You’re Seeing a lot recently and the athletes on TV with some bandages colors that attract attention. It seems a novelty, but the fact is that this type of dressing was invented long ago and is the neuromuscular or Kinesiotaping Mennecke bandage.
The bases of the treatment were created in the 70s in Asia, specifically in Korea and Japan. It was not until the ’90s when the football player Alfred Nijhuis Dutchman introduced it in Europe.
In Spain one of the first to test the benefits of Kinesiotaping was exciclista Marino Lejarreta Utsonomiya in the world, in Japan.
The truth is that I had never heard of them until this summer a masseuse in San Sebastian I dealt with a sore neck with colored ribbons. At first I was a little surprised but the truth is that my pain improved significantly only with tape.
There 4 color key for working with tapes Kinesiotaping: pink, black, blue and beige, each more specific for each type of pain. The dressing is flexible, has a stretch of 140-160% in the transverse, so that the therapist will play with this tension in terms of intended treatment.
The tapes are placed Insert day rise to muscle or vice versa. If the place of origin Insert day, we will be toning specific muscle and if we do origin Insert day to relax. The main advantage of these dressings is that they are set too well to the skin so it can last 4 to 6 days even showering with them.
Meanwhile, we have two bandage application techniques:
“Technique without stretch: In this case we apply the bandage without stretching, as is placing on the skin. For this technique to stretch before putting the bandage, the skin, either with hands or doing the necessary gesture corresponding to the joint so that the skin of the area to try to stretch. Once placed the band relax the joint and the dressing will tend to “crumple”. With this technique elevates the skin of the muscles, improving blood flow and lymphatic circulation.
Stretch-Technique: In this case try joints or ligaments. When the band we will apply the correct voltage (depending on injury) so that when making the gesture with the joint contraction of the tape helps the movement thus enhance their action
There are five fundamental effects of this tape in our body:
* Analgesia.
* Improves muscle function.
* Neuroreflejo mechanism.
* Helps joint function.
* It helps lymphatic evacuation.
The treatment can be used for various injuries, from tiny stiff neck, lower back pain to large, breakage of fibers, tendinitis, among others. That yes, if applied by a professional trained in these therapies.
