Watch an hour of sport and you'll soon start seeing coloured tape turn up on sports peoples bodies, whether supporting the knee for Serbian Tennis Player Novak Djokovic, the lower back of footballer Mario Balotelli, half of the Tour de France Cyclists legs and on the shoulders of most of the Olympic Volley Ball teams. Its called Kinesio tape, its from Japan and the worlds gone crazy for it. 

Unlike normal regular taping that provides muscle and joint support and limits movement, Kinesio tape is engineered to mimic the same elasticity of human skin and lifts the skins away from the soft tissue underneath to increase blood flow, oxygen and lymph drainage and help remove Lactic Acid. This alternative taping approach has been linked to reducing injury time, speeding up recovery and even giving athletes an edge when using it just for support. 

How does it work?

Rocktape has a special weave which allows the tape to stretch in only one direction and the tension of the weave is engineered to mimic the same elasticity as skin. Together, these properties create what they call a “Bio-Mechanical Lifting Mechanism”. This simply means that the tape can lift the skin away from the soft tissue underneath the skin. This lifting capability promotes blood flow.  Faster blood flow means more oxygen and more lymph drainage, more lymph drainage helps remove Lactic Acid. This is how RockTape increases recovery time and improves performance. 

Studio57clinic work very closely with Rocktape UK, one of the leading Kinesio tape manufacturers and most of our therapists have been fully technically trained by Rocktapes highly trained staff to help rehabilitate clients back to fitness as quickly as possible. Whether running, cycling, swimming, volley ball, golf or gardening! Rocktape rocks! Do enquire within if you would like to discuss options to use Rocktape for training, competitions or simply for pain management. We'd be delighted to show you how to apply it yourself. 

Although massage can deliver incredible results to reduce aches and pain, kinesio tape works really well to help support 'mothers to be' the other 167 hours of the week! These video clips demonstrates how we can reduce the level of pressure that the baby produces sitting in your belly!
Kinesiology tape comes in so many different brands and colours, we tend to promote Rock Tape as better quality than many other brands. It's gentle yet strong, fully water proof so it can be worn in the bath or shower without losing it's integrity, and if applied correctly can remain effective for four or five days whilst carrying on typical pregnancy activities including sanding, sawing, waxing, painting, wallpapering, upholstering AND get a good nights sleep whilst wearing it!!