Tapping - fixing of muscles and joints with the help of adhesive plaster and special elastic bands. Knee joint tapping can reduce knee load in order to improve blood supply and ensure lymphatic flow in the damaged area. More perfect is the technique of kinesiological knee joint tapping, in which the teips are superimposed along the lines of passage of muscles. It is important that the movements in the joints with this method are not limited.
What is teip?
Tapes in the form of rolls, similar to a medical adhesive plaster, can be purchased in sports stores and departments selling medical equipment. Quality factory teips have unique properties, namely:
- consist of 100% cotton, sometimes can additionally contain polyester;
- stretched to 140% (in contrast to the adhesive plaster);
- hygroscopic and breathable;
- securely attached to the skin, thanks to the adhesive layer on one side.
Porous types of teips are impregnated with a solution of zinc oxide to reduce skin irritation. Elastic tapes can be worn for several days, without removing them when taking a shower or swimming in the pool.
Important! Tapes are applied to dry, clean skin, with which hairs are previously removed. In order not to squeeze the vessels and nerve endings, it is necessary, when applying teips, to ensure that they lie flat on the skin without folds.
When is tipping shown?
Tapping is performed in the following cases:
1. To prevent sports injuries and accelerate rehabilitation in the post-traumatic period. Taps are often superimposed on the time of the competition. Thus, typing of the knee joint helps to prevent injury to the meniscus.
2. For therapeutic purposes, to reduce the load on the damaged joint, to limit its mobility and thus minimize the risk of complications. Jointing of the knee is recommended:
- with arthrosis ;
- Schlätter's disease;
- Baker's brush ;
- König's disease;
- other diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
Often teips are advised to be worn by pregnant women with swelling of the feet.
3. When restoring the injured knee joint, knee ligaments and tendons to prevent physical overstrain, reduce pain, swelling, bruising.
Attention! Taps for different parts of the body have different widths. For kinesio-teipirovaniya knee joint is preferable to tape width of 5 cm.