BioMechanical Taping to Manage Load Movement Patterns and Function

Attend one of our 8-hour hands-on live training sessions to learn how to use Dynamic Tape to:CHANGE MOVEMENT PATTERNS by pulling the body one way or resisting it in another improve the activation of muscle by bringing it into a better position which allows it to generate force more effectively (i.e. improve the length-tension relationship). An example is the scapula. MANAGE THE LOAD THROUGH TENDONS and maintain a more mechanically efficient system degenerative tendons elongate more under load reducing efficiency of force transfer, effecting balance and co-ordination and so on. Load also drives tendons through various stages of pathology from a reactive tendinopathy to a degenerative one. A combination of tensile load and compressive load has been shown to induce tendinopathy most rapidly (Soslowsky et al) CHANGE THE ORIENTATION OF A JOINT (add a rotation or a glide) to allow it to function in a position of ease (e.g. Mulligan techniques) PROVIDE STRONG POSTURAL CORRECTION and resist unwanted movements (e.g. loss of lumbar lordosis with McKenzie extension regime) OFFLOAD THE SOFT TISSUE to reduce pressure pain thresholds and tissue 'stiffness' as observed with 'box' offload taping (Hug et al, 2014) to reduce compressive loading.