I’m sure you have all seen the brightly coloured tape applied to rugby players knees, volleyball and tennis players shoulders and basketballers calves!  Its called Kinesio Tape, and it has recently taken the sporting world by storm.  But in fact it has been around for decades.

Kinesio Taping involves taping over and around muscles to help either improve muscle activation and contraction, or to inhibit the muscle to prevent it from working too hard.  This unique type of muscle facilitation or inhibition technique helps to support joints while maintaining or improving range of motion, or to help fight against the overuse of muscle work.

The Institute of Golf Physiotherapy team are certified in kinesio taping application.  By combining the knowledge of golf swing bio mechanics and ideal golf muscle patterns, with kinesio taping principles, our physiotherapists are able to help both reduce golf related pain as well as improve overall golfing performance.

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