Sports Taping

In order to help you recover from your injury quicker and improve your condition, we may use sports taping to help improve your condition.  With some conditions, we may require to use taping to stabilise a joint and facilitate normal movement and improve your postural patterns.  

Rigid sports taping 

Rigid sports taping is used for moderate/severe joint or ligament sprains or tears. Due to the instability these injuries can create, rigid tape is often used to help the body stabilise the injured area and can often help alleviate pain as well. The tape works by restricting excessive movement of a joint and/or ligaments to create extra support.  It generally is not advised to be worn for long periods of time however it is there for extra support during recovery phase.  

Rigid sports taping is used for moderate/severe joint or ligament sprains or tears. Due to the instability these injuries can create, rigid tape is often used to help the body stabilise the injured area and can often help alleviate pain as well. The tape works by restricting excessive movement of a joint and/or ligaments to create extra support.  It generally is not advised to be worn for long periods of time however it is there for extra support during recovery phase.  

Kinesio sports taping 

Kinesio sports taping is a stretchy tape that decompresses the skin directly beneath where it is applied. 

Benefits of using this tape may include;

  • Fluid dynamics – improving blood flow and lymphatic drainage

    • This can assist in reducing pain and inflammation by allowing the body to flush out inflammation and damaged cells from the area.

    • By helping blood flow kinesio tape can help remove lactic acid from overused muscles and reduce cramping.

  • The movement between different layers of muscle and fascia

    • Due to the lifting action of the tape, it may reduce the activity of pain receptors under the skin.

  • Body awareness or proprioception by increasing neural stimulation

    • The stimulation of proprioceptors enable the body to be more acutely aware of its position in space, and this can help in increasing your athletic performance and reducing muscle fatigue for repetitive movements.

Kinesio tape provides dynamic support (think of it like a second skin) which enables the body to moves freely, unlike rigid tape which restricts movement. It can be used in the management of the following conditions;

  • muscle pain

  • muscle cramping

  • tendon injuries

  • swelling

  • inflammation and bruising

Give us a call on (02) 9525 4303 Caringbah / (02) 9188 8484 Kensington or book online.

We service Caringbah, Kensington and its neighbouring suburbs which includes but not limited to:

Waterloo, Moore Park, Centennial Park, Zetland, Randwick, Rosebery, Eastlakes, Kingsford, North Bondi, Maroubra, Clovelly, Waverly, Bondi, Pagewood, Daceyville, Matraville, Coogee, Eastlakes, Paddington, Mascot, Botany, and surrounding Sydney Eastern suburbs.

Cronulla, Miranda, Gymea, Sutherland, Sylvania Waters, Taren Point, Woolooware, Dolans Bay, Port Hacking, Yowie Bay, Caringbah South, Lilli Pilli, Burraneer Bay, Como, Janalli, Engadine, Hurstville, Bexley and surrounding Sutherland Shire suburbs.

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