Kinesio Taping Can Help Heal Painful Sports Injuries
Get Back Into the Game With Kinesio Taping Treatment
Have you recently had an accident resulting in a serious injury? Do you live with a chronic condition that is interfering with your daily life? Pain can be so incapacitating at times that it makes everyday activities more difficult than they used to be, but thankfully, there may be a solution to your issue: Kinesio taping treatment.
Kinesio taping may provide you with the comfort you’ve been searching for. Advantage Physical Therapy – FYZICAL Therapy and Balance Center in Ventura, CA offers this kind of therapy to help alleviate pain, encourage healing, increase mobility, enhance range of motion, and (most importantly) get you back to living your normal life comfortably!
Call our clinic today to learn more about Kinesio taping, and to schedule an appointment with us.
Benefits of Kinesio taping
Kinesio taping helps to reset the circuitry in the affected part of your body by correcting any faulty interactions between the skin and the muscles, joints, and tendons below. This results in increased muscle strength and activity.
Kinesio taping also works by blocking any pain receptors that are sent to your brain. If these painful messages are not received, the muscles in the affected area will loosen and the likelihood of spasms will decrease significantly.
Pain constricts the affected area, but if the pain is removed, there will suddenly be more freedom for blood flow and movement.
There are many reasons why Kinesio taping may be useful to you in your healing journey! These include, but are not limited to:
Pain relief
Pressure reduction is one of the most significant advantages of Kinesio taping.
By suppressing pain receptors, the brain no longer receives unpleasant messages from the affected region, causing the muscles to relax.
This allows for greater mobility, faster recovery, and an overall more relaxed treatment experience.
Joint stabilization
Some conditions may make it difficult for joints to stay in place.
Kinesio taping can help stabilize and provide support for these joints, while still allowing them to move around their intended range of motion.
Scar tissue management
This is a particularly common treatment after an accident, surgery, or other forms of trauma.
Healing from trauma can result in the formation of a thick band of scar tissue over the affected region, which can hinder movement signals.
Kinesio taping will give your scar tissue a much-needed stretch, making movement signals easier to communicate and thereby increasing your mobility.
Less swelling
Injury, surgery, or even simple overuse of a certain part of your body can also result in swelling.
Kinesio taping helps to decrease swelling by limiting the pressure between the skin and the tissues underneath.
This allows any buildup of fluid to travel freely and promotes better movement of the affected area.
What to expect from Kinesio taping treatments
At your initial appointment, our physical therapist will conduct a comprehensive assessment, which will help in deciding whether Kinesio taping will be the right choice for your treatment plan.
Kinesio taping has helped many of our patients return to a comfortable everyday life without any residual pain or stiffness!
Our physical therapists know the very best Kinesiotherapy treatments to help you achieve optimum results.
They will perform Kinesio taping by placing tape strips on the affected area of your body, as well as any other areas where you may experience pain or stiffness.
Our physical therapists will implement a variety of exercises and procedures in their treatment plans, based on your specific needs.
If you think you could benefit from Kinesio taping, please schedule an appointment at Advantage Physical Therapy – FYZICAL Therapy and Balance Center today!
Return to your normal daily routine with Kinesio taping
At Advantage Physical Therapy – FYZICAL Therapy and Balance Center in Ventura, CA, we’re dedicated to helping you reach your peak physical performance, and we’d love to meet you and create a plan to make that happen.
Click here to request an appointment with one of our physical therapists today, and get started on your path to recovery!