Kinesio tape!

If you're anything like me you probably never thought about taping a muscle. I've always thought of tape as that white athletic stuff that you use to stabilize a joint. But no longer. On a recent visit to a new chiropractor I was introduced to Kinesio-tape, otherwise known as K-Tape. She taped the sides of my knee






and the large swollen bruises on my right leg.



She shreaded the piece on the right to make it look like a octopus almost. Supposedly this increases lymph drainage. I'm not sure what it did but it felt really nice and warm.


On a subsequent visit she taped my other knee in a stabilizing fashion on top and the sides.


For more info read this http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/ankletaping/a/kinesio_tape.htm
and http://www.kinesiotape.ca/whatitdoes.htm

You have to buy the stuff online but once you do there are lots of videos to show yu how to use it. It seems to be really important that you find out exactly how to use it otherwise you're wasting tape.

Here are a few videos that I thought the bikers might like. One for shoulder pain and one for the knee. Enjoy!