 'kinesiotaping' or 'kinesiotape', initially popular in professional athletes, who often wear a colorful elastic bands attached to the body, and has spread to occasional athletes and, It has even reached the catwalks.
The kinesiotape is an elastic bandage, with a capacity of elongation higher than 55% of its initial length, composed mainly cotton, waterproof and can reach a day from your application. It is usually placed on the muscles starting from a stretched position.
Its function is to exercise stimulation of cutaneous receptors to produce a reflex response to spinal level. This technique is based on the idea that the normal movement and muscle activity are essential to maintain or restore the health of the damaged area. But what is the truth of this technique on which some are positioned in favor and others against? Fernando Ramos, coordinator of physiotherapy service quirónsalud Hospital in La Coruna, he said that "there are definite indications kinesiotape not It is for treatment of all injuries. Has made the mistake of assuming that this is so and use sometimes is not right ".
The basis of 'kinesiotape' were laid in the 70s of last century in Korea and Japan, and came to Spain in 2000. But it was not until his appearance in the 2008 Olympics when breaks in professional sports as a phenomenon media, with the prospect of becoming a tool that allows the playing injured and healthy improve performance. Ramos clarifies that "this type of bandage does not replace the traditional, as they have different therapeutic targets. Must be the specialist who assess the patient and decide which is the most convenient. "
Many physiological effects attributed from different schools, but the benefits have actually been contrasted are pain relief, limiting the decrease in movement and improving blood and lymphatic circulation.
From a clinical standpoint, it works because it changes the muscle response due to a reflex action mechanism. However, it has not been verified improving physical performance muscle. Ramos It stresses to conclude that "it is important that this kind of technique is applied with caution and always by professionals with experience and qualifications."
ARGUMENTS OF 'Kinesiotape'
• Allows improved range of motion.
• It has an effect of decreasing pain by stimulating skin receptors and, above all, it is very useful in acute pain.
• The lifting effect produced by the bandage tends to intensify subdermal space, improving blood and lymph circulation in the area and thus releasing pressure on nerve endings, pain source inflammatory processes.
• It has no side effects.
• No risk.
• It is waterproof, we can shower and swim with it on.
• Allows you to continue the treatment in the query.
ARGUMENTS AGAINST 'Kinesiotape'
• Lack of consensus on the application of this technique.
• There are significant differences in the characteristics of the bands, in its composition and elasticity, making it difficult to objectify the effects thereof given the variability of the material used.
• Although there is evidence of improved short-term pain, it does not happen in the long term.
• As for the effects on athletic performance, does not affect the strength or the ability to contract.
• No improvement in postural control instability in pictures that course with joint instability, or low back pain processes.
• As for the colors of the material, which are associated with different indications, there is no scientific evidence that influence the effect of 'kinesiotape'.
You have doubts? Plantéalas in the comments and we will respond with pleasure.
The purpose of this blog is to provide health information under any circumstances, substitute for consultation with your doctor. This post is subject to restraint, so as to exclude it offensive, advertising comments, or are not deemed appropriate in relation to the subject matter of each one of the items.
The articles and contents of this blog are subject to and protected by intellectual and industrial property, having QUIRÓN the necessary permits for the use of images, photographs, text, graphics, animations and other contents or elements of the blog. Access to and use of this blog does not give the visitor any license or right to use or any exploitation, so the use, reproduction, distribution, public communication, transformation or any other similar or analogous activity is strictly prohibited unless it without the express written permission of Chiron. To this end, and with regard to the text of this blog it is subject to the same Creative Commons license so it can be played on other sites but must cite the author and insert a link to this publication.
QUIRÓN the right to withdraw or suspend temporarily or permanently, at any time and without notice, access to the blog and / or its contents to those visitors, Internet or Internet users who violate the provisions of the present reserves Notice, all without prejudice to the exercise of the actions against them that proceed according to the law and the law.
NAVC 2016
AAD 2016
EURO PCR 2016
EFORT 2016
EHA 2016
EULAR 2016
EHSRE 2016
ACC 2016
ECCMID 2016
ESMO 2016
ERS 2016
EASD 2016
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