BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. Randy Snyder, the Westminster chiropractor who runs Lifetime Health and Wellness, has been fielding questions about the brightly colored strips of tape everyone saw decorating Olympic athletes' bodies in recent weeks. This Kinesio Tape, he explains, has been used mainly by orthopedists, chiropractors and acupuncturists to provide flexible support to strained and injured muscles since its development in Japan in 1979. Dr. Snyder is a Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner (CKTP) and has been using the tape on his chiropractic patients for several years. He says that that the tape helps his personal injury patients and athletes with sports injuries.
Dr. Snyder says that he commonly uses Kinesio Tape in his Westminster personal injury care regimen. "As a chiropractor and an athlete, I have seen the positive effects of Kinesio Taping both in my own experience and with hundreds of patients. Traditional athletic tape tightly restricts motion and prevents fluid drainage, which actually causes more damage. Kinesio Tape is made out of stretchy, yet supportive cotton that we apply in certain directions over affected muscles to relax and support them while still enabling fluids to drain properly. We use it for everything from back pain and plantar fasciitis to shoulder pain, knee pain and neck pain."
Dr. Snyder explains that while Kinesio Taping is still a relatively young treatment, the overall experience of both elite athletes and his personal injury patients is overwhelmingly positive. He says that in addition to stabilizing strained muscles, it still allows normal range of motion while creating pressure that warns the patient before they overextend the muscle. He explains that the Kinesio Tape helps the body heal its own strains by promoting healthy function between the muscles, the connective tissue surrounding them (fascia), the lymphatic and skeletal systems.
Kinesio Tape was developed by Dr. Kenzo Kase in Japan in 1979, where he used it in his chiropractic and acupuncture practice. The Japanese volleyball team first brought the tape to international attention during the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Since then, its popularity among athletes has spread to the point where many serious athletes swear by it today. Dr. Snyder says the tape sticks to the skin with a hypoallergenic adhesive and is elastic up to 130-140 percent of its original length. He says it sticks for a few days, even through sweat and water exposure.
Dr. Snyder explains that Kinesio Taping is just as beneficial for his regular patients as it is for athletes. "Everybody strains muscles that need extra support to heal properly, and this method is a comfortable and effective way to do that."
Lifetime Health and Wellness' three chiropractors provide several types of chiropractic spinal adjustments, spinal decompression, acupuncture, Kinesio Taping, massage and cold laser therapy. Their website is http://www.lthaw.com.
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