January 8, 2016

As you may recall from our intro post on kinesiology taping, we’re going to focus on each muscle group/joint and show you how to use kinesiology tape in three distinct ways: Immediately after injury  (for swelling and pain During the healing process (correction techniques to restore normal position and allow for healing) Techniques to help improve […]

In this post we’re going to show you a taping application to decrease pain and swelling in the front of the knee. It is best used during the first 1-7 days post injury (aka the acute phase) and is great to use following an injury to the knee joint itself (i.e. twisting injury, hyper-extension, etc). […]

In the introduction post to this series, we reviewed and answered some common questions regarding stretching, including why, when, how, etc. Click here to review it. In this post we will be talking about stretches specifically for the front of the thigh. This includes the lower hip flexor and the quadricep muscles. The Rules: 1) Stretching […]

In this post I’m going to show you how to use the tennis ball to mobilize the quad muscles. The goal with this mobilization is to anchor one end of the muscle down and then actively stretch out the rest of the muscle against it. Key Points 1) Go back and read the massage post specifically on […]

This region contains the four quadricep muscles (rectus femoris/RF, vastus intermedius/VI, vastus lateralis/VL, and vastus medialis oblique/VMO), the patella/knee cap, and patellar tendon. In this section you will find our available treatment plans as well as the different self treatment techniques on this site. Injury Treatment Plans for this area: (* note. each treatment plan […]

As you may recall from our intro post on kinesiology taping, we’re going to focus on each muscle group/joint and show you how to use kinesiology tape in three distinct ways: Immediately after injury  (for swelling and pain During the healing process (correction techniques to restore normal position and allow for healing) Techniques to help improve […]

In the introduction post to this series, we reviewed and answered some common questions regarding stretching, including why, when, how, etc. Click here to review it. In this post we will be talking about stretches specifically for the side of the hip. This includes the gluteus medius, the IT Band, and the TFL (tensor fascia latae). […]

In this post I’m going to show you how to use the tennis ball to mobilize the gluteus medius muscle where it sits just above the IT Band. The goal with this mobilization is to anchor one end of the muscle down and then actively stretch out the rest of the muscle against it. You […]

This region consists of the Iliotibial or IT Band, the Gluteus Medius/Minimus Muscles and the Tensor Fascia Latae (TFL). In this section you will find our available treatment plans as well as the different self treatment techniques on this site. Injury Treatment Plans for this area: (* note. each treatment plan includes a free downloadable […]

As you may recall from our intro post on kinesiology taping, we’re going to focus on each muscle group/joint and show you how to use kinesiology tape in three distinct ways: Immediately after injury  (for swelling and pain) During the healing process (correction techniques to restore normal position and allow for healing) Techniques to help improve […]