Taping
Taping or strapping is a technique used by physiotherapists for injury prevention or rehabilitation. The specialist physiotherapists at Physio.co.uk are fully trained in how to apply effective taping depending on your goals of treatment. The physiotherapists can also teach you how to apply the tape yourself so you can continue to experience the benefit.
What are the benefits of taping?
The benefits of taping will depend on your injury. Your physiotherapists will aim to encourage some of the following benefits:
- Protection of injured soft tissue structures (ligaments, tendons, fascia)
- Injury prevention
- Encourage normal movement
- Quicker return to sport or work
- Pain reduction
- Improves the stability of a joint
- Reduces the risk of re-injury
- Reduces swelling
