Kinesio Taping for Sports Injuries from Our Solon Chiropractor

Most people know that chiropractors provide adjustments. However, you may not be familiar with kinesio tape. Many people learn about kinesio tape when they have a sports injury, but it may also be used by a Solon chiropractor to treat other conditions.

What is Kinesio Taping?

Kinesio tape is a special kind of light-weight, stretchy cotton-blend tape that is intended to be placed on the skin. It helps hold adjustments that your chiropractor in Solon has made in place. It also provides support for weaker muscles which allows you to reduce strain on others that were overcompensating. Kinesio tape is believed to provide some benefits by lifting the skin and allowing better lymph flow, as well.

How Can a Sports Chiropractor Help You with Kinesio Taping?

There is both an art and a science to kinesio taping. A trained sports chiropractor can apply kinesio tape in hundreds of different ways, some of them not much different from each other but with profoundly different effects. While patients often continue taping themselves at home after some instruction, it is important that you let your chiropractor teach you how to apply the tape.

Do Neck Pain and Lower Back Pain Respond Well to Kinesio Taping?

Kinesio tape can be placed almost anywhere on the body. Lower back pain often responds well to kinesio taping that is intended to support the muscles and reduce strain on any one area. Lower back and neck pain also respond well to taping that is intended to facilitate more normal movement.

Both neck and lower back pain can benefit from adjustments by your chiropractor. Kinesio tape placed on the area after the adjustment is made can help keep your bones and muscles in alignment. Often, the hardest thing about recovery from a sports injury (or any other kind) is resting the area appropriately. Kinesio tape helps to make sure that the injured area is not taking all of the strain.

Contact Reed Chiropractic Clinic, Our Solon Chiropractor Today!

Reed Chiropractic Clinic wants to be your Solon chiropractor for all of your chiropractic needs. Kinesio tape is just one skill in our arsenal of weapons for better health. Contact us today to make an appointment and start feeling better! Our number is 440-248-2866.