Kinesiology tape, or KT tape, is a helpful tool that can be used to ease runner's knee pain, but it's not as simple as tearing off a few neon green strips, sticking them on your leg, and hitting the ...

Unlike traditional sports tape that restricts motion, kinesiology tape stretches with the body and mimics the elasticity of ...

You’ve probably seen runners pounding the pavements wearing brightly coloured tape around their knees and calves. Here’s why so many swear by it – and what the experts think. But there is a simple, ...

“In high level sports, especially the winter sports, if an athlete is between heats or events and they have to be in a staging area, having tape on specific muscles can actually help keep that ...

While it’s been around for many years, kinesiology tape really made it big after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when it was consistently seen on beach volleyball gold medal winner Kerri Walsh. But if you ...

The days of white athletic tape have, it seems, spooled to an end, making way for a new era marked by color and distinctive shapes. Call it the era of kinesiology therapeutic sports tape. Whether name ...

Sports taping supports injured muscles and joints by providing stability and enhancing proprioception, which aids recovery.

If you see professional athletes or weekend warriors with a crazy crosshatch of tape on their shoulders, knees or elbows, they probably aren’t making a fashion statement. Chances are they’re trying to ...

When Chinese tennis star Li Na won the Australian open final this weekend, she had two long, wide strips of black tape criss-crossing her right knee. And in the semifinals, Poland’s Agnieszka ...