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Sports chiropractic team, KT Tape donate $7,000 worth of Kinesiology Tape

Chiropractic Economics July 16, 2012

DSC_0695July 16, 2012 — New “JAM” Kinesiology Tape (KT Tape Pro) was unveiled at the Olympic trials by the JAAA sports chiropractic team. 

Kinesiology tape has been used by athletes to relieve pain, improve circulation, and to help speed recovery post-training. The performance taping techniques have been used in Europe and Asia for three decades, but has gained popularity in athletics since the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

According to Dr. Ty Ashcroft, the KT Tape Pro is applied along muscles, ligaments, and tendons (soft-tissue) to provide a light weight, strong, external support that helps to prevent injury and speeds recovery. Depending on how it is applied, the tape can help facilitate muscle firing and recruitment, or decrease excessive tension due to its elastic nature.

KT Tape Pro augments tissue and improves function and mobility. The tape also has been shown to reduce inflammation by improving circulation and lymphatic drainage.

The official chiropractic team of the JAAA and ISSA chose to use the KT Tape Pro to supply the Olympic team for London 2012. In addition to a stronger adhesive, the new tape is composed of 100 percent synthetic microfibers which provides stronger elastic recoil and better support when compared to the cotton versions. The new tape seems to last longer especially in the hot Jamaican sun.

The team of healthcare providers that treated at this year’s boys and girls champs saw an opportunity to give more to the schools and track clubs they treated, and donated more than $7,000 worth of tape so the young athletes would have the same support and treatment as their senior idols.

Source: KTTape, kttape.com

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