Dear Colin: My physical therapist swears by "kinesio-taping" to help with joint pain. He says he uses it on just about all his patients with knee and shoulder problems because it really makes joints ...

Introduction In recent years, Kinesio tape has been used to support injured muscle and joints, and relieve pain. We compared the pain and disability in individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain ...

The days of white athletic tape have, it seems, spooled to an end, making way for a new era marked by color and distinctive shapes. Call it the era of kinesiology therapeutic sports tape. Whether name ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Cupping is getting a lot of attention in the Olympics this week, but there’s another bit of visible therapy on some of the athletes at the Rio games — ...

Athletic tape has come a long way from the sticky cloth bindings known for cutting off circulation when applied and ripping skin when removed. The traditional white tape is still used on certain ...

If you see professional athletes or weekend warriors with a crazy crosshatch of tape on their shoulders, knees or elbows, they probably aren’t making a fashion statement. Chances are they’re trying to ...

Phil Dalhausser has a tale of the tape that ends with him winning an Olympic gold medal. The beach volleyball player strained an abdominal muscle in the crucial run-up to the Beijing Games when he ...

German beach volleyball player Ilka Semmler wears it on her buttocks - in pink. Swedish handball player Johanna Wiberg prefers it in blue from her knee to her groin. British sprinter Dwain Chambers ...

Beach volleyball players, particularly Olympians, are known all around the world for their incredible skill with the ball. They’ve also been known for wearing those skimpy uniforms. Now, something ...